https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/treatments-health-professionals/ocd-treatment/m-p/444967#M11066 <P>Hi Darawanker,</P> <P>Welcome to the forums and thank you for being here. Can I ask, are you referring to psychological therapies?</P> <P>If you are, then yes. While there's a lot that can be used for OCD there's one that's fairly common that I'll share with you and hopefully that will help.</P> <P>It's called CBT-ERP. That stands for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with Exposure Response Prevention. While that sounds like a hell of a handful, it's basically a therapist working with you on your thoughts, feelings and behaviours - and looking at ways to gently expose yourself to the things that scare you.</P> <P>It might sound a bit daunting, but it is a step by step process, and the therapist goes at a pace that works for you. As a very basic example, if you felt like a pool was contaminated, the ultimate goal might be swimming with friends, but one of the small steps to do that might be driving by the pool or being near a pool.</P> <P>If you want to read more on this you can look here - http://beyondocd.org/information-for-individuals/cognitive-behavior-therapy</P> <P>I hope that this helps - feel free to have a search for OCD in here and there's lots of people talking about their own experiences.</P> <P><SPAN style="font-size: inherit;">RT</SPAN></P> Thu, 31 Oct 2019 23:49:34 GMT romantic_thi3f 2019-10-31T23:49:34Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/treatments-health-professionals/ocd-treatment/m-p/444966#M11065 Hi all, I am a long term OCD sufferer that has intrusive thoughts take over my life. I have been taking medication for many years now which have helped but lately I feel the OCD is beginning to win again. I have not seen a psychiatrist for many years but am considering revisting that. Does anyone know if there are any new therapies available as I am sick of just taking drugs and them not really working. Thu, 31 Oct 2019 03:12:11 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/treatments-health-professionals/ocd-treatment/m-p/444966#M11065 Darawanker 2019-10-31T03:12:11Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/treatments-health-professionals/ocd-treatment/m-p/444967#M11066 <P>Hi Darawanker,</P> <P>Welcome to the forums and thank you for being here. Can I ask, are you referring to psychological therapies?</P> <P>If you are, then yes. While there's a lot that can be used for OCD there's one that's fairly common that I'll share with you and hopefully that will help.</P> <P>It's called CBT-ERP. That stands for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with Exposure Response Prevention. While that sounds like a hell of a handful, it's basically a therapist working with you on your thoughts, feelings and behaviours - and looking at ways to gently expose yourself to the things that scare you.</P> <P>It might sound a bit daunting, but it is a step by step process, and the therapist goes at a pace that works for you. As a very basic example, if you felt like a pool was contaminated, the ultimate goal might be swimming with friends, but one of the small steps to do that might be driving by the pool or being near a pool.</P> <P>If you want to read more on this you can look here - http://beyondocd.org/information-for-individuals/cognitive-behavior-therapy</P> <P>I hope that this helps - feel free to have a search for OCD in here and there's lots of people talking about their own experiences.</P> <P><SPAN style="font-size: inherit;">RT</SPAN></P> Thu, 31 Oct 2019 23:49:34 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/treatments-health-professionals/ocd-treatment/m-p/444967#M11066 romantic_thi3f 2019-10-31T23:49:34Z