KOR Results OCD & Anxiety Specialist

KOR Results OCD & Anxiety Specialist CA OCD & anxiety Private practice

OCD Whisperer Podcast host

OCD Self Help: www.korresults.com Psychotherapist I Coach I Trainer

02/03/2026

When health ocd shows up.

Ever go down a rabbit hole with gpt about any body sensations and symptoms? And then end up convinced you have something? Or end up checking how you feel every-single-day and not realize you are actively compulsing?

🧠The harm comes from using reassurance as a compulsion to reduce anxiety, rather than connecting or problem-solving in a...
02/02/2026

🧠The harm comes from using reassurance as a compulsion to reduce anxiety, rather than connecting or problem-solving in a healthy way.

Takeaway: Reassurance stops being helpful when it's used as a quick fix for OCD anxiety.

01/30/2026

🧠Can OCD trick even a trained medical professional?
What happens when your worst fear actually comes true—and your OCD tells you it’s your fault?

In this episode of The OCD Whisperer Podcast, Kristina Orlova speaks with Sarah Michelle Boes, nurse practitioner, entrepreneur, mother, and OCD advocate. Together, they explore what it’s like to live for decades with undiagnosed OCD, how pregnancy intensified obsessive thinking, and how recovery is possible even after hitting rock bottom.

Sarah opens up about:
• Living with OCD symptoms since childhood without knowing it
• Being misdiagnosed until adulthood
• How pregnancy and motherhood intensified magical thinking OCD
• The moment she realized OCD—not reality—was running the show
• Entering intensive ERP treatment and rebuilding her life

This is an honest, vulnerable conversation about living through fear, uncertainty, and doubt—and learning how to move forward anyway.
Whether you’re navigating OCD yourself or supporting someone who is, this episode offers hope, clarity, and practical insight into long-term recovery.

📲 About Sara Boes (guest):
• NP, mental health advocate, author, Founder
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahmichelleboes/?hl=en
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-michelle-boes/
• Web Page: https://sarahmichelleboes.com/

✂️ TIMESTAMPS:
[00:00] Meet Sarah Boes[01:10] The First Signs of OCD No One Recognized[03:31] Pregnancy Triggered My Worst OCD Ever[04:27] The Baby Shower That Broke My Brain[05:10] When OCD “Got It Right” About My Child[07:22] Life After a Severe OCD Diagnosis[10:08] Hitting Extreme OCD and Entering Intensive Treatment[11:52] What Actually Helped Me Recover From OCD[13:39] Losing the Constant Feeling of Urgency[15:39] Who Am I Without My OCD?[17:02] Doing the Things OCD Tried to Take Away[20:01] OCD Remission, Relapse, and Real Recovery[21:52] When OCD Targets What You Love Most[25:35] The Sneaky Ways OCD Comes Back[27:34] Reassurance, Relationships, and Setting Boundaries[30:09] Final Thoughts and Where to Find Sarah

✅ Free Resources & Links

🎁 Free OCD Survival Kit & Classes → www.shorturl.at/KcTxM
📖 OCD CBT Journal → www.shorturl.at/7pUxB
🌐 Website → www.korresults.com/
✍️ OCD Academy→ www.ocdacademy.thinkific.com/


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✅ About OCD Whisperer
Welcome to OCD Whisperer! Each episode shares tools and insights for OCD recovery, managing intrusive thoughts, ERP therapy, CBT techniques, anxiety relief, and mindfulness practices. Join me for expert interviews and personal insights into overcoming OCD. Subscribe to find support, strategies, and hope for your OCD journey.

⚠️ Disclaimer: Please note while the host is a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in OCD and anxiety disorders in the state of California, this podcast is for educational purposes only and should not be considered a substitute for therapy.

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🧠That "do it now or else" feeling is a classic OCD signal — not a message you need to obey.
01/28/2026

🧠That "do it now or else" feeling is a classic OCD signal — not a message you need to obey.

⚠️ Emotional reasoning is a core OCD trap: "If it feels real, it must be real."Treatment starts when behavior stops bein...
01/27/2026

⚠️ Emotional reasoning is a core OCD trap: "If it feels real, it must be real."
Treatment starts when behavior stops being dictated by feelings.

🧠 This is one of the most misunderstood parts of OCD treatment online.Acceptance isn't anxiety relief — it's disengageme...
01/26/2026

🧠 This is one of the most misunderstood parts of OCD treatment online.
Acceptance isn't anxiety relief — it's disengagement. Relief comes later, not first.

01/23/2026

🧠Can you really accept OCD thoughts without agreeing with them?
And what does “acceptance” actually look like when your mind is attacking you nonstop?

In this episode of The OCD Whisperer Podcast, Kristina Orlova, LMFT, speaks with Dr. Sarah Brungardt, psychologist and founder of Calm OCD. Together, they explore one of the most misunderstood (and feared) concepts in OCD recovery: accepting intrusive thoughts without engaging in compulsions.

Dr. Brungardt breaks down what acceptance truly means, why fighting thoughts keeps OCD stronger, and how learning to tolerate uncomfortable emotions can give you your life back.

Dr. Sarah opens up about:
• Why the goal of OCD therapy is not eliminating thoughts or emotions
• How emotional reasoning keeps people stuck in compulsive loops
• Why rumination is one of the most overlooked compulsions in OCD
• What real acceptance looks like in daily life (and why it feels impossible at first)

Acceptance doesn’t mean approval.
It doesn’t mean giving up. It means learning how to live with uncertainty instead of letting OCD control your choices.
Whether you’re navigating OCD yourself or supporting someone who is, this episode offers clarity, compassion, and practical insight into how acceptance actually works in recovery.

📲 About Sara Brungardt (guest):
• CEO of "calmocd"
• OCD & Anxiety Specialist
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calmocd/
• CalmOCD web page: https://www.calmocd.com/

✂️ TIMESTAMPS:
[00:00] – Meet Dr. Sarah Brungardt: Your Guide to Understanding OCD[01:17] – Why “Acceptance” Sounds Impossible at First[03:23] – Sitting With Feelings That Feel Unbearable[05:47] – How Can You Avoid Engaging with Thoughts[08:03] – Acceptance Is the First Exposure[09:59] – How Long OCD Recovery Really Takes[12:10] – How can I feel positive emotions during OCD attacks[13:51] – How can you stop trying to figure out OCD thoughts[16:29] – When Acceptance Becomes the Obsession

✅ Free Resources & Links

🎁 Free OCD Survival Kit & Classes → www.shorturl.at/KcTxM
📖 OCD CBT Journal → www.shorturl.at/7pUxB
🌐 Website → www.korresults.com/
✍️ OCD Academy→ www.ocdacademy.thinkific.com/


📲 Stay Connected

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📩 Business Inquiries: info@theocdwhisperer.com

✅ About OCD Whisperer
Welcome to OCD Whisperer! Each episode shares tools and insights for OCD recovery, managing intrusive thoughts, ERP therapy, CBT techniques, anxiety relief, and mindfulness practices. Join me for expert interviews and personal insights into overcoming OCD. Subscribe to find support, strategies, and hope for your OCD journey.

⚠️ Disclaimer: Please note while the host is a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in OCD and anxiety disorders in the state of California, this podcast is for educational purposes only and should not be considered a substitute for therapy.

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01/16/2026

🧠What If OCD Isn’t About Uncertainty—But About Doubting the Wrong Things?

In this episode of The OCD Whisperer Podcast, Kristina Orlova, LMFT shares her personal journey living with OCD and how her understanding of treatment has evolved over time. Drawing from both lived experience and nearly a decade of clinical work with OCD, Kristina breaks down ERP, ICBT, ACT, and why learning how OCD actually works mattered more than chasing themes or subtypes.

This conversation dives into:
• Living with relationship OCD, morality OCD, and “feeling off” OCD
• Why rumination was her most powerful (and invisible) compulsion
• How ERP—especially imaginal exposures—changed her relationship with intrusive thoughts
• What it really meant to reach recovery and live without being ruled by OCD

Kristina shares how learning to spot rumination, tolerate uncomfortable body sensations, and stop feeding imaginary stories helped her step out of OCD’s internal world and back into real life.

Whether you’re living with OCD, supporting someone who is, or trying to decide which treatment approach is right for you, this episode offers clarity, compassion, and practical insight into what recovery can actually look like.

✂️ TIMESTAMPS:
[00:00] – I Didn’t Know I Had OCD (Even as a Therapist)[02:52] – Why Understanding OCD Matters More Than Knowing Your “Subtype”[05:17] – Why ERP Helped Me (And What People Get Wrong About It)[07:32] – The Compulsion No One Talks About: Rumination[09:52] – When Your Brain Starts Searching for Problems That Don’t Exist[12:07] – Exposure to Feelings: Letting Anxiety Exist Without Fixing It[14:32] – The Breakthrough I Had With I-CBT[16:55] – Obsessional Doubt vs Real-Life Uncertainty[20:27] – The Moment I Stopped Believing Every Story My Mind Created[22:42] – How to Tell When You’re Doubting Normally vs Obsessionally[24:42] – Why There Is No “One Right” Way to Treat OCD[27:32] – Recovery Is Possible (And What I Want You to Take From This)

✅ Free Resources & Links

🎁 Free OCD Survival Kit & Classes → www.shorturl.at/KcTxM
📖 OCD CBT Journal → www.shorturl.at/7pUxB
🌐 Website → www.korresults.com/
✍️ OCD Academy→ www.ocdacademy.thinkific.com/


📲 Stay Connected

Facebook: www.facebook.com/korresults
Instagram: www.instagram.com/ocdwhisperer/
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/
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Website: www.korresults.com/


📩 Business Inquiries: info@theocdwhisperer.com

✅ About OCD Whisperer
Welcome to OCD Whisperer! Each episode shares tools and insights for OCD recovery, managing intrusive thoughts, ERP therapy, CBT techniques, anxiety relief, and mindfulness practices. Join me for expert interviews and personal insights into overcoming OCD. Subscribe to find support, strategies, and hope for your OCD journey.

⚠️ Disclaimer: Please note while the host is a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in OCD and anxiety disorders in the state of California, this podcast is for educational purposes only and should not be considered a substitute for therapy.

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01/09/2026

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Is your child’s OCD hiding behind good behavior and perfectionism?

In this episode of The OCD Whisperer Podcast, Kristina Orlova speaks with Katherine Schooland, LMFT, founder and director of Raising Brave Kids, a multi-state practice specializing in child and teen anxiety and OCD. Together, they explore how childhood OCD can quietly hide in high-functioning, compliant, and “well-behaved” kids — and why it’s so often missed.
Katherine shares deep clinical insight into how OCD actually shows up in children, especially when it doesn’t look anxious, disruptive, or obvious.

Katherine breaks down:
• How childhood OCD can hide behind reassurance-seeking, perfectionism, and compliance
• Why mental compulsions and rumination are so hard for parents to spot
• The difference between normal developmental worries and OCD “stickiness”
• How ERP-informed parenting can interrupt the OCD cycle early
• What happens when childhood OCD goes unrecognized into adolescence and adulthood

Whether you’re parenting a child with OCD, suspect something deeper than “just anxiety,” or supporting a family navigating uncertainty, this episode offers clarity, hope, and concrete tools to help kids — and parents — move forward.

📲 About Katherine (guest):
• LMFT, founder and director of Raising Brave Kids
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raisingbrave.kids
• Raising Brave Kids: https://www.raisingbravekids.com/

✂️ TIMESTAMPS:
[00:00] – When OCD Hides in “Good Kids”[01:36] – The Reassurance Trap Parents Don’t Realize They’re In[04:10] – When Perfectionism Isn’t a Strength Anymore[06:02] – Avoidance That Doesn’t Look Like Avoidance[07:01] – The Mental Rituals No One Sees[09:17] – How Loving Parents Accidentally Feed OCD[10:47] – Supporting Your Child Without Becoming the Anxiety Regulator[13:23] – Why Parents Must Regulate Themselves First[14:16] – What Happens When Childhood OCD Is Missed[16:49] – Why Early Skills Change Everything[17:40] – The Biggest Gaps in OCD Treatment Today[20:09] – You’re Not Failing—There Is a Way Forward

✅ Free Resources & Links

🎁 Free OCD Survival Kit & Classes → www.shorturl.at/KcTxM
📖 OCD CBT Journal → www.shorturl.at/7pUxB
🌐 Website → www.korresults.com/
✍️ OCD Academy→ www.ocdacademy.thinkific.com/


📲 Stay Connected

Facebook: www.facebook.com/korresults
Instagram: www.instagram.com/ocdwhisperer/
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/
Twitter (X): www.x.com/korresults
Website: www.korresults.com/


📩 Business Inquiries: info@theocdwhisperer.com

✅ About OCD Whisperer
Welcome to OCD Whisperer! Each episode shares tools and insights for OCD recovery, managing intrusive thoughts, ERP therapy, CBT techniques, anxiety relief, and mindfulness practices. Join me for expert interviews and personal insights into overcoming OCD. Subscribe to find support, strategies, and hope for your OCD journey.

⚠️ Disclaimer: Please note while the host is a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in OCD and anxiety disorders in the state of California, this podcast is for educational purposes only and should not be considered a substitute for therapy.

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01/02/2026

🤰These Thoughts Don’t Mean You Want to Harm Your Baby

In this second of two episodes about perinatal OCD on The OCD Whisperer Podcast, Kristina Orlova is joined again by Betty Flores, LCSW, a perinatal mental health specialist and founder of Perinatal Wellness, for an honest and deeply needed conversation about perinatal OCD, intrusive thoughts, pregnancy, and postpartum mental health.
Betty shares her own lived experience with undiagnosed perinatal OCD—including how both she and her therapist initially missed the signs—and how that journey ultimately led her to specialize in helping parents who feel terrified by thoughts they don’t understand.

Betty opens up about:
• Experiencing intrusive thoughts during postpartum that were misunderstood as “normal worry”
• Why perinatal OCD is often missed or minimized—even by trained professionals
• Taboo intrusive thoughts involving harm and why they don’t reflect intent
• How reassurance, checking, and mental review quietly fuel the OCD cycle
• Why ERP therapy and proper education changed everything

Whether you’re pregnant, postpartum, supporting a loved one, or trying to understand intrusive thoughts, this conversation offers clarity, education, and relief—without minimizing how real and painful this experience can be.

📲 About Betty Flores (guest):
• Certified in Perinatal Mental Health | EMDR | ERP
• Perinatal OCD/Anxiety, Reproductive Trauma, Grief & Loss
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perinatal_wellness/
• Perinatal Wellness: https://www.perinatal-wellness.com/

✂️ TIMESTAMPS:
[00:00] – When the Expert Misses OCD in Herself: A Therapist’s Undiagnosed Perinatal OCD[03:19] – Why Perinatal OCD Is So Often Misdiagnosed (Even by Professionals)[05:40] – Normal Parent Worry vs OCD: The One Difference That Changes Everything[07:25] – OCD Is the Doubting Disease: How “What If” Thoughts Take Over[08:15] – Can You Control OCD During Pregnancy? What Actually Helps[09:25] – What Postpartum OCD Really Looks Like (Thoughts, Urges, and Checking)[10:37] – Responsibility, Parenthood, and OCD’s Biggest Trap[13:20] – How Common Is Perinatal OCD (And Why Parents Stay Silent)[14:59] – Can Postpartum OCD Turn Into Psychosis? Clearing Up a Common Fear[16:58] – Baby Blues vs Postpartum Depression: The Signs You Shouldn’t Ignore

✅ Free Resources & Links

🎁 Free OCD Survival Kit & Classes → www.shorturl.at/KcTxM
📖 OCD CBT Journal → www.shorturl.at/7pUxB
🌐 Website → www.korresults.com/
✍️ OCD Academy→ www.ocdacademy.thinkific.com/


📲 Stay Connected

Facebook: www.facebook.com/korresults
Instagram: www.instagram.com/ocdwhisperer/
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/
Twitter (X): www.x.com/korresults
Website: www.korresults.com/


📩 Business Inquiries: info@theocdwhisperer.com

✅ About OCD Whisperer
Welcome to OCD Whisperer! Each episode shares tools and insights for OCD recovery, managing intrusive thoughts, ERP therapy, CBT techniques, anxiety relief, and mindfulness practices. Join me for expert interviews and personal insights into overcoming OCD. Subscribe to find support, strategies, and hope for your OCD journey.

⚠️ Disclaimer: Please note while the host is a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in OCD and anxiety disorders in the state of California, this podcast is for educational purposes only and should not be considered a substitute for therapy.

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Happy New Year 🥂I gave up resolutions and all that jazz a while back. Instead I focus my attention on more presence and ...
01/02/2026

Happy New Year 🥂

I gave up resolutions and all that jazz a while back.

Instead I focus my attention on more presence and soaking in the moment.

Wishing all of you a beautiful next chapter. And as I recently heard even if it’s a crap day- it’s still what’s supposed to be.

Allow life to unfold- give it some nudges where you can and trust yourself a ton more.

Hugs 🥰,
Kristina

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Kristina has been in the mental health field for over a decade. She has always been drawn to working with severe, complex, and co-morbid disorders. She has significant experience working with anxiety disorders, trauma, depression, and disruptive behavior disorders.

Kristina chose to specialize in OCD & Anxiety Disorders because she is passionate about helping people break the debilitating cycle of panic and fear. She will teach you strategies to help you and your loved ones regain control of your life to get KOR Results. Kristina incorporates Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness, and YOUR values and strengths when delivering Cognitive Behavioral and Exposure & Response Prevention Therapy (CBT & ERP).

Kristina attends regular trainings to ensure she is up to date with the most current best practices.

Kristina’s practice KOR Results is currently providing telehealth/ virtual therapy via video calls for anyone residing in California. To see her in person, you can find her at The Gateway Institute in Oakland, CA where she is a contract therapist providing face to face therapy services for clients with higher level of needs.