Dr. Steve Rasmussen, Wendy Mueller and Margaret Sisson Receive Awards for their Work in the OCD Community BOSTON, June 27, 2014 – It can take up to 17 years from the appearance… Read more »
International OCD Foundation Honors Comedian Maria Bamford With First Annual Illumination Award
Respected Comic Awarded for Bringing Awareness and Challenging Stereotypes of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder BOSTON, June 24, 2014 — The International OCD Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping individuals with… Read more »
Lights, Camera, Improv! The Second City’s Improv for Anxiety at the Annual OCD Conference in LA
Today’s guest post is from Jon Hershfield, MFT, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with the UCLA Pediatric OCD Intensive Outpatient Program and MFT in private practice. Jon is co-presenting Improv for… Read more »
Living the Dream: Introducing Keynote Speaker Ethan S. Smith
Each year at the Annual OCD Conference, we feature a keynote speaker who can share their own personal experiences of living with OCD and finding hope for recovery from OCD…. Read more »
Out of the Shadows: Guest Post by Denis Asselin

Memorial Day Weekend is not only a time to celebrate the beginning of summer with friends and family, but also a time to remember those who we may have lost. In… Read more »
Doing the Opposite of What Anxiety Expects – Dr. Wilson’s Treatment Group
Each year at the Annual OCD Conference, Dr. Reid Wilson hosts his 2-day intensive treatment program immediately before and following the conference weekend. This cognitive behavioral treatment (CBT)-based group, is… Read more »
Guest Post: Aha! Moments from Disney’s Frozen
Today’s post is a guest post from Shala Nicely, who originally wrote this blog for her own OCD blog called “Aha! Moments.” You may remember that Shala was our keynote… Read more »
Inside the Professional Plenary: The Untold Story About Negative Emotions

In today’s blog, IOCDF executive director, Jeff Szymanski, PhD, introduces the Plenary Speaker at this year’s Annual OCD Conference. The Plenary is a talk with an invited speaker, which serves as a… Read more »
Introducing the 2014 Boston Walk Grand Marshal – Michael Jenike, MD
I am pleased to announce that one of our two Grand Marshals for the 2014 1 Million Steps 4 OCD Walk in Boston is Dr. Michael Jenike. I have known… Read more »
All about the Annual Hoarding Meeting: An Interview with Gail & Randy
We are excited to announce that for the second year in a row, we will be holding the Annual Hoarding Meeting at the IOCDF’s Annual OCD Conference. The 2nd Annual… Read more »