OCD

Activating the Environment: Practical tips For Caregivers to Enhance Care Coordination for Effective Treatment of Childhood Anxiety and OCD
June 4, 2024
Maya Massing-Schaffer, PhD and
Daniel Stone, PhD and
The InStride Health team discusses the importance of taking a systems-based approach to care, identify common challenges, and offes practical solutions. They also provide recommendations for how caregivers can facilitate “surround sound” for their child when working with the various adults in their child’s system.
lara effland debra kissen relationship OCD webinar
February 10, 2023
Lara Effland, LICSW, CEDS and
Debra Kissen, PhD, MHSA and
This webinar provides tips and strategies you can use to understand what Relationship OCD is and ways to start to work with your obsessions, worries, and fears.
Book Convo - Overcoming Anxiety and Intrusive Thoughts
August 29, 2022
Sally Winston, PsyD and
Martin Seif, PhD, ABPP and
ADAA sits down to chat with Drs. Sally Winston and Martin Seif on their three self-help publication ono overcoming intrusive thoughts, compulsive thoughts, and anticipatory anxiety.
OCD treatment Webinar
August 11, 2021
Nathaniel Van Kirk, PhD and

Understanding the differences between the various levels of OCD treatment can be a daunting task. This presentation will provide an overview of the various levels of treatment and how treatment elements may mirror or differ from traditional outpatient treatments.

Mindfulness and Intrusive Thoughts OCD Webinar
May 20, 2021
Debra Kissen, PhD, MHSA and
Paul Greene, PhD and
Mindfulness can be a helpful tool to understand and manage intrusive thoughts. In this webinar, Drs. Kissen & Greene will share tips and tools to apply mindfulness to these thoughts. Doing so will help you reduce anxiety and cope with the thoughts in a healthy way.
Stop the Worry Cycle
January 1, 2021
Kari Gregory MS, LPC, LCPC and

Worry is common.  It becomes problematic when it is excessive, intrusive and constant.  It's hard to turn off worry because it feels like problem solving.  Learn how problem solving becomes a reinforcement loop and how to break that cycle.

 

Elizabeth McGinvale, OCD
July 8, 2020
Elizabeth McIngvale, PhD and

Anxiety across the globe is at an all-time high with a pandemic that has brought fear and uncertainty to all. For individuals with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), there has been a risk for increased symptoms, due to COVID-19 and increased isolation.

Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD): The Disease of Self-Perceived Ugliness and its Relationship to OCD
September 4, 2019
Eda Gorbis, PhD, LMFT and

This webinar includes an overview description of the characteristics of Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), the challenges therapists face when diagnosing the disorder (including a contrast/comparison with OCD – a co-morbid disorder), and information about the most effective treatment options.

June 20, 2019
Jon Hershfield, LCMFT and

If you're afraid of germs, you might struggle to resist excessively washing your hands, but what if the contaminant you fear is unwanted violent thoughts? What if being "dirty" for you meant believing you might want to or choose to or impulsively hurt someone or hurt yourself?

OCD and Sibling Relationships: How to Cope When Your Brother or Sister Has OCD
March 4, 2019
Michelle Witkin, Ph.D and

When your brother or sister has OCD, it can affect everyone in the family - even you! 


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