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OCD: Master Gaslighter of the Mind – How to Defeat Doubt with ERP (Not Logic!!!)

by Steven J. Seay, Ph.D. | May 4, 2025 | “Pure-O” Symptoms, Anxiety, CBT, Checking-Related Symptoms, Contamination/Health-Related Symptoms, ERP, Harm-Related Symptoms, OCD, OCD - General, OCD - Treatment, Scrupulosity, Sexual Symptoms, Treatments

Feeling gaslighted by OCD? Defeat OCD-related doubt through exposure and response prevention (ERP), not logic!One of OCD's most diabolical tricks is its ability to sow seeds of doubt, even about beliefs we hold strongly. Think of it as a tiny, annoying heckler in your...

Mindfulness & ACT-based therapy: Questioning “I hurt; therefore, I suffer.”

by Steven J. Seay, Ph.D. | Aug 31, 2011 | ACT, Mindfulness

Mindfulness & ACT-based Approaches to Therapy Mindfulness & Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)-based approaches to treatment might (Hayes, Strosahl, & Wilson, 2003) ask you to consider the truth of the following statement: I hurt; therefore, I suffer....