For the second episode of Beating BDD, I spoke to Minnie Iris. Minnie suffered from BDD from the age of 11 to when she was diagnosed at 38. Now 51, she describes herself as 80- 90% recovered and does great work to raise awareness of the disorder.
You can download the transcript for this episode here:
For this first episode of Beating BDD I spoke to Rob Willson, a London-based CBT therapist who specialises in researching and treating OCD, BDD and health anxiety.
Rob’s also chair of the world’s first charity exclusively devoted to body dysmorphic disorder, the BDD Foundation, which is also behind this podcast. In an interesting half hour Rob talked about how to recognise and treat the disorder, why he believes in curing not managing it and what to do with all that spare attention when you’re cured.
You can download the transcript for this episode here:
We’re delighted to tell you that we now have our own podcast, Beating BDD.
You’ll also find us on iTunes and in most podcast apps – just search for Beating BDD.
The podcast features interviews with therapists who specialise in researching and treating BDD, as well as with people who are recovering from the disorder.
It’s produced by Claire Atherton in conjunction with the BDD Foundation. If you’re interested in taking part, or would like to suggest topics to cover, you can write to Claire at bddfoundationpodcast@gmail.com
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