Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy for OCD: Step-By-Step

Date course created: July 2020

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is often misdiagnosed, due to the stigma that OCD is solely about being “clean” and “organized.” This workshop will assist participants in identifying and diagnosing OCD, while recognizing common themes like Harm OCD, Sexual Orientation OCD, Religious/Scrupulosity OCD, Existential OCD, Relationship OCD, and more. Join us in learning the evidence-based treatment, Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP), over the course of two days. Participants will learn how to apply ERP to all OCD themes.

**This is a 11-CE noninteractive, self-paced online video course delivered in home study format via an industry-standard online learning platform**

Agenda:

Video 1:
00:00 – 00:33: Introduction to OCD and Related Disorders
00:33 – 00:50: Differentiating Obsessive Disorders; Impact of COVID-19
00:50 – 01:23: Common Experiences; Symmetry; Gender Identity Obsessions
01:23 – 02:00: Differentiating OCD from Anxiety; Exposure Therapy; Meta OCD
02:00 – 02:43: Anxiety; Appraisals in OCD; Treatment During the Pandemic
02:43 – 03:40: Compulsions; Avoidance; Connection Between Values and OCD
03:40 – 04:00: Family Dynamics and Treatment Challenges
04:00 – 05:09: Preparing for Exposure Practice; CBT; Treatments for OCD
05:09 – 05:24: Habituation in Exposure Therapy; Role of Exposure; Day 1 Q&A Session

Video 2:
00:00 – 00:46: Introduction; Exposure Techniques; Fears; Moral Obsessions
00:46 – 01:30: Psychoeducation in Treatment; Gender Identity Exposure; Techniques
01:30 – 02:20: Navigating Religious OCD, Death Anxiety; Creative Exposure Techniques
02:20 – 03:02: Intrusive Thoughts; Application of Response Prevention; Meta OCD
03:02 – 03:43: Breaking Down Exposures & Techniques
03:43 – 04:14: Death-Related Thoughts; Contamination Obsessions; Grounding Exercises
04:14 – 04:54: Guidelines for Effective Sessions; Exploring Obsessions; Exposure Challenges
04:54 – 05:43: Compulsions in Therapy; Further Strategies, Techniques, Incentives

Objectives:

a). After completing this training, participants will be able to name the diagnosis and criteria of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and be able to recognize it in a patient.

b). After completing this training, participants will be able to identify 5 different OCD themes.

c). After completing this training, participants will be able to identify 5 possible OCD compulsions.

d). After completing this training, participants will be able to describe the difference between “Taboo Thoughts” OCD versus suicidal or homicidal feelings.

e). After completing this training, participants will be able to differentiate between OCD and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder.

f). After completing this training, participants will be able to describe the rationale behind the evidence-based treatment of OCD, Exposure & Response Prevention.

g). After completing this training, participants will be able to state the process of habituation.

h). After completing this training, participants will be able to identify possible exposure examples for any OCD theme.

i). After completing this training, participants will be able to practice using a Response Prevention Plan in order to decrease compulsions.

j). After completing this training, participants will be able to create a hierarchy of exposures for a patient with OCD.

k). After completing this training, participants will complete a Practice Record for an imaginal OCD case.

l). After completing this training, participants will be able to name at least one way to trouble shoot situations when Exposure & Response Prevention does not appear to be working.

Target Audience:

Mental Health Clinicians & Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Marriage & Family Therapists, Counselors, School Personnel, Youth Development Workers.

Instructional Level: Intermediate

Instructor(s): Amanda Petrik-Gardner, LCPC

Material Author(s): Amanda Petrik-Gardner, LCPC

Amanda Petrik-Gardner is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in the state of Kansas. She specializes in the treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors and anxiety disorders in her private practice in Topeka, KS. Amanda completed her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Kansas State University and her Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from the University of Kansas. Amanda is a member of the International OCD Foundation where she completed the Behavioral Therapy Training Institute. She is a member of the TLC Foundation for BFRBs where she completed the Virtual Professional Training Institute. Amanda is also a board member of OCD Kansas, an affiliate of the International OCD Foundation.

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