‘What if I just stabbed my spouse?’ ‘What if I purposely hurt my baby?’ ‘What if that pain in my stomach is actually cancer?’ Obsessions can take many forms and no subject is off-limits. Some clients who present to therapy may be experiencing extreme anxious distress that can take the form of obsessive negative intrusive thoughts. Participants in this workshop will learn strategies to help clients respond to and better manage these obsessions that can leave them stuck, uncomfortable, disturbed, and even functionally impaired.
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Objectives:
This training will provide participants clinical knowledge and tools to:
a). Define ‘obsessions’ and how they manifest in a client experiencing anxious distress.
b). Identify and describe common disorders in which obsessions/extreme thought intrusions are present.
c). Learn and practice at least 3 treatment strategies to therapeutically assist clients experiencing extreme negative obsessive thinking.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this event includes psychologists, social workers, counselors, MFT’s, psychiatrists and other clinical mental health professionals.
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): Jennifer Sweeton, PsyD, MS, MA
Material Author(s): Jennifer Sweeton, PsyD, MS, MA / Amanda Petrik-Gardner, MA, LCPC
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