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Process - Physician - Fraser Health Authority

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Fact SheetObsessive Compulsive GroupDoes this describe you?♦ Do you have repeated unwanted thoughts or images that cause significant distress and are time consuming? Forexample, doubting that the door is locked, or being contaminated with germs, thoughts of doubt about whether youmight have harmed someone or turned off the stove.♦ Do you perform deliberate behaviours (e.g. washing, checking, ordering) or mental rituals (e.g. praying, counting,repeating phrases) that are carried out to reduce the anxiety caused by the obsessions?♦ Some common Obsessions include fear of contamination, thoughts of doubt, fear of harming yourself or others,thoughts about doing something horrible to someone you love.♦ Compulsions are often related to Obsessions. If you worry about being contaminated by germs, you might have theurge to clean all the time. Compulsions can include washing and checking a lot , hoarding things, needing to orderand arrange things in a certain way, mental rituals like replacing a bad thought with a good thought, or repeat aprayer when you have thoughts about something bad happening, or asking for reassurance.Group Therapy Services offers a Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Group for those challenged by Obsessive CompulsiveDisorder (OCD). The group will teach you how to manage your obsessions and compulsions. The group meets weeklyfor 12 weeks and each session is 2-hours in length. Each session teaches specific skills that continue to build on eachother, allowing you to regain a sense of mastery over your life. Homework is an essential part of the group andparticipants should be able to commit to some out of session work.The experience of obsessions and compulsions can occur across all levels of socioeconomic status, professions, and typesof persons. But, OCD doesn’t have to run your life! Come and join our group and find out how!For information please call: (604) 520-4397For a referral, please contact your localmental health centre:New Westminster Mental <strong>Health</strong> Centre(604) 777-6800Tri-Cities Mental <strong>Health</strong> Centre(604) 777-8400Royal Columbian HospitalGroup Therapy Services3 rd Floor, 260 Sherbrooke StreetNew Westminster, BC V3L 3M2www.fraserhealth.ca

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