Emotion of Life - Agra

Recovery  from OCD required a combination of therapy and a holistic approach, so that a person skewed personality dynamics can be upgraded, Major therapy needs to implement are:

 1. Cognitive Behavior Therapy

2. Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy

3. Exposure and Response Prevention

4. Systematic Desensitization

5· Cognitive Restructuring 

6. Aversion therapy

7. Psycho-education

8· Group therapy

9· Gestalt Approach 

10. Psycho Drama

11. Family Therapy

Process we follow: Strategic Planning & Execution of therapy sessions

1. Initial discussion over Call

2. First consultation for need assessment

3. Complete Personality assessment

4. OCD pattern and Trend Analysis  

5. Developing customized Therapy plan

6.  Discussion & explaining therapy plan 

7.  Therapy preparedness session

8.  Counselling Therapy session 5 months

9.  Family Therapy Sessions must 

10.  Progress monitoring biweekly 

11. Corrective measure if needed 

12.  Mid term evaluation

13.  Relapse Management  

14. End Term Evaluation

15.Termination of sessions after recovery.

16.  Follow up up to  6 months

EXPOSURE & RESPONSE PREVENTION (ERP)

ERP is a form of behavioral therapy. It is an evidence-based practice that has been proven in research studies to be the most effective therapy in the treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). You cannot always control your incoming thoughts and feelings, but you can control how you behaviorally respond to them. Since thoughts, feelings and behaviors are interrelated, if you change your behavior then your thoughts and feelings will follow. For example, imagine a man who is depressed and has been laying on his couch for days. He says to himself, “I will get off my couch and do something when I feel better.” If this person decides to change his behavior by getting off the couch and taking a walk, he will probably notice that his mood will lift as a result. ERP for OCD is a ‘facing your fears’ approach. If we are exposed to anything with enough frequency, we eventually habituate to it. Habituate means ‘to acclimate to’ or ‘get used to’ something. In OCD, a person may have an obsession that he will become contaminated by touching a door knob. Another may fear that having a thought about stabbing someone may mean she will actually do it. In ERP therapy, we create exposure assignments that encourage repeated access to feared objects or thoughts, which results in an eventual decrease in anxiety, guilt and distress. When an individual has an unwanted thought, feeling or physical sensation, he or she will often respond by engaging in compulsions or rituals to neutralize the potential of that fear occurring. When doing exposures in ERP therapy, we must also be sure to reduce your neutralizing rituals. Rituals prevent habituation from occurring. In other words, when you perform a compulsion you reinforce the idea that the fear is legitimate and that you cannot tolerate it which makes your OCD more powerful. Pairing exposure with response prevention is pivotal in teaching your brain how to respond differently when your obsessions show up. Your thoughts do not have the power to hurt you beyond just being very uncomfortable.

COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY

We all have distorted thinking from time to time. Cognitive Therapy focuses on changing what you say to yourself internally, so that you can change how you feel and behave. Individuals with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) commonly fall into cognitive traps which leads to increased anxiety, guilt and distress. We will teach you how to notice when you fall into problematic thinking patterns in regards to your OCD. Common cognitive distortions in OCD are ‘catastrophizing,’ ‘all or nothing thinking,’ ‘thought-action fusion,’ and ‘confirmation bias,’ among others. Core beliefs are developed through life experiences and / or by membership in particular groups. People often share the same core beliefs as others in their family of origin. You share the same core beliefs as other individuals with OCD. An example of a core belief held by people with OCD is “All my thoughts are really important,” or “The world is a dangerous place.” An individual’s core beliefs are what guide his real-time interpretations of himself, others and the world around him. When you learn to identify your automatic interpretations of your current situations, then you are then able to challenge your distorted thoughts and engage in reality-testing. Maybe your spontaneous interpretation was distorted and caused more unwarranted fear. We will teach you a technique called Cognitive Restructuring that will help you to identify and challenge your distorted OCD thinking patterns and create openness to more rational, evidence-based thinking. This can help to decrease anxiety and encourage exposure behaviors that ultimately reduce.