ACT for OCD: What Is Experiential Avoidance?

20/01/2023 7 min
ACT for OCD: What Is Experiential Avoidance?

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In this episode of our series "The ACT for OCD Toolbox: A Guide for Therapists," we talk about experiential avoidance and its role in OCD. Experiential avoidance refers to an unwillingness to feel our internal experiences, and the ways we might therefore take steps away from them. Faculty: Kate Morrison, Ph.D. Host: Jessica Díaz, M.D. Script Editor: Jazmin Soto, L.Psy. Learn more about "The ACT for OCD Toolbox: A Guide for Therapists" and earn 8.25 CE credits. Prefer to read? Here's a text version: "ACT for OCD: What Is Experiential Avoidance?"

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