Joining me on this episode is my guest Annie Alpers. Annie is a psychologist in San Francisco specializing in OCD and anxiety. She not only treats obsessive-compulsive disorders, including OCD, body dysmorphic disorder, and body-focused repetitive behaviors, but has them herself. Similarly, she both has and treats misophonia, which is a common additional diagnosis for people with OCD. She is passionate about disseminating accurate information about these conditions and about neurodiversity in general to fellow professionals, people who have these conditions, their family and friends, and interested members of the general public. 

In this episode, we discuss:

• Misophonia: symptoms, how to best characterize it, what treatment looks like, and how friends and family members can be helpful.
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, and Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors: common misconceptions and how friends and family can be helpful

Annie Alpers website: https://www.alperspsychotherapy.com/

International OCD Foundation: https://iocdf.org/

Duke Center for Misophonia: https://www.misophonia.duke.edu/

Open Mind Night website: https://openmindnight.captivate.fm

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