About Course
Welcome to Understanding OCD Recovery. In just two hours, you’ll learn the principles of Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and how to begin applying them in your own recovery. I am Dr. Sunil Punjabi, an ERP practitioner, the author of 5 books on OCD, and the founder of Unshackle Counselling. I will be your course facilitator.
In this two-hour course, you’ll learn what OCD is, how to identify your triggers, obsessions, and compulsions, and how to use ERP to respond differently to them. You’ll also explore additional recovery practices and ways of thinking that can help you make better decisions when OCD shows up.
There are worksheets and reading resources provided along with this course. Use them. Read all reading resources thoroughly. They provide additional information that is relevant but not covered in videos here. And practice on the worksheets extensively. They will guide you to take the right action and move towards recovery. Also, keep a notebook handy throughout the course, in which some exercises may need to be done.
There is no need to complete this course in one sitting. Take your time, practice the exercises, and revisit any lesson whenever you need to.
One more thing. While this course provides the complete framework, untangling complex themes or customizing your ERP scripts can bring up tricky situations. If you want private, 1-on-1 support to review your worksheets or build your tailored exposure plan, click here to book a private counseling session with me.
The following are three quick videos on the course before we begin the first module:
- Introduction: Meet your instructor and learn about my background and approach to OCD recovery.
- You are not who you think you are: Your OCD may make you feel like a bad person, but the good news is that that is a false signal sent to you by your OCD.
- What this course will do and won’t: This course will give you all the tools that you need for recovery, but it will not take the action for you. That is your responsibility, and yours alone.
Let’s start then, shall we? Onto the first module. All the best.