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SUMMARY:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (Oct 2025) Online Course
DESCRIPTION:OCD is the fourth most common mental illness. Patients often report high functional impairment and poor quality of life. OCD can be a challenge to properly diagnose. Other conditions present in similar ways\, such as impulse control disorders. In order to help patients find wellness\, it is essential to accurately differentiate OCD. \nThis online course helps you understand and identify clinical features of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). It is led by renowned OCD expert and Harvard Medical School Professor Sabine Wilhelm\, PhD. This course focuses on how to use effective assessment and treatment strategies for OCD in your practice. \nThese skills are critical across all professions. Psychiatrists\, primary care physicians\, psychologists\, social workers\, and other frontline mental health professionals can benefit from taking this course. During this course\, our faculty provide guidance on how to: \nDevelop a personalized cognitive behavioral model for patients with OCD based upon a comprehensive assessment.\nApply cognitive-\, behavioral-\, and acceptance-based skills to treat the different OCD symptom subtypes.\nManage treatment-interfering behaviors (such as homework noncompliance).\nThe course includes an array of role-play videos that illustrate techniques and uses self-assessments to measure and enhance your skills. You can also participate in live weekly call-in times and moderated discussion boards. This allows our faculty to provide direct feedback on all your clinical questions. All course content is 100% mobile-friendly and on-demand. You can complete assignments whenever and wherever your schedule allows!
URL:https://iocdf.org/event/cognitive-behavioral-therapy-for-obsessive-compulsive-disorder-oct-2025-online-course/
LOCATION:lms.mghcme.org
CATEGORIES:Professional Training
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SUMMARY:MGH 4-week Online CBT for OCD training (Beginning 10/6)
DESCRIPTION:We wanted to let you know that Massachusetts General Hospital is running a 4-week intro-level online course on CBT for OCD beginning October 6th (registration deadline October 20th). Even though ERP is the gold-standard treatment for OCD\, too few clinicians are trained in it. This course aims to close that gap and is geared towards providers early in their career\, those who want to expand their practice to include OCD\, and those who want a refresher. \nFaculty include:\n• Sabine Wilhelm\, PhD (Chief of Psychology\, Director of the Center for OCD and Related Disorders\, MGH)\n• Ryan Jacoby\, PhD (Assistant Director of the Center for OCD and Related Disorders\, MGH) \nThe course format includes on-demand video modules\, a faculty-moderated discussion board\, plus live Q&A. The format is also flexible\, allowing you to progress at your own pace until the course end date on November 17th. You can receive 10 CE Credits for participation. \nDetails: https://lms.mghcme.org/CBTocdOct2025 \nWe hope that you will join us!
URL:https://iocdf.org/event/mgh-4-week-online-cbt-for-ocd-training-beginning-10-6/
CATEGORIES:Professional Training
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SUMMARY:OCD Texas Symposium & Mental Health Fair
DESCRIPTION:Join OCD Texas at the Norris Conference Center in San Antonio\, TX\, for the OCD Texas Symposium. We are excited to offer two tracks: for community members with OCD and a continuing education (CE) track for clinicians. \nCommunity Member Track\nWe invite individuals with OCD and their loved ones to join our Community Member Track: \n\n\n8:30-9am Registration and Check-in \n\n\n9-10:15am OCD 101: Myths vs Facts with Andrea Alvarez\, LPC-S and Katy Rothfelder\, LPC \n\n\n10:15-10:25am BREAK \n\n\n10:25-11:40am The Many Manifestations of OCD: A Lived Experience Panel with OCD Advocates Courtney Schmidt\, Damiana Hernandez\, and Brenna Helppie-Schmieder. Moderated by Saharah Shrout\, MA\, LPC-S. \n\n\n11:40-12:10pm BREAK \n\n\n12:10-1:25pm OCD and Family Accommodations: Helping Families Walk the Line Between Support and Treatment with Christen Sistrunk\, MA\, LPC-S and Sophie Tiller\, LMSW \n\n\n2pm Raffle Drawing and Event Wrap-Up \n\n\nClinician Track\nFor mental health professionals\, we are offering a Clinician Track that includes continuing education credits: \n\n\n8:30-9am Registration and Check-in \n\n\n9-10:15am OCD Uncovered: A Clinical Introduction to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Saharah Shrout\, MA\, LPC-S and Ally Sequeira\, PhD \n\n\n10:15-10:25am BREAK \n\n\n10:25-11:40am Unwanted and Unspoken: ACT for Treating Taboo OCD Themes by Melissa Fasteau\, PsyD and Christen Sistrunk\, MA\, LPC-S \n\n\n11:40-12:10pm BREAK \n\n\n12:10-1:25pm Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors by Andrea Alvarez\, MA\, LPC-S\, Ivy Ruths\, PhD\, Alyssa Hertz\, PsyD\, and Ally Sequeira\, PhD
URL:https://iocdf.org/event/ocd-texas-symposium-mental-health-fair/
LOCATION:Norris Conference Centers\, 618 Northwest Loop 410\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78216
CATEGORIES:Affiliate-hosted,OCD Awareness Week,Professional Training
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SUMMARY:IOCDF Advanced Forum on Pediatric OCD
DESCRIPTION:The Advanced Forum is a three-day event organized by the IOCDF to enhance the clinical skills of mental health professionals who have attended a Behavior Therapy Training Institute (BTTI) or a similar level of training. Attendees should feel comfortable diagnosing and assessing OCD and providing evidence-based treatment\, including exposure and response prevention (ERP). \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is now open!\n\n\n\n\n\nWhile BTTIs are kept small to enhance learning and promote a comfortable environment to learn a new treatment modality\, the revamped Advanced Forum is significantly larger (expected attendance 200)\, providing an opportunity to connect with other professionals treating OCD and the leaders in the field. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlong with lectures\, Advanced Forums include Q&A panels\, case presentations and live consultation from experts on select cases submitted by attendees. \nEach Advanced Forum focus on a specific topic of interest\, to deepen the practice of clinicians who are comfortable treating OCD and related disorders. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nExamples from previous years’ topics include: \n\nTreatment engagement\, ambivalence\, and resistance in OCD (Boston\, MA\, 2015)\nWorking with OCD-related disorders and co-occurring conditions (Boston\, MA\, 2017)\nPromoting Treatment Engagement in OCD-Related Disorders (Belmont\, MA\, 2018)\nFlexibility Within Fidelity: Adapting Evidence-Based OCD Treatments to Client Factors (Toronto\, Canada\, 2024)\n2025 Advanced Forum on Pediatric OCD (Long Beach\, CA\, October 23–25\, 2025) – Register Today
URL:https://iocdf.org/event/iocdf-advanced-forum-on-pediatric-ocd/
LOCATION:The Westin Long Beach\, CA\, 333 E Ocean Blvd\, Long Beach\, CA\, 90802\, United States
CATEGORIES:IOCDF-hosted,Professional Training
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