Pure O(CD) + Exposure Therapy + Shit - with Connor Kelly-Eiding

06/02/21 • 35 min

So. Listen. There's a form of OCD that shows NO external, physical signs of OCD. None. Nada. Ya know -- the way that most of us typically think of OCD. And many folks go DECADES of their life without receiving a diagnosis or having any name for their struggle. Meet Connor Kelly-Eiding (she/her), whose daily experience includes Pure-O. As she moves through grad school towards therapist licensure. Largely thanks to ERP - Exposure and Response Prevention therapy.
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Bye Bye Binaries - with Joseph Baca

Gender + grief + saying bye to a therapist.
Joseph Baca (he/she/they) identifies as a queer, non-binary, demiboy. Unsure of any of those terms? Joseph is more than thrilled to explain. Was this thrill + level of comfort with their queerness always the case? Not exactly. Not in recent political climates of yore... After losing a close friend to suicide and reluctantly parting ties with his therapist, Joseph is looking at the world from a new lens. One that isn't down with the oppression of the gender binary... or any binary for that matter.
TW: death by suicide
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