Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder — The Tireless Attempt to Disappear

At the Living Museum Tbilisi, cognitive-behavioral therapist Ana Ghvinianidze (accredited by the European Society for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies) will deliver a lecture on the topic:
“Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder — The Tireless Attempt to Disappear.”

• What is Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD)?

• Which factors contribute to its development?

• How do the behaviors of people with OCPD affect those around them?

• What do people with OCPD need in order to make their symptoms less disruptive to daily life?

• How can one maintain relationships with loved ones in such conditions?

Typical thoughts and beliefs of OCPD:

• “Striving for perfection is the way to preserve love.”

• “To keep my caregiver’s love, I must create rules that protect me from rejection and abandonment.”

• “I must hide behind the image of an orderly, calm, and unshakable person so that I won’t be left alone.”

Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD / Anankastic Personality Disorder) is a cluster of traits and coping strategies: rigid self- and other-control through strict, idiosyncratic rules, a strong drive for supervision, and insistence on order, discipline, and conscientiousness. This leaves little room for ease, spontaneity, or lightness — both in the life of the person with OCPD and in the lives of those around them.

Facts and data:

• According to U.S. statistics, about 1 in 100 people has OCPD.

• Men are diagnosed twice as often as women.

• Many people display OCPD traits but do not meet full diagnostic criteria.

• Authoritarian, obedience-based upbringing can contribute to its development.

• Often, people only consider change after facing loss of an important relationship or job.

Registration: form
 Fee: 80 GEL

Bank details:
TBC Bank
IBAN: GE36TB7954336020100008
Recipient: Living Museum Tbilisi
Purpose: please indicate the participant’s full name.

Date & Time: September 15, 20:00
 Duration: 90 minutes
 Address: 59 Ninoshvili St. (opposite Café Honore, parking area)

 For more information: 599 40 70 01