What Is MBT?
The term ‘mindfulness’ in the context of cognitive-behavioral therapy for OCD refers to paying attention to the present moment without passing judgment.
Including the presence of thoughts, feelings, and sensations which most often with OCD are unwanted. Since OCD sufferers have internal experiences, they view as inherently wrong or bad, mindfulness is difficult to practice. The goal is to not control thoughts by judging, fighting, or attempting to push them away. As OCD sufferers know, fighting thoughts only reinforces OCD.
Often OCD sufferers are very fused with their thoughts and believe that simply having a thought means there is an extreme threat and must act on it immediately.
The brain will also convince them their thoughts have significant value and must figure out why they had these and what they mean. With mindfulness, we want people to identify feelings and sensations as observations and allow them to gently pass. A commonly used metaphor in this practice is the example of sitting on a train platform and watching trains go by without attempting to board them.
WHAT TO EXPECT
At CalmOCD, mindfulness-based therapy is incorporated throughout patients’ treatment.
Ready to Start Your Healing Journey?
If interested, please follow the steps below! Due to the high volume of inquiries please allow 48 hours for a response.
STEP 2
Response
You will receive a response from CalmOCD within 48 hours and a 15 minute complimentary consultation will be scheduled
STEP 3
Intake Session
If CalmOCD seems to be a good fit based on your individual needs, an intake session will be scheduled.
At CalmOCD we treat individuals ages 5 and up with obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety, eating disorders, panic disorder, agoraphobia, phobias, misophonia, body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs), and co-occurring depression.
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