The OCD Confessional

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From OCD Patient to OCD Therapist: Paul McCarroll on ERP & ACT

2026-10-2748:01

Send us Fan Mail What happens when someone who once needed inpatient treatment for OCD becomes a therapist helping others through the same struggles? In this episode of The OCD Confessional, Liam Martin and Alicia Hill sit down with Paul McCarroll of Be Free From OCD to discuss his remarkable journey from struggling with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder as a teenager to becoming an OCD therapist at the very facility where he was once hospitalized. Paul opens up about his personal experien...

We’re Back: OCD Confessions, Recovery & What We’ve Learned | Season 2 Premiere

2026-10-1344:00

Send us Fan Mail Season 2 of The OCD Confessional is here. After a full first season of honest conversations about OCD, recovery, intrusive thoughts, ERP and everything in between, Liam and Alicia are back behind the microphones together to talk about where things stand now — both with the podcast and with their own OCD. In this Season 2 premiere, we look back at what surprised us most about our first season, the conversations that stayed with us, and what we've learned from the incredible gu...

Hospitalized for OCD, Then He Made It Funny | Comedian James Stanley

2026-09-2247:07

Send us Fan Mail James Stanley has spent much of his life making people laugh. But behind the comedy is a mental health story that became anything but funny. James grew up with severe OCD, autism, anxiety and Tourette syndrome, and his struggles with OCD became so debilitating that he was hospitalized multiple times. In this episode of The OCD Confessional, James takes us inside those experiences: what OCD looked like when he was young, how severe the disorder became, what it was like to need...

The “Difficult Kid” Was Struggling: OCD, ADHD & ODD | Tommy Dwyer

2026-09-0801:00:29

Send us Fan Mail Before Tommy Dwyer became a filmmaker, actor and stand-up comedian, he was the kid who couldn't seem to stay out of trouble. In this episode of The OCD Confessional, Tommy opens up about growing up with a complicated mix of OCD, ADHD and Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) — long before he fully understood what was happening inside his brain. Tommy shares stories from childhood about questioning authority, getting into trouble at school and feeling different from the kids aro...

Relationship OCD, ERP & Finding What Works | Danielle Jhiani of My OCD Coach

2026-08-2501:01:26

Send us Fan Mail Danielle Jhiani knows OCD from both sides: as someone who has lived through it herself and as the founder of My OCD Coach, where she now helps others navigate OCD and anxiety. In this episode of The OCD Confessional, Danielle opens up about experiencing multiple OCD themes, including Relationship OCD (ROCD), Harm OCD, Health OCD, Somatic OCD, and Just Right OCD — and what she learned when she realized that while the content of OCD can change, the underlying cycle often looks ...

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