Why do people perform behavioral rituals?

Why do people perform behavioral rituals?

Damián Ruiz The behavioral ritual, in the patient with OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder), is usually linked to a superstition, that is, to an irrational thought, for example: “I’m still contaminated,” “I can contaminate,” “I may have harmed someone,” “I need to...
Trauma or Overprotection: Triggers of OCD

Trauma or Overprotection: Triggers of OCD

Trauma or overprotection: The genetic predisposition to suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is not scientifically proven, but it could be possible, given that each individual has areas of greater strength or vulnerability in their DNA composition. However,...
What type of therapy is followed at IPITIA?

What type of therapy is followed at IPITIA?

The therapy we follow at IPITIA can be considered eclectic and integrative. Eclectic means that we take aspects from different psychological lines, from Theodore Millon’s biopsychosocial theory, from cognitivism, from Carl Gustav Jung’s theory, from...