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Diagnosis and Treatment of OCD
Presenter: Presenter: Diana Antinoro Burke, Psy.D.
These workshops offer 8 Continuing Education Credits
All webinars in this series are recorded and will not grant live credits.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or OCD is a common presentation in clinical practice that may be difficult to identify. The course will help attendees to understand the common presentations, differential diagnoses, and essential assessment tools to make the right diagnosis and subsequent treatment plan.
Learning Objectives:
What Is OCD? An Introduction to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (20 Minutes) How to Discern Obsessions from Compulsions (20 Minutes) Common and Uncommon Symptoms of OCD (20 Minutes) What Is NOT OCD? The Importance of a Differential Diagnosis (30 Minutes) Diagnostic and Clinical Assessments (30 Minutes)
Presenter: Diana Antinoro Burke, Psy.D.
The use of exposure has been shown to be effective for many anxiety disorders, yet the treatment is utilized infrequently by clinicians. Understanding the rationale of exposure-based strategies and how to practically employ these principles is essential to treatment. This course will help attendees understand and convey this message to patients as well as grasp how to begin treatment planning. Additional treatment considerations, such as patient motivation, parent accommodations, and comorbidities will be discussed.
The Principles of ERP - 40 minutes Conveying the Treatment Principles to patients - 20 minutes Modifications to Treatment - 40 minutes Managing Parental Roles - 20 minutes
Exposure in ERP: How to Practically Apply Exposure Principles
Presenter: Diana Antinoro Burke, Psy.D.
The concept of exposure therapy is simply when considering basic fears and phobias. When the core fears or targets are more complex, it can be challenging for therapist to configure effective and practical exposures. This course will help attendees understand the different types of exposure, how to ask specific questions to identify the core fears, and how to personalize exposure practices to increase treatment success within OCD treatment.
Types of Exposures- 15 minutes Targeting the Core Fears - 20 minutes Practical Exposure Planning - 45 minutes - How Quickly to Proceed - Managing Resistance or Failed Exposures -When have you reached to top of the hierarchy Case Examples - 40 minutes
Presenter: Diana Antinoro Burke, Psy.D.
The course will provide more training on treatment nuances in order increase treatment success as well as greater mastery of the exposure and response prevention protocol. The material will include concepts such as relapse prevention, handling atypical presentations, navigating barriers to treatment, and additional treatment supplements.
ERP relapse prevention- 20 minutes Atypical OCD - 30 minutes Treatment barriers - 30 Supplements to treatment - 40 minutes - flexibility - distress tolerance - value-based work to enhance satisfaction