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21. The Truth About Self-Compassion: OCD, Anxiety, Eating Disorders, & Chronic Illness with Kimberley Quinlan, LMFT - Your Anxiety Toolkit
- 2023/08/10
- 再生時間: 1 時間 33 分
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On episode 21 of A Chat with Uma, I speak with Kimberley Quinlan, LMFT! Kimberley is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and public speaker who is the host of Your Anxiety Toolkit podcast, founder of CBT School, and owner of Kimberley Quinlan (A Marriage and Family Therapy Corporation) in Los Angeles, CA. She is passionate about the treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and related disorders, Eating Disorders and Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors, and provides one-on-one treatment and online courses for those who are struggling in these areas. Advocating for those with mental health disorders is also a huge part of her life mission, and she serves as a global advocate for the International OCD Foundation. She is also the founder of CBTSchool, an online psychoeducation platform where she offers support and research-based educational products to those who cannot access correct care. CBTSchool offers low-cost online courses and FREE resources for OCD, anxiety and BFRB’s. She is also the best-selling author of 'The Self-Compassion Workbook for OCD: Lean into Your Fear, Manage Difficult Emotions, and Focus On Recovery' (2021). In this episode, we discuss the following topics (+ timestamps): (00:00:00) Introduction of episode & Kimberley Quinlan, LMFT (00:04:35) How Kimberley became an OCD-specialized therapist (00:10:39) How Kimberley's lived experience with anxiety, eating disorders, and being a personal trainer led her to becoming a mental health therapist; Being an OCD therapist without having OCD (00:13:59): All about self-compassion The events that led to Kimberley's interest & specialization in self-compassionReferenced clinician: Tara BrachOperational definition of self-compassionWhat self-compassion is & is notHow anybody can access self-compassionResearch on efficacy of self-compassion in treatmentRole of self-compassion in recovery (00:30:22) About Kimberley's book: The Self-Compassion Workbook for OCD: Lean into Your Fear, Manage Difficult Emotions, and Focus On Recovery' (2021) (00:40:57) How Kimberley has made evidence-based OCD treatment education widely accessible through CBT School (00:47:55) Discussion: does an OCD treatment provider need to have lived experience of OCD to provide the best therapeutic care? (00:53:39): Kimberley's experience with chronic illness & having a disability Her journey to a POTS diagnosisHow she had to radically change her life & way of operatingAcceptance of disabilities & limitationsThe lessons she's learned from her chronic illness experienceFull story on her podcast: episode 124, episode 307Recommended book: How To Be Sick by Toni Bernhard (01:10:20): Navigating boundaries and finding balance in life Kimberley's experience with developing boundariesHow to (attempt to) strike balance amongst incredible busynessFielding judgment and criticism from social media & large-scale public creationKimberley's family and childrenKimberley's strategies for time managementReferenced course: Time Management for Optimum Mental Health (01:20:03) Kimberley's experience as an Australian immigrant; Navigating the grief + anxiety of living across the world from her family (01:23:23) DEEP rapid-fire final questions with Kimberley, and closing out the episode! Connect with Kimberley: Website: https://kimberleyquinlan.com/Listen To Her Podcast: Your Anxiety Toolkit - all podcast platformsCBT School: Find all courses hereInstagram: @YourAnxietyToolkitBook: The Self-Compassion Workbook for OCD: Lean into Your Fear, Manage Difficult Emotions, and Focus On RecoveryKimberley's Clinical Practice: info here Connect with me! My website: umarchatterjee.comInstagram: @UmaRChatterjeeTwitter: @UmaRChatterjeeTikTok: @UmaRChatterjeeEmail: hello@umarchatterjee.comHave a guest you want on the show? Fill out the Guest Suggestion Form!