JOHN TSILIMPARIS
EPISODE 50
OCD & Anxiety Specialist
John is a psychotherapist specializing in OCD, anxiety disorders, phobias and more. He’s the author of “Retrain for Anxious Brain” and he is here today to answer some questions about OCD. First we are discussing, the levels of OCD and how minor tendencies can actually be beneficial to a person. He explains that these tendencies can lay dormant or be functional for a long period of time before getting triggered and turning into impairing OCD. We talk about the differences of OCD and OCPD, personality disorders… I ask him about this new “Selfie Disorder” that just was announced earlier this week. We talk about hoarding and how it’s the same but opposite to OCD. And we are talking about if its genetic or developed. This is a really informative episode, so share with anyone you know suffering with OCD or anxiety.
EPISODE 56
ADDICTION SPECIAL
Psychotherapist and anxiety specialist, John Tsilimparis, is back and this time we are discussing addiction. We start with the basics, is it a mental illness? Does self esteem play a role in developing addiction? We discuss overall destructive behavior without substance use and addictive personality types. We talk about celebrities having the mental make up to develop an addiction. Then we talk about a pressing topic, the true epidemic in the country, opiates. We are discussing oxycotin’s origins, their sales, fatal overdoses and the doctor’s that carelessly prescribe them.
EPISODE 72
STATE OF THE STATE
Welcome back everyone, after a much needed break in December, Carmody Central is back. What a way to kick off the new year with psychotherapist and author, John Tsilimparis. Today we are discussing The Denial of Reason. We are branching off of one of John's Huffington Post articles about how many conversative candidates have rejected reason. How Ben Carson believes that Satan is partly responsible for Darwin's evolution theory. Seriously, he said that! How George W Bush said that God told him personally to free the Iraqi people. And how big of a part religion plays on the Republican side of things, especially when it comes to making laws. Believe whatever you want, I for sure am a believer in many crazy things, but you need to be logical if you're writing the laws and legislation in this crazy country we call 'merica.
ABOUT JOHN
JOHN TSILIMPARIS, MFT is a psychotherapist in Los Angeles that has become a go-to expert for the media on many areas of psychological issues. He has appeared on KCBS-TV, KABC-TV, KCAL-TV, KTLA-TV and other news programs to comment on subjects such as, marriage and divorce, holiday stress, empty nest syndrome, seasonal affective disorder, celebrity addictions, lottery fever, etc. John's radio appearances include Air-Talk with Larry Mantle on KPCC-FM and recently on KPFK-AM radio.
John has also been featured as a regular on the TV documentary series, Obsessed, on the A&E Television Network. He's received a lot of attention after appearing on Larry King Live with two patients that he treated on Obsessed. He also appeared on the reality show Collection Intervention on the SyFy channel, The View, with one of his patients and discussed treatment for freeway phobia with the ladies.
John is also a respected speaker. He teaches classes for students as well as lay people about anxiety disorders, depression, and addiction. He has presented workshops at UCLA Extension and at well-known treatment facilities in Los Angeles, including Clearview Treatment Center, Vista Del Mar, One-to-One Treatment and The OCD Center of Los Angeles. John teaches several psychology classes every year at Pepperdine University and Antioch University. He also supervises clinical interns.
When he's not doing media appearances and speaking, John devotes time to his very successful private practice in Brentwood. His practice continues to grow through referrals from psychiatrists, psychologists, and medical doctors who respect his work and support his activities. He is a former staff therapist in the department of psychiatry at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles and in the department of Addiction Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center.
He is also a regular blogger on the Huffington Post and has published articles on many of the subjects mentioned above. Please visit his Huffington Post page.
LINKS
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE...
WATCH
John Tsilimparis, anxiety disorders therapist, on TV Documentary series called "OBSESSED" Part 2
Therapist John Tsilimparis and 2 of his patients from Season 1 of A&E's "Obsessed" are guests on Larry King Live.
Intense and highly personal, A&E's true-life docuseries Obsessed examines the lives of everyday people impris- oned by unmanageable, repetitive behaviors and sometimes debilitating fear. Whether it is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Panic Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, General Anxiety Disorder, Hoarding or a variety of phobias, the unscripted series gives viewers a chance to see first-hand how an obsession can radically affect a person's life.