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Jenny\xa0Yip, Psy.D., ABPP, is a clinical psychologist, author, speaker and a nationally recognized Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and anxiety expert. Since childhood, Dr.\xa0Yip\xa0has fought her own personal battle with OCD. Like so many others, she found herself falling victim to the daily struggles that OCD can bring to one\u2019s life. Inspired by her childhood struggles and motivated to helping others overcome theirs, Dr.\xa0Yip\xa0established the Renewed Freedom Center in Los Angeles to help those suffering from OCD and anxiety disorders by providing the most advanced treatment available.\xa0She developed the Family Systems Based Strategic CBT, integrating Mindfulness Training and Strategic Paradoxical Techniques with Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). For over a decade, she has successfully treated severe OCD and anxiety disorders with this comprehensive modality.\nI am so grateful to Dr. Yip for coming on the show and so openly sharing her story of postpartum Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.\xa0I know many moms will be able to relate to the crippling effects of anxiety during that postpartum time.\xa0Dr. Yip does an excellent job shedding light on postpartum anxiety, hypervigilance, and OCD.\xa0\nAfter we cover adult OCD, we dive into what OCD can look like in children of all ages.\xa0You might be surprised, as OCD can manifest in many different ways in kids.\xa0If you have a child you think might be struggling with impulses, anxiety/worry, routines, depression, defiance, attention \u2013 there might be some new insights in this conversation for you.\nListen in to hear Dr. Yip share:\n\nAll the ways OCD can manifest, as well as the 3 different ways it showed up in her family growing up\n\nThe crippling grip Postpartum OCD had on her and what it cost her in her relationships with her twin sons\n\nHow adults can use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Exposure Therapy to quickly improve their OCD symptoms\n\nWhat OCD looks like in children \u2013 what is quirky kid behavior vs OCD behavior\n\nWhy OCD is often misdiagnosed as ADD, ADHD, or Oppositional Defiant Disorder in kids\n\nWhat kinds of treatment models are successful in treating kids with OCD and anxiety\n\nLinks Mentioned:\n\nWork with Dr. Yip and her team:\xa0Renewed Freedom Center\n\n\nDr Yip\u2019s Podcast:\xa0The Stress-Less Life with Dr.\xa0Yip\n\n\nJenny Yip on Facebook\n\n\nJenny Yip on Twitter\n\n\nJenny Yip on Instagram\n\n\nBook:\xa0Productive, Successful YOU! End Procrastination by Making Anxiety Work for You Rather Than Against You\n\n\nInternational OCD Foundation\n\nAnxiety and Depression Association of America\n\nThank you to our sponsors:\n\n\nBioclarity: Get 50% off your skincare routine + free shipping. Go to Bio Clarity and enter the code SHAMELESS at checkout.\n\n\nWing Alpha: Get $25 off your first cell phone bill when you go to Wing Alpha, click Join Wing and enter the code SHAMELESS.\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices