What Parents Get Wrong When Deciding Whether OCD Treatment Is Working
About this episode
This episode discusses how parents can misjudge the effectiveness of OCD treatment and highlights less obvious signs of progress.
It can be hard to tell whether OCD treatment is helping, especially when compulsions haven’t noticeably decreased, distress seems higher, or new themes suddenly appear. But progress is not always measured by how quiet OCD looks on the outside. Sometimes treatment is preventing OCD from getting worse. Sometimes a therapist is building trust and readiness before beginning ERP. And sometimes increased distress is a sign that your child is learning to face discomfort instead of immediately escaping it. In this episode, I’ll walk through the common ways parents misjudge treatment progress and the less obvious signs that therapy may be working, from greater openness and willingness to attend, to applying skills across themes, doing more of what OCD once blocked, and beginning to feel more hopeful. Download the free episode handout at www.natashadaniels.com/handouts and explore my OCD courses for parents, kids, and teens at atparentingsurvivalschool.com . *** This podcast episode is sponsored by NOCD. NOCD provides online OCD therapy in the US, UK, Australia and Canada. To schedule your free 15 minute consultation to see if NOCD is a right fit for you and your child, go to…
People in this episode
Host: Natasha Daniels
Topics covered
- OCD treatment
- parenting
- anxiety
- therapy progress
- child mental health
Keywords
- OCD
- treatment
- parents
- therapy
- anxiety
- compulsions
- child
- mental health
Sponsors
NOCD
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: atparentingsurvivalschool.com, www.natashadaniels.com
Places: US, UK, Australia, Canada
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