IOCDF BTTI Training: Transforming My OCD Therapy Journey I remember logging off on 24 February, the session window finally closed, my desk still scattered with notes and half-drunk coffee. Four days earlier, I’d clicked into the International OCD Foundation’s...
ERP Therapy: 7 Effective Strategies for OCD and GAD Introduction – Emma’s Story and the Turning Point I still remember the first time Emma came to see me in my Edinburgh office. She walked in clutching her coffee cup so tightly you’d think it was the only thing...
Just-Right OCD: 7 Uplifting Facts to Embrace Balance I still remember the first time a client told me, "I know it's silly, but I can't leave the kitchen until every mug handle is facing exactly the same way." She laughed when she said it, but there was a tiredness in...
Overcoming OCD: The Need for Time, Patience and Consistency Hello, I’m Federico Ferrarese, a CBT therapist based in Edinburgh, specialising in OCD treatment. Let me tell you about someone I once worked with—we’ll call her Sophie. Sophie couldn’t leave her house...
DTI for OCD Diagnosis and Treatment Introduction Imagine meeting someone and feeling their anxiety ripple through your hands. That’s what I sensed when I first met Emma, a client with severe OCD. She described intrusive thoughts so vivid that they erased her peace....
5 Essential Insights on OCD and Keeping Apologising Well, imagine you're at a small dinner party in Edinburgh. You drop a fork. You pick it up. Immediately, you say sorry. You do it again. And again. You can't stop. You feel awful if you don't apologise. That was me...