Important: This seminar is being offered as a ZOOM presentation. A link and directions to join the seminar will be emailed to registrants the week of the seminar.

Contemporary Conceptualization and Treatment of OCD and its Partner GAD

Friday, February 24, 2023  *  8:30 - 11:45 am (3 CEUs) 

(8:00 - 8:30 am: sign-in to Zoom wait room)

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This program is funded in part by the William B. and Sylvia A. Hunsberger Fund

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder are widely misunderstood both in the popular media and by clinicians who encounter them. They can be silently and shamefully endured, or they can be obviously debilitating. OCD frequently involves unwanted intrusive thoughts that terrify, disgust or bewilder the sufferer, accompanied by attempts to manage the anxiety with behavioral or cognitive compulsions that may seem rational or irrational to the sufferer. GAD involves excessive, uncontrollable worry that interferes with daily functioning or wellbeing. OCD also has many subtle subtypes that can be underdiagnosed as GAD or “issues”. A functional look at the phenomenology of both disorders leads to viewing GAD as “OCD-lite”. The seminar will also focus on a treatment model for these disorders.

At the conclusion, attendees should be able to:

• Recognize those forms of OCD that are subtle and easily masquerade as other issues and diagnoses

• Reformulate their understanding of worry, obsession, intrusive thoughts, compulsion and rumination from a functional perspective that leads to an integrated third-wave CBT/metacognitive approach to both OCD and GAD

• Focus treatment on the mechanisms that maintain symptoms including entanglement, avoidance, paradoxical effort, anxiety sensitivity, sticky mind and imaginal absorption

Featuring Sally Winston, PsyD

Sally M. Winston, PsyD, is the founder and executive director of the Anxiety and Stress Disorders Institute in Baltimore, MD. She is a master clinician who has given sought-after national workshops for therapists for decades. She is a frequent guest on podcasts and webinars. She received the prestigious Jerilyn Ross Award of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) in 2011. She is coauthor of four books with Dr Martin Seif: What Every Therapist Needs to Know About Anxiety Disorders, Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts, Needing to Know For Sure and Overcoming Anticipatory Anxiety. Her books have been translated into more than adozen languages. Her blog Living with a Sticky Mind can be found at PsychologyToday.com.

 

Seminar Fee:  $79.00 (includes 3 CEUs)

CANCELLATION POLICY: A $10 processing fee will apply for all cancellations. To receive a refund, cancellations must be made in writing and received no later than one week prior to the seminar. No refunds/credits will be made after the one-week date or for no shows on the day of the program.

Continuing Education Information:

 An important message about CEUs:  Brook Lane seminars are approved for continuing education credits as an entire event.  PARTIAL CREDIT WILL NOT BE AWARDED.  To assure that you receive continuing education credit, you must be on time and complete the entire seminar.

Maryland Social Workers: Brook Lane is authorized by the Board of Social Work in Maryland to sponsor social work continuing education learning activities and maintains full responsibility for this program. This training qualifies for Category 1 continuing education units and provides 3.0 credit hours; partial credit will not be awarded. 

Maryland Psychologists: The Maryland State Board of Examiners for Psychologists will accept continuing education hours provided by Brook Lane, an approved CE sponsor by the State Board of Social Worker Examiners in Maryland; partial credit will not be awarded. 

Counselors/Therapists: Brook Lane has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5452. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Brook Lane is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. This program will provide 3 clock hours; partial credit will not be awarded.

Other Professionals: A certificate of completion noting the number of educational/contact hours will be provided.