Advanced Training in

Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for OCD

Is it time to take your ERP skills to the next level?

Are you ready to dive deeper into exposure methods, like imaginal exposure and post-exposure processing, to make them more targeted and effective?

Have you struggled with differentiating suicidal or homicidal thoughts from harm obsessions?

This advanced-level workshop is intended for mental health providers who have already completed a foundational training in Exposure and Response Prevention for OCD, and are now ready to level up their skills!

We will zero in on popular special topics in OCD treatment, from differential diagnosis with difficult comorbid problems like eating disorders, all the way through specific exposure methods for tricky OCD areas, including perfectionism, scrupulosity, sexual obsessions, and health anxiety.

Workshop fee: $575 per person, which includes:

• 14 hours of CEUs

• Copies of all workshop slides

Course Objectives

1. Describe at least two specific exposure ideas to address scrupulosity

2. Describe at least two specific exposure ideas to address sexual obsessions 

3. Describe at least two specific exposure ideas to address perfectionism within OCD 

4. Describe at least two specific exposure ideas to address health anxiety within OCD

5. Identify two primary goals of post-exposure processing

6. Demonstrate how to conduct imaginal exposure in session 

7. Describe the difference between written imaginal exposure scripts versus coached verbal imaginal exposures

8. Identify at least two ways to overcome barriers to implementing ERP 

Instructors: Drs. Steven Tsao, David Yusko, and Christina DiChiara are experts in the delivery and dissemination of empirically-based treatments for anxiety disorders. They each bring over 10 years of experience treating OCD using ERP to this workshop, focusing on providing an interactive, comprehensive, and up-to-date training experience that helps participants implement new techniques and interventions in their own practice. Their combined experience spans the full spectrum of OCD subtypes and severity levels, having worked at outpatient, intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization, and residential levels of care for OCD. Click here for more information about the instructors.

The Center for Anxiety and Behavior Therapy is approved by the Pennsylvania State Board Psychology and the Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Professional Counselors to offer continuing education for social workers, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors. The Center for Anxiety and Behavior Therapy maintains responsibility for the program(s). This training is appropriate for all licensed mental health professionals, or those working under the license of a mental health professional.

The purpose of our workshops is to provide comprehensive training on specialized treatment and disorders. Therefore, we expect participants to plan to attend for the full workshop duration. CEU hours are only supplied to participants who attend the whole workshop.

Registration Deadline:
Online registration will close when the workshop reaches maximum capacity, so early registration is strongly encouraged. If the workshop is not completely filled, online registration will close  24 hours prior to the start of the workshop. Registration after this deadline may be possible, but must be directly coordinated with our staff. If you are interested in registering after the online deadline has closed, please inquire at workshops@centerabt.com.

Cancellation Policy:

• The cancellation deadline is 2 weeks prior to the start date of the workshop.

• Registered attendees that request to cancel before the cancellation deadline will be refunded the full cost of their registration, less a processing fee determined by Stripe. 

• Registered attendees that request to cancel after the cancellation deadline will be refunded 50% of their registration, less the processing fee determined by Stripe.

• Refunds cannot be issued for cancellations made less than 2 days prior to the start of the workshop. 

• You can receive full monetary credit towards another CABT workshop(s) at any point of cancellation.

If you would like to cancel, please email workshops@centerabt.com.