This course covers strategies for enhancing engagement in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) treatment using a developmental psychopathology framework. Participants will examine how developmental stages, family systems, motivation, autonomy, and playful… Read more »
Webinar: OCD Basics
This course provides an overview of OCD assessment and diagnosis, therapeutic and pharmacological interventions, and complicating factors in treatment. Assessment measures and differential diagnoses will be covered, as well as… Read more »
Webinar: Hoarding 101
This webinar will cover the diagnosis of Hoarding Disorder (HD) and provide an overview of treatment and intervention strategies for HD. The webinar will discuss assessment of HD and will… Read more »
Handout: The Subjective Units of Distress Scale (SUDs) Worksheet
Introduces the Subjective Units of Distress Scale (SUDs), a simple method for rating the intensity of anxiety or distress associated with OCD triggers. The worksheet can help individuals identify and… Read more »
Handout: Conceptualizing OCD Symptoms
Helps individuals and clinicians map the relationship between OCD triggers, intrusive thoughts or images, emotional responses, compulsions, avoidance, and short- and long-term consequences. By visually organizing the OCD cycle, the… Read more »
Handout: The OCD Cycle
Visually illustrates the cycle through which an intrusive thought, image, feeling, or situation triggers distress; the person responds with a compulsion or avoidance behavior; and temporary relief reinforces the cycle…. Read more »
Webinar: Introduction to Understanding and Treating OCPD
Obsessive compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is a chronic maladaptive pattern of excessive perfectionism, preoccupation with orderliness/details, and need for control over one’s environment that frequently co-occurs with OCD and can… Read more »
Webinar: OCD and Co-occurring Anxiety Disorders: Conceptualization and Treatment
This webinar focuses on the conceptualization and treatment of OCD when it co-occurs with other anxiety disorders. Participants will learn how to differentiate OCD symptoms from symptoms associated with other… Read more »
Webinar: Applications of Inhibitory Learning in the Treatment of OCD
This webinar begins with a brief overview of the basis for using exposure therapy (and response prevention) for OCD. Next, we cover the inhibitory learning perspective and how it differs… Read more »
Webinar: Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD): Overview and Suggested Approach for Surgeons, Dermatologists, and Other Providers of Cosmetic Treatment
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a common and often severe psychiatric disorder. A majority of patients with BDD seek cosmetic treatment, usually with an unsatisfactory outcome for both the patient… Read more »