Please note that this is an older article. Thinking about exposure in terms of learning was a conceptual stepping stone between thinking in terms of habituation (the classical model) and thinking in terms of restoring agency (my current model). Rumination-Focused ERP: Turning Exposure On Its Head and Targets and Rationales for RF-ERP Exposures offer the most current version of my […]| Dr. Michael J. Greenberg
* Published December 2022 Three Types of OCD Cases: Integrating Malan’s Model of OCD with the Core Fear Model As discussed here, an individual’s OCD symptoms are aimed at avoiding a specific form of emotional distress, or Core Fear. And as discussed here, OCD symptoms are aimed at preventing a loss of attachment. So is […]| Dr. Michael J. Greenberg
Please note that Rumination-Focused ERP is a new and evolving approach to ERP. It has not yet been researched, and therefore to the extent that it differs from classical ERP, it is not evidence-based. How you conceptualize OCD and ERP affects not only how you do exposure but also what you do as exposure. By […]| Dr. Michael J. Greenberg
* Published December 2022 In his book Individual Psychotherapy and the Science of Psychodynamics, Dr. David Malan offered a simple model for conceptualizing the emotional and relational dynamics underlying OCD. This article presents my simplified version of Malan’s model, largely loyal to the original but filled in and slightly adjusted. I have found this model […]| Dr. Michael J. Greenberg