Resources
Anxiety and Depression Association of America, with information and resources related to anxiety and depression, including a “find a therapist” search engine
Dr. David Burns’ website, with free resources related to TEAM-CBT
Dr. David Burns’ Feeling Good Podcasts, with podcasts exploring each part of the TEAM model in detail, as well as some wonderful examples of live therapy using the TEAM model.
International OCD Foundation, with information and resources for people struggling with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and related conditions, like Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Olfactory Reference Syndrome, Trichotillomania, Skin Picking, or Hoarding Disorder. There is also a “find help” search engine.
Inference-Based CBT, this website gives a brief introduction to Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT), an approach to treating OCD that helps individuals identify and deconstruct the reasoning processes that lead their purely hypothetical obsessions to feel more real than reality itself–thereby breaking the spell. This approach is an alternative to Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP).
OCD Stories, with podcasts on the many facets of OCD. The podcasts feature interviews with those who live with OCD and therapists who treat OCD. There’s a lot of overlap between the two groups!
Dr. Michael Greenberg’s articles on Rumination-Focused Exposure and Response Prevention (RF-ERP), an approach to the treatment of OCD developed by Dr. Greenberg. This approach differs from standard ERP in its emphasis on targeting rumination to relieve anxious distress. Dr. Greenberg also brings a psychoanalytic lense to help understand what drives OCD and rumination.
Meta-Cognitive Therapy Explained, a ten-part series of brief videos explaining some key concepts and tools used in metacognitive therapy, an approach aimed at helping individuals break free from unhelpful thinking patterns such as worry and rumination.
IFS Institute, with information and resources related to Internal Family Systems, a type of psychotherapy developed by Dr. Richard Schwartz that is aimed at helping us develop a loving relationship with all parts of ourselves, and to let go of the burdens that we carry from painful past experiences.
Coherence Psychology Institute, with information and resources related to Coherence Therapy, a powerful experiential psychotherapy that makes use of the brain’s native capacities for swiftly retrieving and then transforming the unconscious emotional schemas that make a symptom or problem-pattern necessary.