EXPOSURE & RESPONSE PREVENTION (ERP) FOR

OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD)

Virtual Training

3-day intensive, foundational training in the gold-standard psychotherapy for OCD,

plus 4 follow-up group consultation sessions

Delivered by experts in the field, to help you deliver high quality treatment to your patients with OCD.

May 7-9, 2025

9:00 am-5:00 pm ET

Virtual Training via Zoom

 

This training is appropriate for all licensed mental health professionals, or those working under the license of a mental health professional. The workshop will include:

  • A review of the empirical support for the use of ERP as the first-line treatment for OCD

  • Theoretical foundation behind ERP

  • Administration and interpretation of structured assessments for OCD

  • Comprehensive, step-by-step guide to delivering ERP to adolescent and adult patients including rationale delivery, hierarchy construction, and concrete examples of exposures

  • Use of case examples to illustrate theoretical concepts throughout

  • Interactive lecture and role-plays to solidify participant’s skill and comfort with ERP



Workshop fee: $950 per person, which includes:

  • Four, 60-minute, group consultation sessions with ERP experts to be completed after the workshop to help attendees implement ERP with their own clients

  • 19.5 hours of CEUs

  • Copies of all workshop slides

  • Therapist and patient handouts





All attendees must purchase a copy of the therapist manual for ERP: “Exposure and Response (Ritual) Prevention for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Therapist Guide, 2nd Edition” by Foa, Yadin, & Lichner for reference during the workshop.

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. 

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 workshop will include:


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. ERP experts at CABT will personally serve as consultants for the post-workshop consultation calls for all attendees. Click here for more information about the instructors



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

Consultation Group Policy:

  • Post-Training Consultation Groups are affiliated with the workshop cohort. Consultation group participation is not transferable to other groups hosted at later dates or affiliated with other training cohorts.

  • Registration for post-training consultation groups will open immediately following the completion of the training.

  • All training participants will have the opportunity to register for up to 4 post-training consultation groups.

  • Once registration for post-training consultation groups is closed, participation in these groups cannot to be rescheduled.

Please note, registration is not complete and attendance is not guaranteed until payment is received in full.

For questions or more information, feel free to contact us at (610) 455-5757 or workshops@centerabt.com.