About the Show

Where real talk meets real recovery

The OCD Whisperer Podcast explores anxiety, OCD, and mental health through unscripted, human-centered conversations and personal stories. Featuring clinicians, creatives, public figures, and everyday people, the show looks at how anxiety, fear, pressure, and identity shape our lives, and how we learn to live alongside them.

Episodes are reflective and grounded in real life, allowing space for nuance, curiosity and moments that don't always resolve neatly. This is a show for anyone who has questioned themselves, felt overwhelmed, or wondered what's happening beneath the surface of OCD and anxiety.

New episodes every week. Subscribe so you never miss a conversation.

Kristina Orlova, LMFT

Kristina Orlova

LMFT · Licensed Therapist · OCD & Anxiety Specialist · California

A licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in OCD and anxiety disorders in California. Kristina brings clinical expertise and her own lived experience with OCD to every conversation, making this podcast uniquely honest, grounded and real. She is also founder of Online OCD Academy.

korresults.com @ocdwhisperer OCD Academy
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What We Cover

Topics that matter to you

From ERP and ACT therapy to lived experience and identity, every episode brings something you can hold onto.

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OCD & Intrusive Thoughts

Understanding why your brain gets "stuck" and how to change your relationship with intrusive thoughts, without fighting them.

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Anxiety & Fear

Exploring how anxiety shows up across life, and the difference between healthy caution and an OCD-driven threat response.

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ERP & ACT Therapy

Evidence-based approaches explained accessibly. What exposure therapy really looks like, and how ACT helps you build a values-driven life.

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Lived Experience

Stories from people who've been there, because sometimes the most healing thing is knowing you are not alone in what you feel.

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Parenting & Relationships

Navigating OCD as a parent, partner, or loved one, and how to offer real support without accidentally enabling anxiety.

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Identity & Meaning

What OCD does to our sense of self, and how to rebuild a full, meaningful life around the things that genuinely matter to you.

Listener Reviews

What listeners are saying

Real reviews from Apple Podcasts and Podbay from people whose lives have been touched by this show.

★★★★★

OCD is highly treatable!! Kristina's podcast and Instagram have really helped me a lot.

Apple Podcasts Listener

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This is a great podcast that helps normalize and educate anything OCD. I love that this therapist has lived experience both personally and clinically. She totally normalizes and reduces the shame involved with having OCD.

Apple Podcasts — "Wonderful and Informative!"

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This is a really valuable podcast. Kristina is incredibly knowledgeable and has a vast amount of information she's sharing in these episodes. It's a great resource for friends and family of people affected by OCD, as well as the OCD sufferer themselves. I'm so grateful for her putting this out into the world!

Podbay Listener

★★★★★

I listen to this podcast almost every single day. It is imperative if you are trying to recover from any type of OCD. Can't thank you enough for the work you pour into this podcast.

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Be a Guest

Want to share your story?

The OCD Whisperer Podcast welcomes clinicians, researchers, advocates, creatives, and people with lived experience of OCD and anxiety. If you have a perspective that can help others feel less alone, Kristina's team would love to hear from you.

Kristina's team reviews all submissions and will be in touch if there's a good fit. Thank you for reaching out.

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