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A Deep Dive into ERP for OCD

CE Hours 4

About this live event

OCD is easy to identify when symptoms pertain to fear of germs or orderliness and perfectionism, but OCD presents in many ways that are often missed by clinicians. In treatment, clinicians often feel stuck when traditional tools fail or even appear to make OCD symptoms worse. For example, teaching clients to challenge thoughts can sometimes backfire and lead to hours of compulsive analysis, self-reassurance, or mental replay. This training is designed to improve diagnosis of OCD and lead to better understanding of how to effectively use exposure therapy to help clients improve functioning.

Learning Objectives

  • Participants will be able to identify common themes of obsessional thinking and compulsive behaviors
  • Participants will be able to recognize automatic thoughts, core beliefs/assumptions, and behaviors that are specific to OCD
  • Participants will better understand the rationale for using exposure therapy to help clients increase distress tolerance, test out feared hypotheses, and more fully participate in valued activities
  • Participants will better understand the role of inhibitory learning in exposure therapy
  • Participants will better understand the roles mindfulness and ACT play in modern ERP

Target Audience

This educational activity is intended for behavioral health professionals and is an approved continuing education opportunity for Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, and Marriage and Family Therapists.

Agenda

  1.  Introduction and overview (8:30-8:45am)
    a. Trainer introduction and participant introduction                
    b. Review agenda
  2. Overview of OCD (8:45-9:15am)
    a. Define OCD from a diagnostic perspective (DSM-5-TR)
    b. Learn about common OCD themes
    c. Differential diagnosis
    d. Evidence-based treatments (psychotherapies, biological interventions)
  3. Introduction to ERP (9:15 – 10:00am)
    a. Evolution of exposure therapy to treat anxiety
    b. Rationale for using exposures
    c. Goals of exposures (distress tolerance, behavioral experiments, participation in life)
    d. Role of ACT and Mindfulness in ERP
  4. Questions/Break (10:00 – 10:15am)
  5. Clinician hesitancy of exposure therapy (10:15 – 10:30)
    a. Review research on therapist attitudes toward exposure
    b. How far is too far when it comes to exposure tasks?
    c. Is exposure therapy ethical?
  6. Presenting ERP to clients (10:30 – 11:00pm)
    a. How to create “buy in”
    b. CBT model of OCD and maintenance of fear
  7. Structuring treatment (11:00 – 11:30)
    a. Creating exposure hierarchies
    b. In-session exposures
    c. Assigning homework
  8. Questions/break (11:30 – 11:45)
  9. Demonstration video (11:45 – 12:00pm)
    a. Identify key elements of effective exposure therapy
  10. Enhancing the benefit of exposures
    a. Tips to give your clients
  11. Limitations of exposure therapy and when not to use it (12:00 – 12:15pm)
  12. Group discussion (12:15– 12:30pm)
    • a. Exposure therapy in the context of traditional therapy vs a stand-alone treatment
      b. How might exposure therapy be used with current clients?

Live event Instructor(s)

  • Matthew Free

    Dr. Matthew Free is a licensed clinical psychologist and the owner of Columbus OCD and Anxiety Clinic. He specializes in the treatment of OCD and related anxiety disorders. Dr. Free earned his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from The Ohio State University, where he conducted research in the Anxiety and Stress Disorders Laboratory and received four years of clinical training in the treatment of OCD and anxiety-related disorders.

    Dr. Free completed his post-doctoral training at Anxiety and Behavioral Health Services, gaining further expertise in treating OCD and related conditions. Throughout his career, he has worked with nearly a thousand individuals struggling with OCD through individual therapy, group therapy, and support groups.

    Dr. Free is passionate about helping clinicians enhance clinical skills to treat OCD, with the goal of expanding access to high quality care.

CE Process Info

Before the event, you will receive an email from CE-Go with access to the virtual event. After the event, you will receive access to your evaluation and continuing education certificate via a personalized "attendee dashboard" link, hosted on the CE-Go website. This link and access to the virtual event will be sent to the email account you used to register for the event.

Upon accessing the CE-Go "attendee dashboard", you will be able to:

  • Complete evaluation forms for the event
  • Download your continuing education certificate in a PDF format

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE-Go platform, please contact CE-Go at 888-498-5578 or by email at support@ce-go.com Please Note: Emails for this event will come from "support@ce-go.com".

If you have any continuing education related questions, please contact your event organizer.

Please make sure to check your spam/junk folder in case those emails get "stuck". We'd also suggest "Allowlisting" support@ce-go.com. This tells your email client that you know this sender and trust them, which will keep emails from this contact at the top of your inbox and out of the junk folder.

Provider Disclosure

Seasons Counseling Services does not accept commercial support for our continuing education activities.

None of the planners or presenters working on our continuing education activities have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. We will not share participants’ names or contact information with ineligible companies or their agents without the explicit consent of the individual participants.

Technology

1. This virtual event will be hosted via Zoom, and you may be prompted to download or upgrade your Zoom app if using a mobile device. A strong WiFi connection will be required for best quality.


2. We recommend clicking your "Join Webinar" button early and checking that your speakers and video are on before the event begins. Attendee microphones are turned off by default when entering a webinar, but video is automatically on. In order to confirm attendance and active participation for the OPA and CSWMFT licensing boards, we ask that you keep your video on in order to engage with the presenter and attendees for the entirety of the session.


3. Please respect that no copying, recording, or distribution of live session content is allowed. CE's are provided for the "live" sessions only. This virtual event will not be recorded.

Disability Accommodation

ADA accommodations will be made in accordance with the law; please indicate your special needs upon registering at least 30 days prior to the event by sending an email to support@ce-go.com or by calling us at 888 498 5578. 

If you have additional needs or would like to request any accommodations that could improve your learning experience, please contact the Seasons Continuing Education Committee by reaching out to Jacqui Hoke (jacqui@seasonscounselingservices) or Carly Habenschuss (carly@seasonscounselingservices).

Accommodations available include: Auto-generated captions (Zoom meetings and webinars automatically provide live captioning), options to re-arrange your gallery view, keyboard accessibility through keyboard shortcuts for easy navigation, screen reader support to customize the audible announcements you want to hear with granular control over screen reader alerts, in addition to interpretation services and other accommodations as requested.

Seasons Grievance

If a grievance arises pertaining to continuing education activities or processes, please contact Carly Habenschuss or Jacqui Hoke via confidential email at Carly@seasonscounselingservices.com or Jacqui@seasonscounselingservices.com as soon as possible, so that the nature of the concern may be addressed in a timely fashion. If your grievance is not addressed to your satisfaction, you may contact Andy Erkis at Andy@seasonscounselingservices.com.
A Deep Dive into ERP for OCD
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    Fri Jul 11th, 2025
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    08:30am - 12:30pm EDT

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