OCD of washing hands is a typical sign of “washing of things” like guilt, fear, responsibility etc. Identify when the OCD started. As a counsellor and therapist, it’s a very quick issue to resolve. Contact me, I’ll be happy to help you out. You can start with a practo chat with me.
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Visit a hypnotherapist (see details of my practice in info)
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OCD and Contamination
On the surface, the contamination fears associated with OCD don’t seem to be a very complicated subject. After all, dirt, germs, washing — what could be simpler? Actually, when you take a closer look, contamination is quite a bit more complicated than that.
First of all, this problem breaks down into two parts contamination obsessions and decontamination compulsions. Let us first examine the nature of obsessive contamination fears. Unlike the popular view, contamination isn’t simply limited to dirt, germs, and viruses. It can also include such things as:
Compulsions are the usual responses of sufferers to these fears. They may involve any protective act that an individual carries out to avoid becoming contaminated or to remove contamination that has somehow already occurred. Compulsions of this type may include:
1.excessive and sometimes ritualized hand washing
2.disinfecting or sterilizing things
3.throwing things away
4.frequent clothes changes
5.creating clean areas off-limits to others
6.avoiding certain places or touching things
Next Steps
Visit to Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) certified Clinical Psychologist and do the psychodiagnostic testing.
Do not forget to take a report.
Psychodiagnostic Testing:
Psychodiagnostic testing is used to help diagnose and clarify concerns regarding behavior, personality traits, mood, emotional functioning, and cognitive processes.
Psychodiagnostic assessment may be helpful:
When you are confused regarding the source of a yours behavioural or emotional problems.
Treatment option:
Psychotherapy as per RCI certified Clinical Psychologist.
ERP
What is Exposure and Response Prevention?
It is possible that you may have heard of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) before. CBT refers to a group of similar types of therapies used by mental health therapists for treating psychological disorders, with the most important type of CBT for OCD being Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP).
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