2 years down, 5 months to go

[seekingERPnorthwest]

Hi everyone, I've been waiting 2 years for therapy now and I understand I've still got around 5 months to wait, which is torture.  I've read Paul Salkovski''s latest book and have recently been looking up Youtube videos by Randy Frost and Gail Steketee.  I really don't know how to cope any longer before I get to the top of the waiting list.  Thanks for listening.

[paradoxer]

Hang in there. You've waited this long, comparatively your almost there. All the best.

[PolarBear]

You've read nooks and watched videos. But what have you done about changing the way you think and behave?

[seekingERPnorthwest]

Er, could you help me out with that?! I kind of know that's the idea but I don't know how to do it

[taurean]

That rather questions the intent of self-help books you have read. If they are good at the CBT side of OCD, then you will know what to do. 

[Angst]

Hi there - I replied to your post last Monday and my advice still holds. Read the literature AND accept the kind offer from the Mind person and do a little bit about the hoarding.  Paul Salkoversi is perhaps best known for being one of the writers Break Free From OCD and CBT for OCD. I have also seen him twice on telly dealing specifically with hoarding issues and was stuck by his kindness and sympathetic approach. Given the constraints of therapeutic time, Randy O Frost and Gail Sketetee do advocate the use of a ‘coach’ but this being part of a planned intervention with the therapist. I think developing a coaching relationship might be a good strategy.