CBT and EMDR - Mental Health and Wellbeing

Author: Jaime G. Miralles

Explore CBT, EMDR and other therapies, learn a new way to look after your Wellbeing and Mental Health. This is a trauma informed podcast for us to learn to build resiliance, understand yourself and manage you wellbeing. I'm a CBT and EMDR Therapist, Supervisor, Educator and Registered Mental Health Nurse. I love what I do and want people to be contempt with themselves. In their private and professional lives. The podcast deliver helpful information and skills, for all the individuals to explore themselves and to gain better understanding inner experience of the world.
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7 - 🔄 How is OCD maintained: Meaning, Interpretation & Response - ERP OCD Treatment
Episode 7
Friday, 5 June, 2026

Welcome back — I’m Jaime, an ERP therapist specializing in CBT and EMDR. This is video 7 in our ongoing series on OCD treatment, and today we’re diving deeper into the cycle that keeps OCD going — and how you can begin to shift it with compassion, clarity, and courage.OCD isn’t just about intrusive thoughts. It’s about how we interpret those thoughts, the meaning we assign to them, and the responses we use to feel better — responses that often bring short-term relief and long-term reinforcement.💬 In this video, we explore:• The full OCD cycle: intrusion → meaning → interpretation → response• Why intrusions can be thoughts, images, sensations, emotions, or urges• How compulsions like checking, washing, avoiding, and mental rituals keep the cycle alive• The role of mental compulsions — including mantras, prayers, and thought replacement — and how they reinforce distress• How ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention) helps you face discomfort and build emotional resilience• Why your survival strategies deserve compassion — and how you can begin to let go of them• Reflective exercises to help you identify your patterns and prepare for changeThis is a trauma-informed, strengths-based invitation to understand your OCD more clearly — and to begin responding in ways that support long-term healing. You’re not broken. You’re learning. And your brain can change.🧠 Recovery begins when we stop trying to escape discomfort — and start trusting that we can face it.#OCDRecovery #ERPtherapy #CBTforOCD #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder #MentalHealthSupport #OCDCycle #IntrusiveThoughts #Compulsions #MentalCompulsions #TraumaInformedCare #MentalHealthEducation #YouAreNotBroken #OCDAwareness #CompassionateTherapy #FeelToHeal #HealingWithERP #OCDHelp #OCDTreatmentSeries 📢 Please subscribe, leavea comment, share the video!🔗 You can also find uson:📸 Instagram:⁠https://www.instagram.com/the.online.therapy.clinic/⁠🎧Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Xz3zGVxfDLgidN8Vboko0📺YouTube: ⁠www.youtube.com/@The.Online.Therapy.Clinic⁠🗓️You can book #Therapy today!!👉 ⁠https://online-cbt.com/online-therapy-bookings-cbt-emdr/⁠TheOnline Therapy Clinic