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The Spirituality of ERP
Exposure and response prevention (ERP) is an effective non-pharmacological treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), supported...
Anthony Bishop
Aug 10, 20242 min read


ERP vs. ERE???
Exposure and response prevention, or ERP for short, is an approach within cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) where we literally expose...
Anthony Bishop
Oct 8, 20235 min read


Habit-driven "Compulsions"
We often think of compulsions as behaviors in response to our obsessions and the discomfort those obsessions create. For example, after...
Anthony Bishop
May 27, 20233 min read


The Optic Blind Spot: Two Metaphors
Our Optic Blind Spot can serve as a great metaphor...
Anthony Bishop
Mar 19, 20233 min read


Sensory Grounding and Beyond
Some of you may be familiar with sensory grounding. If you're not, you will be after this :) Sensory grounding is a tool or set of...
Anthony Bishop
Oct 28, 20223 min read


But These Are Real Feelings!!! When Contexts Get Confused
Blending is:
A type of thinking error (cognitive distortion) where feelings and thoughts from one event get conflated with another.
Anthony Bishop
Jul 10, 20224 min read


The Clean Slate
The idea of The Clean Slate is a rule that many sufferers of OCD and anxiety follow. It essentially says “You cannot move forward and...
Anthony Bishop
Jan 14, 20225 min read


New Book: The OCD Workbook for Teens
The OCD Workbook for Teens: Manage Intrusive Thoughts and Compulsive Behavior with CBT and Mindfulness is now available at major...
Anthony Bishop
Dec 28, 20211 min read


The IOCDF Online Conference || Friday October 8th - Sunday October 10th, 2021
Be sure not to miss this year's Online OCD Conference organized by the International Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Foundation (IOCDF)....
Anthony Bishop
Sep 30, 20211 min read
psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, exposure response prevention
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