OCD Center of Los Angeles

We are happy to announce that we are starting a new low-fee online therapy group for residents of California struggling with Dermatillomania and Trichotillomania. https://ocdla.com/skin-picking-dermatillomania-trichotillom

"'This time, I will stop doing it for real', I would tell myself time and time again, as I convinced myself that some new strategy I came up with was going to get me to stop pulling out my eyelashes." https://ocdla.com/trichotillomania-journey-treatment-recove

Elena Fasan, LCSW, of the OCD Center of Los Angeles discusses how parents can teach kids skills to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic that also help them to manage OCD more effectively. https://ocdla.com/how-learning-to-live-with-covid-19-can-h/

Our presentation on Relationship OCD (ROCD) at the Online OCD Conference is tomorrow at 11am eastern time. You can take our free online test for ROCD at: https://ocdla.com/relationship-ocd-rocd-test

A new study has found that reports of anxiety and depression among adults have surged since the pandemic began. https://kwwl.com//new-study-finds-rates-of-anxiety-and-de/

Hopefully, the ridiculous picture that goes with this article doesn't diminish the importance of this research. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/934423

"With COVID-19 infections continuing to rise in the U.S., and debates remaining on how and when to open schools, and if mask-wearing should be mandatory, many of us are understandably uneasy." https://thehill.com//508863-health-anxiety-in-the-time-of-

"Sufferers are forced to deal with a constant internal wrestling over what they know to be real and true, and intrusive thoughts that they feel must be true, because they thought them and cannot make themselves stop thinking about them." https://www.refinery29.com//ocd-intrusive-thoughts-catholi

"I see how your familiar world was turned upside down by a pandemic that came roaring in like a monster at dusk." https://themighty.com//parenting-child-fighting-obsessive/

One week from today, we will be presenting a panel discussion on ROCD at the upcoming Online OCD Conference being offered by the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF). For more information please go to: https://ocdla.com/relationship-ocd-recovery-7763

"Negative emotions were appreciably less prevalent when study participants engaged in 45 minutes of vigorous physical activity every day." https://www.inc.com//to-beat-anxiety-feel-better-right-now

The Online OCD Conference starts one week from today! Learn more and register at: https://event.vconferenceonline.com/micros/html/event.aspx

8 tips for managing anxiety related to returning to work. https://www.cnbc.com//how-to-manage-anxiety-over-returning

7 concrete tips for helping children manage their anxiety during the pandemic. https://www.npr.org//kids-feel-pandemic-stress-too-heres-h

"When the coronavirus hit, many of the things I used to distract myself became unavailable. My free time spiked. And my brain ran amuck." https://www.refinery29.com///ocd-in-coronavirus-quarantine

"It’s not uncommon for new parents to think of the baby falling down the stairs, choking or drowning in the bathtub. 91 percent of mothers and 88 percent of fathers experienced upsetting intrusive thoughts about their newborn." https://www.nytimes.com//intrusive-thoughts-scary-images-c

Two weeks from today, we will be presenting a panel discussion on ROCD at the upcoming Online OCD Conference being offered by the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF). For more information please go to: https://ocdla.com/relationship-ocd-recovery-7763

You can participate in online research examining the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on body focused repetitive behaviors such as skin picking and hair pulling. Just complete this simple, anonymous 15 minute questionnaire. https://redcap.ahc.umn.edu/surveys/