Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Treatment Specialist

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Rewire the Anxious Brain: Neuroscience-Informed Treatment of Anxiety, Panic and Worry

Watch neuroscience and anxiety expert, Dr. Catherine Pittman, and learn her keys for successful anxiety treatment. Dr. Pittman integrates brain-based strategies for calming the anxious mind with client communication techniques that motivate change in your clients. Catherine’s approach promotes adherence to treatment and strengthens the therapeutic alliance – which is essential when working with anxious, worried, traumatized, or obsessive clients.

Dr. Pittman will give you proven tools and techniques to:

Purchase this transformational workshop today and put the power of neuroplasticity to work for you and your anxious clients!

Program Information

Objectives

  1. Analyze the underlying neurological processes that impact anxious symptoms for clients.
  2. Develop client engagement in treatment using personalized goals and attending to the therapeutic relationship.
  3. Evaluate the differences between amygdala-based and cortex-based anxiety symptoms and identify how these symptoms inform treatment interventions.
  4. Demonstrate strategies for calming and training the amygdala in order to alleviate symptoms of anxiety.
  5. Develop methods for teaching clients to retrain the cortex so that anxiety is resisted rather than exacerbated.
  6. Analyze how psychotropic medication impacts neuroplasticity in the brain; identify related treatment implications.

Outline

Use Neuroscience in the Treatment of Anxiety
Positives:

Concerns: Enhancing Engagement in Treatment Neuroplasticity Identify Two Neural Pathways to Anxiety Client Friendly Explanations Neuroplasticity in the Amygdala (Essential for all Anxiety Disorders, PTSD, OCD, Depression) Neuroplasticity in the Cortex (Essential for GAD, SAD, OCD, PTSD, Depression) Neuroplasticity and Medications for Anxiety Disorders, OCD, PTSD, Depression Moving Beyond Diagnostic Categories to Focus on Anxiety Pathways

Research, Risks and Limitations

Target Audience

Copyright : 01/12/2024

Treating Clients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Improve Psychological Flexibility through Acceptance and Commitment Therapy & Exposure and Ritual Prevention

You can dramatically improve the lives of people struggling with obsessive-compulsive disorder by embracing the effective and seamless combination of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Exposure and Ritual Prevention (ERP).  Decades of research show that ERP is impactful for folks with compulsive, clinically-relevant habits, and ACT provides support in this endeavor by helping the person broaden their lifestyle to mindfully engage in vital, valuable, purposeful actions.

Watch ACT expert Daniel Moran, Ph.D., BCBA-D, as he not only improves your OCD therapeutic toolbox, but also provides experiential exercises that will be personally impactful for you!

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Objectives

  1. Assess the psychological flexibility of a person with OCD.
  2. Utilize interventions related to acceptance of private events, such as urges, impulses, and emotions, while treating a person with an obsessive-compulsive repertoire.
  3. Utilize interventions related to defusion from private verbal events, such as thoughts and obsessions, while treating a person with OCD.
  4. Utilize exposure and ritual prevention, in a functional manner, while treating a person with an obsessive-compulsive repertoire.
  5. Supplement exposure and ritual prevention with ACT, in order to aim to improve psychological flexibility for a person with OCD.

Outline

Target Audience

Copyright : 12/02/2022

ADHD and Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders

ADHD, characterized by issues of attention, hyperactivity, impulsivity and executive function often result in interference in all areas of functioning...  

Putting people at odds between their values and behaviors. 

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) characterized by repetitive thoughts and behaviors, can be annoying at the least and tormenting at worst.   

And ADHD and OCD share some overlapping territory—attention-shifting, flexibility, anxiety and goal-directed behaviors.  

Although both disorders need to be addressed, it’s helpful to assess which one is "driving the bus".  

In this session Dr. Olivardia shares techniques such as cognitive therapy, ACT and more to distinguish the differences and look-a-likes of ADHD and the OCD Spectrum and how they show up: 

By learning to uncover the mystery of this diagnostic and common couple, you can help your clients move forward in their lives. 

Join us for this must-attend event that offers you concrete solutions in treating your ADHD+OCD clients!  

Program Information

Objectives

  1. Identify the symptoms of OCD and Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders to better inform accurate diagnosis.
  2. Differentiate between OCD and ADHD symptoms in order to demonstrate an understanding of the diagnostic criteria.
  3. Comprehend how eiher condition can be misdiagnosed as the other.
  4. Cite common OCD manifestations (such as Pure-O, Hoarding Disorder, Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, and Tic Disorder) in people with ADHD. 
  5. Apply treatment recommendations for OCD, as well as when someone has both OCD and ADHD.

Outline

OCD and ADHD Comorbidity 

Common Personality Traits  

Misdiagnosis 

Neurology and Genetics 

Treatment  

Obstacles in Treatment 

Challenges for Clinicians in treating ADHD+OCD patients

Target Audience

Copyright : 11/09/2023

The New Exposure Therapy: How Inhibitory Learning Can Improve Outcomes for OCD and Anxiety Disorders

Specific training on how to effectively implement exposure and response prevention for obsessive compulsive disorder and related anxiety disorders and related disorders is rare, and data suggest that even when individuals are trained in cognitive behavioral therapy, they often do not use exposure, or do not use it appropriately. In addition, the relative rarity of well-trained ERP practitioners makes it extremely difficult for OCD sufferers to find appropriate care, and many often wait years to get treatment. Finally, recent research on inhibitory learning, or how exposure works, suggests specific guidelines for amplifying treatment efficacy. Thus, this training serves a specific need in the field.

Program Information

Objectives

  1. Evaluate exposure and response prevention and its efficacy.
  2. Determine the inhibitory learning model of exposure therapies.
  3. Analyze how exposure works from the perspective of inhibitory learning.
  4. Design and conduct exposure exercises that support inhibitory learning.

Outline

Target Audience

Copyright : 12/04/2020

Tics and Tourette's Syndrome Treatment: Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) in Youth and Adults

Surges in tic-like behaviors are leaving record numbers of clients underserved.

And if you work with clients with ADHD, anxiety, or OCD without specific training in tics and Tourette’s…

…the fear of misdiagnosis, worsening symptoms, and less effective treatment is a real concern.

That’s where Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) comes in.

Backed by solid research and recommended by the American Academy of Neurology, CBIT is a source of hope for these clients, giving them a toolkit to significantly reduce the severity and frequency of their tic symptoms in as few as 8 sessions.

And now in this training you can learn to use CBIT in your practice so you can meet the growing demand for this specialized care.

You’ll watch expert Dr. Caleb Lack as he takes you through each step of this structured evidence-based technique, from conducting comprehensive assessments to using the specific interventions clients need to manage their tics and reclaim their lives.

You’ll finish this training ready to work with clients with vocal tics or motor tics, with a plan to help them modify the external factors that make their tics worse, redirect oncoming tics into competing behaviors, and reduce “in the moment” tic symptoms with specific strategies.

This is your chance to add a proven treatment to your practice and help clients improve their lives!

Purchase now!

Program Information

Objectives

  1. Identify the likely causes and etiology of chronic tics, especially the neurobehavioral model.
  2. Use current best practice guidelines recommended for treatment of chronic tic disorders.
  3. Determine tic severity and type to manage tic symptoms.
  4. Conduct a functional behavioral assessment for tics.
    5. Utilize the three core aspects of Habit Reversal Training to improve function and participation in ADLs, IADLs, health management, and social participation.
  5. Determine functional interventions to help reduce the stress that increases tics.

Outline

Chronic Tic Characteristics and Origins

Best Practices and Evidence-Based Treatments

How to Conduct Comprehensive Assessments in Clients of All Ages

Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention (CBIT) for Tics: A Step-by-Step Guide to Assessment and Treatment

The Clinician’s Guide to Psychoeducation for Kids, Adults, and Families

Functional intervention: How to Modify Factors that Make Tics Worse

Habit Reversal Training (HRT): Overcome the Urge

Relaxation Training: Supplemental Strategies to Reduce Tic Symptoms

Target Audience

Copyright : 07/23/2024