{"id":2817,"date":"2018-05-15T19:13:24","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T18:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ocduk.net\/?page_id=2817"},"modified":"2018-07-05T13:54:15","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T12:54:15","slug":"importance-of-working-at-therapy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/overcoming-ocd\/importance-of-working-at-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Working at Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When we first enter therapy, it\u2019s natural to expect after hearing stories of people recovering from OCD, \u00a0our own recovery journey to be relatively straight forward, if not \u00a0slightly uphill.<\/p>\n

But the reality<\/strong> is in many cases it’s likely to be very different, because overcoming OCD requires lots of hard work, and has some challenging obstacles. On occasions we may have to go backwards to find another route over an obstacle to move forwards again.<\/p>\n

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This is why the\u00a0importance of working at therapy<\/strong>\u00a0is the one key message we want people to take away from this website, well, that and the fact that the recovery destination is actually an achievable place to reach.<\/p>\n

The fact is, it\u2019s\u00a0US<\/strong>\u00a0that have to do most of the hard work to get there, our therapist is a guide and will be there to help us through those difficult challenges, but ultimately it\u2019s us that have to push ourselves forward.<\/p>\n

Whilst we know Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)<\/a><\/p>\n

helps many people overcome OCD, too many people fall into the trap of becoming complacent, believing that the therapist and the therapy are going to do all the work, so we want to throw a few of those common myths out there to ensure there is no misunderstanding about our role in therapy.<\/p>\n

The unhelpful beliefs about therapy listed below have all been used over time, probably by many of us here at OCD-UK and are worth exploring.<\/p>\n