REsources: Podcasts

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THE OCD STORIES
The OCD Stories, hosted by Stuart Ralph, has hundreds of episodes covering all sorts of nuanced plots in the OCD community. If you have OCD, it is impossible not to find a story here that you can relate to.

OURSELVES BLACK
Part of the larger website Ourselves Black, the OB podcast focuses on and promotes black mental health.

Your Anxiety Toolkit – hosted by Kimberley Quinlan, LMFT
Kimberley Quinlan is a therapist who specializes in the treatment of OCD and related disorders. Quinlan is especially skilled in encouraging self-compassion during OCD recovery—so much so that she wrote a book called The Self-Compassion Workbook for OCD. Compassion comes through in everything she does, including this podcast. She often hosts special guests, including fellow clinicians and those with lived experience with OCD.

Purely OCD – hosted by Lauren Rosen, LMFT & Kelley Franke, LMFT
Both hosts of Purely OCD are therapists as well as OCD sufferers. They discuss OCD treatment, recovery, and their lived experiences with OCD. These hosts value bringing humor and levity to such a heavy experience—if you’re the kind of person who thinks laughter is the best medicine, this podcast is for you.

OCD Straight Talk – hosted by Chris Leins, MA, NCC, LPCC-S
Backed by the Kentuckiana Treatment Center for Anxiety & OCD, this podcast discusses recent research and other literature on OCD and anxiety-related disorders. It explains effective, evidence-based treatment strategies. Leins also educates listeners on what most often keeps OCD and anxiety sufferers stuck.

The OCD & Anxiety Show hosted by Matt Codde, LCSW
As a therapist with lived experience with OCD, Matt Codde shares practical tips to help listeners on their recovery journeys. He also tackles common obstacles to progressing in treatment and the evidence-based strategies that can be used to overcome them.