Presented by Bonnie Zucker, Psy.D.
Intermediate Level: Intermediate-advanced. Mental health professionals including social workers and psychologists, psychiatrists. Pediatricians may also find it beneficial.
The workshop will provide participants with a clear understanding of the cognitive-behavioral treatment of OCD in children and teens. The participants will learn the types of OCD, how to assess for OCD, including a brief review the CY-BOCS. The three parts of anxiety will be discussed: physiological (body), cognitive (thoughts), and behavioral, and the treatment of each component will be explained in detail. Participants will learn specific techniques, including cognitive strategies such as loop & uncertainty training recordings, self-talk, detached mindfulness, attention training technique, and others; and how to address the behavioral manifestations (rituals, avoidance, compulsions) commonly seen in children with OCD, primarily through EPR (exposure/response prevention) and imaginal exposure. Participants will also gain an understanding of the role of familial accommodation and how to best work with parents to support their children in the treatment process.
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.
Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
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To list 5 types of OCD and explain the use of the CY-BOCS in diagnosing OCD in children and teens.
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To list at least 3 treatment techniques for OCD, including self-talk, loop/uncertainty training recordings, and metacognitive therapy’s detached mindfulness & attention training technique.
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To demonstrate the process of exposure/response prevention (ERP) in the treatment of OCD, and how to construct a hierarchy (ladder).
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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.