Episode 012: As Good as It Gets and OCD
Today, we deep-dive into OCD - Obsession Compulsive Disorder - and discuss symptoms, treatment options, and the impact OCD can have on your everyday life.
Our two guests include photographer Dallas Curow, who recently started sharing her story about OCD, and Farah Zerehi, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in California. She’s a specialist who works with OCD patients and has OCD herself!
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CW: Discussions about self-harm and POCD
Music: Deppisch
Design: Perpetualnotion.ca
Mixing/ Mastering: Tony Bao
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MORE ON OUR GUESTS
Dallas Curow
Dallas is a photographer based in Edmonton, Alberta. She places the highest value on connecting with her clients, and photograph them as they share their stories with the world. She’s driven by a desire to create art and uplift other women as they pursue their dreams and celebrate their milestones in life and business. In creating magical imagery, she aims to help her clients add beauty and richness to their lives. See more: dallascurow.com
Farah Zerehi
Farah Zerehi (she/her) is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in California. Farah has worked in a variety of settings as a therapist including a county-contracted mental health agency, a sliding-scale community clinic, and two private practices.
Farah is trained in ERP and utilizes ERP, ACT, CBT, Narrative Therapy, relational work, and Motivational Interviewing when working with clients. Farah has experience working with a variety of issues including complex trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, PTSD, borderline personality disorder, parenting, substance use, domestic violence, immigration issues, commercial sexual exploitation of children, and, of course, OCD!
Farah engages in her therapeutic work through a lens of social justice and with great attention to sensitivity for the client’s intersecting identities. Farah was diagnosed with OCD in adulthood many years after she started struggling with symptoms so she intimately understands the need for high-quality, specialty, and individually-tailored care that is accessible in the community; she is passionate about closing the gap for others who might need OCD treatment.
Farah currently runs a private practice where she hopes to increase access to high-quality psychotherapy through sliding scale and insurance paneling. When Farah is not working, she loves to oil paint, practice ASL, hunt for mushrooms in the PNW with her partner, spend time with her favorite people, go backpacking, explore nature, and hang out with her rescue dogs. You can find her on Twitter @TherapistFarah.
FURTHER RESOURCES
International OCD Foundation (IOCDF): The mission of the IOCDF is to help those affected by obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and related disorders to live full and productive lives. Our aim is to increase access to effective treatment through research and training, foster a hopeful and supportive community for those affected by OCD and the professionals who treat them, and fight the stigma surrounding mental health issues.
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