Are you interested in supporting education, advocacy, and collaboration at the intersection of faith and OCD? The Faith & OCD Special Interest Group is a collaborative network of individuals with OCD, clinicians, clergy, researchers, and advocates who care about improving understanding and resources for people navigating faith and mental health. People from all religious and spiritual traditions are welcome.

This group helps share Faith & OCD resources, strengthen collaboration between faith communities and mental health professionals, and support advocacy and education efforts across the broader OCD community.

Leadership:

Carolyn Ringenberg
Annie Gottesman
Kimberly Bullard
Katie O'Dunne

Accomplishments:

This group helped create the “Individuals with OCD” section for the IOCDF Faith & OCD website, developed the IOCDF Faith & OCD resource pamphlet, and supports the Faith & OCD Conference. The group continues to advance education, advocacy, and collaboration around Faith & OCD through resource sharing, conference engagement, and outreach across faith communities.

Initiatives:

The Faith & OCD SIG supports advocacy workshops, collaborative initiatives, and short term working groups that help expand awareness, share resources, and strengthen Faith & OCD advocacy within both faith communities and mental health spaces.

These initiatives often include collaboration connected to the Faith & OCD Conference and other educational opportunities that support individuals, clinicians, and clergy working at the intersection of faith and OCD.

This SIG meets the second Monday of every month at 7PM EST via Zoom. We include time for story sharing, break-out community groups, and advocacy collaboration. Individuals with OCD, clinicians, and clergy from all religious/spiritual traditions are welcome to join us!

Want to Join the Faith & OCD SIG?

This group is open to new membership. Individuals with OCD, clinicians, clergy, researchers, families, and anyone interested in supporting education and advocacy at the intersection of faith and mental health are welcome.
Click here to fill out this interest form to receive more information on ways to get involved.