Eoin
7th March, 2025
32 Year Old Male with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Including Anxiety/ OCD Diagnostic assessment with recognised report, 4 months of continual Psychotherapy (CBT,ERP) Occupational Therapy, Adult Psychiatric consultation, health check/ medical review and prescription.
06 Month
Eoin, a 32-year-old software engineer in Cork, presented with intrusive thoughts, contamination fears and time-consuming compulsive checking rituals that impacted his work and home routines. Symptoms had gradually intensified over 3–4 years.
Initial Assessment . A consultation with an experienced psychologist preceded a focused OCD assessment, which concluded moderate-to-severe OCD requiring specialist CBT with ERP and a tailored treatment plan developed in collaboration with healthcare professionals
Helped Conor with Psycho-Education
Delivered by an experienced Psychotherapist trained in OCD treatment. Gradual, supervised exposures to feared situations with prevention of compulsive responses.
Evaluation of Eoin’s health in collaboration with his GP, including review of blood test results and assessment to guide appropriate next steps in his care plan.
To support Eoin's return-to-work - implementing strategies and reasonable adjustments.
Eoin reported a 40–60% reduction in symptoms by 6 months with regular ERP and behavioural experiments.
He regained control of daily routines and returned to full-time work with fewer productivity losses.
When combined with low-dose SSRI (optional and individualised), positive therapeutic affect was maintained.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) features a pattern of unwanted thoughts and fears known as obsessions. These obsessions lead you to do repetitive behaviours, also called compulsions. These obsessions and compulsions get in the way of daily activities and cause a lot of distress.
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