OCD manifests differently in different people – and involves much more than anxiety about germs or compulsions to clean

A curriculum-based group for those with OCD.

Children with OCD usually know that compulsive behaviors are not typical and desperately want to stop, but they don't know how

OCD manifests differently in different people – the disorder involves much more than anxiety about germs or compulsions to clean

Kids with OCD usually know that persistent thoughts & compulsions are not typical and desperately want to stop, but they don't know how

OCD manifests differently in different people – the disorder involves much more than anxiety about germs or compulsions to clean

Central Ohio GOALS (Giving those with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Another Lifestyle) for OCD is a peer-support group facilitated by Dr. Beth McCreary and co-sponsored by MHAOhio and Anxiety and Behavioral Health Services. Each meeting includes time for each attendee to share, if they wish, about their own symptoms and struggles. The intent is for everyone to leave with a sense of connection and—ideally—some new coping strategies. No student observers please.

An accessible guide to understanding this often-misunderstood diagnosis, including symptoms of OCD, co-occurring disorders, and treatment

Central Ohio GOALS (Giving those with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Another Lifestyle) for OCD is a peer-support group facilitated by Dr. Beth McCreary and co-sponsored by MHAOhio and Anxiety and Behavioral Health Services. Each meeting includes time for each attendee to share, if they wish, about their own symptoms and struggles. The intent is for everyone to leave with a sense of connection and—ideally—some new coping strategies. No student observers please.

Earn 3 CEs while learning how to treat children and teens with Anxiety and OCD

AGPS Spring Workshop Do you work with clients who:

• Are high achieving?
• Are feeling stuck or frozen due to anxiety or perfectionism?
• Find it hard to connect or be spontaneous?
• Think that things must be done in a certain way and that people should behave correctly?
• Don’t advance in therapy due to inflexibility and therapy interfering behavior?

These are just some of the issues that describe someone who might benefit from Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RODBT).

RODBT is an evidence-based treatment that targets disorders of overcontrol such as chronic treatment-resistant depression, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, and anorexia nervosa. While DBT treats disorders of undercontrol and focuses on more external behaviors, RODBT treats rigid behavior and thought patterns and often helps with less obvious, but equally problematic, behaviors. RODBT has been found to be helpful for individuals who are experiencing significant difficulty with emotional expression and connection, isolation, avoidance, all or nothing thinking, perfectionism, and harsh self-judgments.

Workshop Objectives:

The participant will be able to:

1. Understand the difference between DBT and RODBT.

2. Identify key questions to help assess for overcontrolled characteristics.

3. Understand the importance of social signaling.

3 CEUs available for Social Workers, LPCs, LMFTs

Presenter:

Rachel Burgreen, LCSW-S

About the presenter:

Rachel is a licensed clinical social worker with 10 years of experience working with clients in Texas. Her career has consisted of facilitating DBT and RODBT intensive outpatient groups, as well as working with couples, individuals, and groups in her private practice. Rachel established the first RODBT intensive outpatient program in Austin and spent four years facilitating RODBT IOP groups and training interns and colleagues in RODBT. She owns one of the first two practices in Austin offering weekly RODBT skills classes and individual RODBT. In addition to being intensively trained in RODBT, Rachel has attended DBT training and is level 2 trained in Gottman Method Couples Therapy. Rachel enjoys working with clients who have anxiety disorders, eating disorders, treatment-resistant depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. She is passionate about helping individuals and couples learn to improve communication, connection, and flexibility.

Join us for our first annual conference

This full day event brings together individuals living with OCD, their supporters, and mental health professionals in a supportive, collaborative, and interactive environment.

In addition to a plenary session and lunch presentation, there will be two streams of breakout sessions that provide attendees the opportunity to choose topics that are most relevant to you.

PLENARY SESSION: Advances in the Treatment of OCD Across the Lifespan

Dr. Peggy Richter, an internationally known expert on OCD, will give an overview of the nature of OCD, its diagnosis and most common presentations, outlining the etiology of OCD and emerging thoughts in the field. She will review the latest research on evidence-based treatments for OCD, their effectiveness and limitations. This session will empower all attendees, helping ensure optimal standards of care are pursued.

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

• Reducing Accommodation in the Family
• The Path to Change and Recovery
• Pharmacotherapy for the Treatment of OCD
• Do’s and Don’ts of Implementing ERP with clients
• Treatment of Children and Youth with OCD
• Values-based approaches: How to build motivation for change in the treatment of OCD

TICKETS: 

• Adults: $125
• Students/Youth: $75
• Professionals: $175

Refunds less than 30 days prior to event will incur a $25 administrative fee.

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