By Ferdinando Palumbo, MSW, LCSW, Founder of Northern NJ CBT   Background It’s 10:00 AM. I am meeting a client at a mall. He has not tried on clothes in at least 5 years, but thinks it could be substantially longer. This client suffers from OCD and his OCD has regaled him with all sorts of horror stories that it claims could happen if he tries on clothes at the mall. Mostly, the OCD nagged him with the terrifying notion that he could spread germs inadvertently to innocent or

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Let's look at five things holding back your anxiety, OCD, panic, and phobia treatment!