S4E167: Water Trough Chat: Why The Lindsay Clancy Case Feels Terrifying For People With OCD
The Lindsay Clancy case has sparked intense conversations about postpartum mental health—and for many people with OCD, those conversations can be terrifying.
In this special Water Trough Chat, Nicole welcomes back OCD specialist Gina Abbondante, LCSW, who brings nearly 20 years of maternal mental health experience. Together, they explore perinatal OCD versus postpartum psychosis, intrusive thoughts, psychosis, hormonal influences, and why this case has created so much fear and confusion within the OCD community.
They also discuss the polarization surrounding the case and what happens when we try to force an incredibly complicated tragedy into black-and-white explanations.
Content Warning: Includes discussion of child death, filicide, suicide attempts, intrusive harm thoughts, psychosis, and severe perinatal mental illness.
Resources:
For more info about Gina Abbondante, LCSW, click here.
To check out Gina’s Perinatal OCD vs. Postpartum Psychosis training through OCD Training School, click here to use my special link.
To check out provider searches, check out the following:
The International OCD Foundation Provider Search: Click here
ICBT.online’s Provider Directory: Click here
