On Saturday, October 14th from 11 AM to 1 PM PST, OCD Southern California is hosting an exciting OCD Awareness Week event! This free, virtual event is aimed for family members and loved ones of someone with OCD, a person with OCD themselves, mental health providers, and anyone who wants to know more about OCD! Anyone, from anywhere can attend the event.

This Saturday event will feature four speakers presenting on OCD related topics and then we will open it up to a large Q&A! Please email: info@ocdsocal.org if you would like to attend with ‘OCD Awareness Week’ in the subject line and include the email addresses you would like the Zoom link sent to–you will then simply log in at the event’s start time!

Please see below for speaker’s names, website, and the title of their presentations. Visit www.ocdsocal.org for a description of each of the presentations.

Melissa Mose, LMFT (https://www.melissamosemft.com) – “Parent to Parent: How To Realistically Apply the Information you Received to Help Your Loved One with OCD”

Chris Trondsen, LMFT (http://ocdsocal.org/about-us/board-of-directors/) – “A Powerful Frame of Mind: 8 Ways a Mindset Shift Can Speed Up Your OCD Recovery.”

Denise Egan Stack, LMHC (https://iocdf.org/providers/egan-stack-denise/) – “How to Empower A Loved One with OCD to Overcome Avoidance!”

Ryan Vadrine, MD (https://www.ryanvmd.com) – “An Overview of Medication for OCD.”

Additionally, the event will be co-facilitated by OCD So Cal board member Liz Trondsen (http://ocdsocal.org/about-us/board-of-directors/), a mother of a son with OCD, along with co-facilitator and fellow OCD SoCal board member Sue Chudy, LCSW (https://www.chudycounselingservices.com), an OCD specialist who will help answer questions and provide resources in the chat!

This event is live and will not be recorded, so we look forward to seeing you at the event on Saturday, October 14, at 11am PST!