Breaking the Stigma: Understanding and Treating OCD with Asto Clinic

Anything Is Possible Podcast

Dr. Costas Papageorgiou & Steve Turnock

This episode explains and deconstructs OCD, a severely misdiagnosed mental health condition. Holly shares this episode with friend Steve Turnock and personal therapist Dr. Costas Papageorgiou. The stories uncovered in this episode, are a true representation of the phrase "Anything is Possible" from raw stories to help and guidance, from those suffering - please listen to this.

Don't forget to share your takeaways and tag us on social media: @anythingispossiblebrand @iamhollymooreevents @makeeventsltd @Astoclinics for Twitter @asto_clinics for Instagram @Astoclinics for Facebook https://www.astoclinics.com/

Episode 8 In this episode, Steve Turnock, a successful businessman, and Dr. Costas Papageorgiou share their very raw and inspiring stories. Steve Turnock and Holly Moore were once patients of Dr. Costas Papageorgiou, who has since assisted both of them in recovering from OCD, a very misdiagnosed mental health condition.

This episode, which is a true testament to the phrase "Anything is Possible," discusses Steve Turnock's struggle with OCD as well as how to find support with the help of Dr. Costas Papageorgiou's professional guidance. Dr. Costas Papageorgiou Dr. Papageorgiou is a highly qualified clinical psychologist with more than 25 years of clinical and research experience working in the areas of OCD, anxiety, and depression across several settings including the National Health Service, private mental health hospitals, and numerous national and international Universities (for further details on Dr Papageorgiou, please visit www.costaspapageorgiou.com). Dr Papageorgiou has dedicated his professional career helping individuals with OCD, anxiety and depression to overcome these problems and improve their quality of life through brief, proven, and pragmatic psychological treatments.

In 2007, with the support of Karen Carlile, Sue Thorgaard and other colleagues, Dr Papageorgiou established a longstanding outpatient 12-week OCD Treatment Programme at the Priory Hospital Altrincham, where hundreds of individuals with OCD participated and gained significant benefit.

Dr Papageorgiou is delighted to be part of Asto Clinics Charity, which will enable him the opportunity to improve access of effective therapies for OCD to even more people with this problem. Steve Turnock Steve is a retired entrepreneur. Having been involved in a broad range of businesses in many different roles, Steve now wants to dedicate a significant proportion of his time and energy into creating more access to effective treatment for OCD. Having suffered severe clinical OCD himself, Steve understands only too well the challenges an individual faces to overcome such an illness.

Steve set up Asto Clinics in 2020, and engaged the services of Dr Papageorgiou and his team in May 2022, in order to provide a pathway to an online group therapy programme for the treatment of OCD. Steve has also held a voluntary board level position with Blackburn Youth Zone, a charity providing youth services in Blackburn. Steve's interests include cycling, skiing and travelling."