Grounding Techniques to Overcome Being Overwhelmed “You keep talking about ‘defusing’ from my thoughts, Aharon, which kind of shows me you’re disconnected from reality: when I’m freaking out, I’m not really able to start imagining leaves flowing down a stream! I’m losing it!” is something that my clients don’t say
Defusion Techniques When I first read about the concept of “defusion,” I was convinced someone had made a typo (most spell-checks don’t recognize the word either!). Surely, they meant “diffusion,” right? I pictured bottling up intrusive thoughts and pressing a button to turn them into a fragrant mist. While that’s
Understanding OCD and Intrusive Thoughts: Breaking the Myths and Finding Clarity I remember as an eight-year-old, walking with my grandfather in the Washington, D.C., area. We were next to a river, when I suddenly noticed the thought, “What if I jumped in?” I wasn’t a strong swimmer, and this thought
After introducing the idea of encopresis, and discussing the medical side and the role of the Tracking Chart, the time has come to really introduce the habit-change model. However, to do so right now is jumping the gun a bit: the program that we use is not a purely 100%
After an intro to encopresis (https://bit.ly/EncoIntro) and the necessity of a medical assessment (https://bit.ly/EncoGastro) this post will start to discuss what happens in the consultation sessions themselves. After getting the necessary information from a doctor and hearing more from the parents about the current situation and developmental history, we’ll usually
After the previous intro post on encopresis, the next few posts will focus on the practical aspects of the treatment model we use. The current post will discuss the first step: making an appointment with a doctor. When parents reach out to us, the first thing we recommend is making
Earlier on in the year, when I wrote about Encopresis (link in the comments (1)), I mentioned that the usual response to my saying the word “Encopresis” is “Enco-what?”. The second most common response (after explaining what encopresis is) is “Oh, so *that’s* what it’s called!” Encopresis is fairly common,
