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Podcast: Play Therapy Podcast: A Master-Class in Child-Centered Play Therapy
Episode: 371 | OCD Behaviors in Children: What We're Really Treating in CCPT
Description: In this episode, I address a topic I've been getting more and more questions about: children who present with obsessive or compulsive behaviors that mirror OCD. I explain why I feel OCD is often not an appropriate childhood diagnosis and why these behaviors are best understood as manifestations of unmanageable anxiety combined with perfectionism and an intense need for control. When parents come in focused on eliminating specific behaviors, I walk through why that approach misses the heart of the issue and risks placing an agenda on the child that undermines the therapeutic process. I outline how...