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Ive been , played a big part in regards to raising awareness of ocd which is important , without that we wouldn't be where we are today

in regards to knowledge etc

But personally, my concerns are there is still a lack of good therapists in areas when it comes down to the treatment of OCD

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But personally, my concerns are there is still a lack of good therapists in areas when it comes down to the treatment of OCD

I agree with you Legend. We have excellent specialists and mentors like Paul raising awareness and spreading the word that OCD is unnecessary and treatable but sadly we are a long way from that treatment being available to all, or even most. Dammit, we still have GP's who haven't got a clue!!

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So , im not condoning the fact that we raise awareness, without ocduk I wouldn't be where I am today, and I count myself lucky that I recovered well, on my own

with that font of knowledge.

That aside, I get fed up to the back teeth of seeing those who aren't as fortunate as I was, who are treated ( or should we say untreated) and are left to wallow in the depths

of despair, due to the lack of help by gps. and therapists

Paul is fantastic, everyone involved in the charity is, but its an ongoing problem, that really does need addressing.

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At least raising awareness gives relief and solace to many to know that this is a recognised anxiety condition. It does educate the public, the media about OCD (not always effectively....eg "I'm a bit OCD" :angry: )

There's a lot of lot of work to be done. People are becoming aware of what OCD is/does....but there's still a long way to go in terms of readily available, appropriate and effective treatment delivered swiftly.

Guess we just need to keep ploughing forward :(

Caramoole

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Just for clarity there is a lot going on behind the scenes towards this that we don't make public, and is something I wrote about in our conference programme at the weekend.

ok thanks for that ash

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Hi all and Legend especially.

Legend I feel a big affinity with you, as we are both doing our best to refocus people onto acceptance, relabeling and the fours steps in general. As I said in a post the other day, when asked which of the many books I've read on OCD and anxiety meant the most to me and why, I immediately answered "Brainlock" because Jeffrey told me why my brain locks into thought loops, and that I had to accept it and apply distraction; this reinforced the message my own therapist was telling me, but which I had struggled with and encouraged me to buy into the acceptance totally.

Legend you certainly play your part, and I especially like the way you get to the hub of the issue and steer people back from their ruminations and onto the core thing(s) they need to address.

I'm new to the awareness concept, and bought in to awareness week and built some great awareness within my firm which was really pleasing, but I am acutely aware that every day needs to be awareness day as we work more and more on this.

Aside from that, monitoring the forum as I have been doing for quite a few weeks now, I see the same themes coming up regularly, together with cries for help, re-assurance and assistance; what I'm especially noticing is, to me, the surprisingly large number of OCD thoughts sufferers - that's a big new awareness for me personally.

We can continue to provide help to them, and encourage them to buy into acceptance - which to me is the key concept for getting people en route to recovery. And I am seeing people logging back on and giving us progress reports and that is great.

So I know we are helping people communally, and I know we are working on awareness, and I think it's important for us to acknowledge the progress and the assistance - whilst at the same time acknowledging that there is still lots more to be done,,especially on awareness en masse, and acceptance re-labelling refocusing and revaluing by sufferers.

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And just to get back to the need for more therapy, to me everyone that needs it should have a right to access it, and we are some way away from that through availability of therapists, cost etc. But I take comfort from the fact that feedback I receive shows that people do appreciate and benefit greatly from the help we give them here.

And when they do get to therapy I feel that we've given them the knowledge to know what to expect, that we have helped both therapist and patient to get the maximum benefit from sessions.

And yes of course there are failures with the therapy - I had to sack my first therapist and he was a very eminent psychiatrist and totally amazed and horrified that I sacked him, but he was totally on the wrong track with my OCD. And yes, we do need to provide comfort and encouragement if that happens to others and I will certainly be looking to do that, and explain that they should persevere and try another therapist.

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It's not just ocd. I think it is across the board. The NHS is running out of money and mental health is running out of cash the most. I've asked to be referred to a psychiatrist and had no luck because they don't have time. When I was first diagnosed, it was the support of seeing a psychiatrist every three months that gave me the confidence to get on top of my ocd and I got almost completely better. This time, I get referred to IAPT and put on a waiting list with no communication and no diagnosis. Luckily, I still have a diagnosis from ten years ago when the system had more money. It must be awful for new sufferers. Ocd fears are often scary and we need the reassurance of someone qualified telling us we have it. And I am in an area which is supposed to be leading the country in anxiety care.

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Skype Skype Skype!

More should offer it and more are. We live in a digital age, embrace it.

Besides for video confrencing, to get more therapists in general educated on proper OCD/CBT treatment, why not start accredited workshops or something for therapists? Like they do for NLP. A week long intensive or something from experts in the cbt/OCD field on the treatment techniques and then give them a certificate at the end. Of course only for PhDs, not anyone. Then more could learn how to apply it and can advertise in their practice that they have X certificate etc. Would take some organizing, though the therapists would be paying for the training, so it's cost effective to organize it whatever that would take.

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Removed external link to commercial service for non approved therapist
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takes 4 years here I think to become an "accredited" therapist , which means you are trained specifically to implement cbt / erp.

nlp isn't recognised treatment for ocd

Also we have free treatment here on the nhs, the problem is ADD is there simply is a significant shortfall of recognised therapists

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