S3E121: A 2025 Guide To Evidence Based Therapies & Emerging Protocols for OCD Treatment

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she reviews an overview of evidence-based therapies and emerging protocols with help from some of her prior podcast guests. Nicole amasses highlights of ERP, I-CBT, MCT, Medication Support, TMS and Deep Brain Stimulation. Additionally, Nicole highlights 4 emerging protocols worth our time and attention, including the developing landscape for I-CBT with kids, Rumination-Focused ERP, the Mastery Approach and the Upside of OCD. So whether you’re already aware of most of these and curious to hear more, or new to the OCD Family Community and desperate for hope, we’ve got you with highlights from OCD researchers, psychiatrists, trainers and OCD treatment experts, oh my!

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Resources:

Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP):

To learn more about ERP therapy, check out the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF) by clicking here.

To learn more about Justice-Based ERP, click here.

To read more about Core Fears and how to identify them for ERP therapy, click here.

To find training about Justice-Based ERP, visit OCD Training School via my affiliate link.

Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE):

To learn more about SPACE or to find a provider, click here.

Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT):

To learn more about ACT via the IOCDF, click here.

To check out another helpful reference for understanding and applying ACT, click here.

Inference-Based CBT (I-CBT):

To learn more about I-CBT, click here.

To find trainings for clinicians or a self study program for lived experience warriors and family, click here to visit OCD Training School using my affiliate link.

For the community interested in learning more about I-CBT for OCD, check out Dr. Frederick Aardema’s new self help book, Resolving OCD, Volume 1.

For clinicians wanting to learn I-CBT in book form, check out the Clinician’s Handbook for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Inference-Based Therapy by Keiron O’Connor & Frederik Aardema by clicking here.

To check more I-CBT themed episodes on the pod, visit my I-CBT playlist at OCD Family Podcast’s YouTube channel.

Metacognitive Therapy (MCT):

To learn more about MCT, click here.

To learn more about Dr. Pia Callesen, click here.

To sign up for the Live Training in February 2025, or to see about Trainings On Demand via OCD Training School, click here using my affiliate link.

Medication Support & Pharmocotherapy:

To learn more about common medications and dosages for OCD via the IOCDF, click here.

To learn more about new medications for Refractory OCD, click here.

To learn more about the differences between TMS and DBS, click here.

To review current research findings on Psychedelics for the Treatment of OCD, click here.

To check out Stacy Greeter, MD’s, YouTube channel regarding medication, mental health disorders and/or the AuDHD intersection, click here.

To learn more about Stacy Greeter, MD’s, practice information, click here.

To learn more about Ryan Vidrine, MD’s, practice information, click here.

Emerging Protocols for the Treatment of OCD:

1. I-CBT in Kids: To learn more about this emerging landscape, you can check out OCD Training School utilizing my affiliate link.

2. Rumination-Focused ERP (RF-ERP): To learn about the growing resources and protocol established by Michael Greenberg, Ph.D., check out his website for more information by clicking here.

3. The Mastery Approach: To learn more about Rich Gallagher’s, you can visit Rich’s website by clicking here.

   You can also pick up your own copy of The Contamination OCD Workbook via this Amazon link.

4. The Upside of OCD: To learn more about Michael Alcee, Ph.D.’s new book and approach to treating OCD, click here.

   To pick up your own copy of The Upside.., click here for the Amazon link.

Podcasts:

To Check Out my Fellow Podcasters as mentioned on this show:

• Kristina Orlova: The OCD Whisperer

• Stuart Ralph: The OCD Stories

Past OFP Episodes featuring this Episode’s Guests:

• Jon Abramowitz, Ph.D.:

  • S1E7

  • S1E8

• Caitlin Pinciotti, Ph.D.:

  • S1E29

• Ben Eckstein, LCSW:

  • S1E13

• Stuart Ralph, Host:

  • S3E112

• Frederick Aardema, Ph.D.:

  • S2E56

• Mike Heady, LCPC:

  • S1E20

  • S1E21

  • S2E60

  • S2E61

• Carl Robbins, LCPC:

  • S2E71

  • S2E72

  • S3E120

• Ryan Vidrine, MD:

  • S2E58

  • S2E59

• Kristina Orlova, Host:

  • S1E33

• Bronwyn Shroyer, LCSW:

  • S1E35

  • S3E111

• Jeremy Shuman, Psy.D.:

  • S1E36

  • S1E37

  • S1E38

• Catherine Goldhouse, LICSW:

  • S2E77

• Pia Callesen, Ph.D.:

  • S3E111

• Stacy Greeter, MD:

  • S3E109

• Eric Storch, Ph.D.:

  • S1E12

• Michael Greenberg, Ph.D.:

  • S2E90

• Rich Gallagher, LMFT:

  • S2E75

• Michael Alcee, Ph.D.:

  • Coming Soon!