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Jeffrey M. Schwartz, M.
Known for: Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior, You Are Not Your Brain: The 4-Step Solution for Changing Bad Habits, Ending Unhealthy Thinking, and Taking Control of Your Life
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Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
Brain Lock is a groundbreaking self-help book that presents a four-step method for overcoming obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) without medication. Drawing on clinical research and patient case stud...
You Are Not Your Brain: The 4-Step Solution for Changing Bad Habits, Ending Unhealthy Thinking, and Taking Control of Your Life
This book presents a neuroscience-based approach to overcoming destructive thoughts and behaviors. Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz and Dr. Rebecca Gladding explain how to use mindful awareness to rewire the brai...
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Understanding OCD and the Brain Lock Phenomenon
When I describe OCD, I emphasize that it isn't simply about cleanliness or checking behaviors — it's about being trapped in an unwanted cycle of thoughts and actions that the brain keeps reinforcing. Early research showed that people with OCD experience overactivity in specific brain circuits linkin...
From Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
The Four-Step Method: Training Your Mind to Rewire the Brain
The essence of overcoming OCD lies in learning new mental habits that change the neural circuitry responsible for obsessive-compulsive behavior. Through years of clinical practice, I developed the Four-Step Method. It reflects both scientific principles and patient experience, a mindful way of retra...
From Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
Understanding Deceptive Brain Messages and Neuroplasticity
Let me begin by explaining the concept that underpins this entire approach: deceptive brain messages. These are automatic impulses, thoughts, or feelings generated by your brain that trick you into believing something that isn’t true — such as that you’re not good enough, that you must perform a rit...
From You Are Not Your Brain: The 4-Step Solution for Changing Bad Habits, Ending Unhealthy Thinking, and Taking Control of Your Life
Distinguishing the Real Self from Deceptive Brain Messages
To effectively apply the Four-Step Method, you must understand the difference between who you truly are and what your brain happens to signal. The real self is not a construct of fleeting emotions or desires; it is the conscious awareness that chooses and directs meaning. It holds your deepest sense...
From You Are Not Your Brain: The 4-Step Solution for Changing Bad Habits, Ending Unhealthy Thinking, and Taking Control of Your Life
About Jeffrey M. Schwartz
Jeffrey M. Schwartz, M.D., is a research psychiatrist at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine. He is internationally recognized for his work in neuroplasticity and the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. His research has contributed significantly to understandi...
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Jeffrey M. Schwartz, M.D., is a research psychiatrist at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine. He is internationally recognized for his work in neuroplasticity and the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. His research has contributed significantly to understandi...
Jeffrey M. Schwartz, M.D., is a research psychiatrist at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine. He is internationally recognized for his work in neuroplasticity and the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. His research has contributed significantly to understanding how mindfulness and cognitive-behavioral therapy can alter brain function. Dr. Schwartz is also the author of several books on the intersection of neuroscience and human behavior.
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