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Dr. Greg Chasson specializes in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and related conditions, high-functioning autism spectrum conditions, and anxiety disorders. As a board-certified cognitive-behavioral therapist, he has helped treat clinically severe perfectionism for 20+ years.
Greg has authored 70+ scientific publications and one academic book, and serves as the Editor of scientific journal, The Behavior Therapist.
He’s also an Associate Professor at the University of Chicago in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, and Director of Behavioral Interventions of the Obsessive-Compulsive & Related Disorders Clinic.
Greg earned his BA in psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and later obtained his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Houston. His professional journey led him through three transformative years at Harvard Medical School, including a prestigious internship at McLean Hospital and postdoctoral Clinical and Research Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Greg has owned and operated two specialized practices – CBT Solutions of Baltimore (2010-2016) and Obsessive-Compulsive Solutions of Chicago (2016-2022).
His book FLAWED: Why Perfectionism is a Challenge for Management has just been released.
In this episode:
• How to identify the values that drive your behaviors.
• How to raise high-achieving children.
• How to upgrade the productivity and happiness of all those around you.
• Why embracing your flaws could be the best thing that ever happened to you.
Let’s WIN THE DAY with Greg Chasson!
00:00 Who is Dr. Greg Chasson
1:49 Interview starts
2:29 You are what you study
3:30 Overcoming severe OCD
5:16 Toughest days as a psychologist
6:38 Don’t work harder than the patient
8:26 How to get clear on your values
10:54 How to see the good in everyone
12:45 How to help someone change their behavior
15:35 Managing perfectionism in the workplace
16:46 Are people born with perfectionism?
18:13 How to know if you’re a perfectionist
20:30 How to make better decisions in life (The Emphasis Framework)
22:28 When perfectionism becomes a problem
24:55 Perfectionism in special forces operators
27:33 Why action is better than perfectionism
29:38 Download your FREE Win the Day Action Plan
30:30 Change yourself before you change the world
32:28 Anxiety in the workplace
34:03 Should kids receive participation awards?
36:46 Do hard things
39:10 Imposter syndrome
40:37 How environment impacts self-esteem
41:46 How to help a kid who’s a perfectionist (plus anxiety and depression)
46:34 Working with who kids who have autism
48:03 How to balance success in the future with happiness in the present
50:26 Affirmation
50:57 Rocket round
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📚 ‘FLAWED: Why Perfectionism is a Challenge for Management’ by Greg Chasson
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