Thank You, Next…Diagnosis

Linda, Kylie, Morgan, Mary, Dr. A

Introductions

Linda

● City: San Mateo, CA● Diagnoses: OCD, MDD, SAD● Fun Fact: I can dance

Caporales, a Bolivian style of dancing. Starting at three years old, I performed at San Francisco’s Carnaval.

● Experience: IOP in SF, Residential in Wisconsin, Partial in Walnut Creek, Individual therapy in SF

Kylie

● City: San Francisco, CA● Diagnoses: OCD, Anxiety,

Depression, Substance Use● Fun Fact: I am an aspiring

filmmaker and huge fan of David Lynch.

● Experience: PHP (Rogers Walnut Creek), Exposure Therapy, OCD Group Therapy

Morgan

● City: Bloomington-Normal, IL● Diagnoses: OCD, Borderline-

Personality Disorder (BPD), Depression

● Fun Fact: My college major was ecology & evolutionary biology

● Experience: Residential for OCD, several inpatient stays, outpatient Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) program

Mary

● City: St. Louis, Missouri● Diagnoses: OCD, ADHD,

PTSD, GAD, depression● Fun Fact: Recipient of

three journalism awards● Experience: residential

for OCD/PTSD, DBT group, individual exposure therapy, CBT, inpatient, three outpatient programs

Dr. Jon Abramowitz

● City: Chapel Hill, NC● Position: Professor at

University of North Carolina

● Fun Fact: I play guitar in a band

● Experience: I conduct research and have a private practice specializing in OCD

Questions

Question 1

Dr. Abramowitz:

How do you go about diagnosing multiple disorders?

Can comorbid diagnoses mask one another?

What are common comorbidities with OCD?

Panelists:

What were you diagnosed with first?

Question 2

Dr. Abramowitz:

Do you treat each diagnosis at the same time or separately?

Which do you treat first?

Panelists:

How did treatment work for you?

Question 3

Dr. Abramowitz:

How do other therapies work with or differ from ERP?

Panelists:

How was therapy different or similar from OCD treatment such as ERP?

Question 4

Dr. Abramowitz:

Do your clients typically work with more than one therapist or just you?

Panelists:

Do you have multiple therapists? Did you find someone who could specialize in both?

Question 5

Dr. Abramowitz:

Importance or lack thereof of labeling disorders?

Panelists:

Are you part of a community for each disorder?

Question 6

Dr. Abramowitz:

How does having comorbid diagnoses impact OCD treatment?

Panelists:

Do your diagnoses interact with or affect one another?

Question 7

Dr. Abramowitz:

Is it common or uncommon to get clients who were misdiagnosed?

Audience Questions

Thanks!Morgan Rondinelli@MorgansVoice_ @MorganRondowww.notalonenotes.orgwww.myocdvoice.wordpress.commyocdvoice@gmail.com

Linda Olmos@mslindaolmos