Obsessive Thoughts and OCD

Obsessive type thinking and full obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) occur where the person suffers from repetitive, compulsive behaviours and thinking.

To have difficulties with obsessive symptoms, a person does not have to have the traditional habits of checking the tap twenty times or similar behaviours. He or she may also have thoughts that repeat over and over again perhaps to an unreasonable degree. The individual knows when the kind of thinking they are engaging in is causing them difficulty.

While it can be difficult to treat obsessive type thinking and behaviours we have had success in working with clients with this kind of problem. Very often the issue is one of relearning how to deal with anxiety and fears that may have become disconnected from conscious awareness. Therapy, and in extreme cases medication, can help.

We all get anxious, it is a normal part of the human condition. However sometimes due to the environment we are in tendencies towards obsessive thinking or behaviours can be triggered in response to stress triggers or repeated stress situations.

Though each client is treated as an individual, the therapy for obsessive type symptoms may involve;-

Identifying what thoughts and behaviours occur.
Establishing if there are triggers which make them more likely to happen.
Monitoring stress levels in the life of the client.
Learning, if it is related, how to recognise triggers and symptoms and how to manage these.
Learning how to deal with stress more directly, if this is relevant.
Trying to identify how such behaviours and thought processes came about.
Understanding the meaning of these activites for the client.
Introducing cognitive-behavioural responses to deal with practicalities in overcoming obsessive symptoms.
Understand the level of control needed by the client and trying to help clients manage well rather than control symptoms perfectly.
We aim to involve medication as a last resort though we recognise that it does help some clients.

It IS possible to manage obsessive thinking and behaviours!

Call us now on 0876666425 to arrange an appointment to discuss how we might be able to help you change your habits.