The treatment guide below outlines the first, second, and third-line treatment approaches available to those impacted by OCD. It also outlines adjunctive treatments that can be incorporated to help improve… Read more »
Article: Adjunctive Treatments: Cognitive Therapy For OCD
Describes cognitive therapy for OCD, which focuses on identifying and challenging exaggerated beliefs and distorted interpretations that contribute to obsessional fear and compulsions. Treatment may include cognitive restructuring and behavioral… Read more »
Article: Adjunctive Treatments: Use of DBT in OCD Treatment
Explains how Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills can complement ERP by helping people manage difficult emotions, distress, relationships, and urges to engage in compulsions. DBT is not presented as a… Read more »
Article: Adjunctive Treatments: Mindfulness-Based Therapy for OCD
Describes mindfulness-based therapy as an approach that helps people change their relationship with intrusive thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations rather than trying to eliminate them. It incorporates mindfulness with CBT/ERP… Read more »
Article: Ineffective and Potentially Harmful Psychological Interventions for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Reviews psychological treatments that lack adequate evidence for OCD or may actually worsen symptoms. Examples include thought-stopping and relaxation-based approaches. The article explains why inappropriate treatment can reinforce compulsions, increase… Read more »
Article: Adjunctive Treatments: SPACE – Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions
Explains SPACE, a parent-based treatment for children and adolescents with OCD and anxiety. Rather than requiring the child to attend therapy, SPACE helps parents respond supportively while reducing accommodation of… Read more »
Webinar: Difficult Cases: Increasing Motivation, Incorporating ACT, and Options for Levels of Care
Although efficacious psychosocial and pharmacological interventions exist, there remains a subset of individuals with OCD that struggle to see substantial gains in treatment. This presentation will address such “treatment-resistant” cases…. Read more »
Webinar: Virtual Individual and Group Therapy: The New Wave of Treatment
Telemedicine offers patients and providers the opportunity to break down barriers to care. This panel of therapists walks participants through the benefits, limitations, advantages, and risks of providing and receiving… Read more »
Webinar: The Critical Ingredient of OCD Therapy Success: Treatment Preparation & ERP+UA
It has long been accepted that the first line treatment for OCD is exposure and response prevention. Over time there have been some techniques and modifications incorporated into treatment have… 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 »