Presented by Bonnie Zucker, Psy.D.

Intermediate Level: Intermediate-advanced. The workshop will serve as a Part 2 to the CBT for OCD talk; however, any intermediate-level clinician will benefit.

Specific techniques, including cognitive strategies such as loop & uncertainty training recordings will be taught in more detail. Imaginal exposure will be taught and examples will be provided. Participants will learn the basics of inference-based CBT. Exposure/response prevention will be explained in detail, and multiple cases will be reviewed to illustrate the methods and effectiveness of ERP. The treatment of complex OCD cases will be reviewed in detail. Finally, case examples focused on familial participation in treatment will be provided.

More Information:

Please contact our CE Coordinator, Candice Watson at cwatson@alvordbaker.com.

Continuing Education: 3 credits

Alvord, Baker & Associates, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Alvord, Baker & Associates, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Alvord, Baker & Associates, LLC is authorized by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners as a sponsor of Continuing Education. A certificate for Category 1 credits will be awarded at the completion of each workshop.

Alvord Baker & Associates, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0213.

Advanced Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

$130.00

$65.00

Summer Discount

To explain the technique of imaginal exposure.

To describe inference-based CBT and describe two aspects of the treatment approach.

To demonstrate the process of exposure/response prevention (ERP) in the treatment of complex OCD, and how to construct a hierarchy (ladder).
Bonnie Zucker, Psy.D., is a licensed psychologist with a background and expertise in the treatment of anxiety disorders and OCD. She conducts psychotherapy in her group private practice in Rockville, Maryland.

Using a cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) approach, Dr. Zucker has helped hundreds of children become anxiety-free by teaching them coping skills, methods for challenging their faulty thinking, and how to systematically face their fears. She is also the author of Anxiety-Free Kids, Take Control of OCD, Parenting Kids with OCD, Something Very Sad Happened, A Perfectionist’s Guide to Not Being Perfect, and Kid Confident #1: How to Manage your Social Power in Middle School, and the coauthor of Resilience Builder Program for Children and Adolescents and two relaxation CDs. A respected psychologist in the treatment of anxiety, Dr. Zucker is also active in training other mental health professionals in the treatment of anxiety disorders.

Advanced Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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We guide individuals and families toward resilience and healing with evidence-based care and compassionate support.