This Room

The clinical diagnosis: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. The treatment: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. 18 in depth questionnaires; 24 hours of therapy; 1 clinical psychologist; 31 behavioural experiments; 56 hours of homework. 501 days (and counting) since discharge.

In This Room, Laura Jane Dean reveals the actualities and artefacts of a therapeutic process. Working with neuroscientists and a CBT therapist, Laura attempts to understand what it means to be ill, what it might mean to get better and invites us all to ask ourselves, ‘Am I okay?’