Podcast
Christian Faith and OCD
A worldwide ministry that focuses on:
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Combining biblical and clinical wisdom
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Reducing shame
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Sharing hopeful stories
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Providing practical tools for greater peace
About the podcast
Christian Faith and OCD is a podcast that was originally named Hope for Anxiety and OCD (started in 2020). The podcast was born after trying to find resources for my own clients who were struggling. I couldn’t find professionals who were combining strong clinical knowledge about anxiety and OCD with strong Bible knowledge. Even though I knew nothing about starting a podcast, I felt a nudge from God to start and gave a hesitant yes.
After realizing most of our consistent listeners were struggling with OCD and due to the great need for resources in the Christian OCD community, the podcast was renamed and rebranded in 2024 to Christian Faith and OCD.
The podcast exists to reduce shame surrounding struggling with OCD as a Christian, increase hope, and provide practical tools for greater peace. I record solo episodes and interview guests including pastors, authors, and everyday Christians who are struggling with OCD.
As a result of God’s faithfulness (I wanted to quit several times!), Christian Faith and OCD is now a worldwide ministry with listeners in over 70 countries.
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Why Don’t Counselors Accept Insurance?
If you go searching for a counselor, you may quickly run into a problem: finding a counselor who accepts your insurance plan. While most doctors and dentists accept a wide variety of insurance, many counselors
15. Supporting Your Anxious Spouse with Summer McKinney, LMFT
I haven't done any marriage counseling since my internship in graduate school, so I asked my good friend Summer McKinney to be on the show to talk about how you can support your spouse who is
My Personal Experience with Antidepressants
I was staring at my computer screen, watching the cursor flash, almost as if it were coaxing me to finish my progress note. Running on a constant lack of sleep, my mind was fuzzy, and
14. How to Find a Therapist Who is Right for You
On this solo episode, Carrie shares about how to find a therapist who is right for you. Carrie shares her own experience searching for two different counselors and how she made the decisions she did
Five Signs It May Be Time to Get a New Therapist
You’ve waited a long time to get help, finally gotten the nerve to go to therapy, but just aren’t sure about your therapist. Is this really helping? How do you know when it’s time to
13. Panic Attacks, OCD, and God: A Personal Story with Mitzi VanCleve
Author Mitzi VanCleve shares her own personal story of experiencing anxiety, panic attacks, and OCD and ultimately, how God has used these things for good in her own life. Obsessions Mitzi experienced even as a
What About this Command to Not Be Anxious Part 2:
Last time on the blog, we broke down how the two verses prior to Phil 4:6 provide some guidance to help with anxiety. If you happened to miss that post, you can read it here.
What is EMDR?
When people first hear about Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), they are often skeptical. That's OK because I was too once. I wasn't sure how waving my fingers back and forth in front of
What About this Command to Not Be Anxious Part 1
Last week, I posted a blog Is Anxiety a Sin? Today, I want to talk a little bit about how we address what appears on the surface to be a command from scripture about not
Ways to work together
Intensive EMDR therapy, the Empowered Mind self-paced course, and group therapy for OCD.
