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2024 Edition: Did I Lock the Door? Treating Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with EMDR Therapy Informed by Exposure & Response Prevention and Ego State Therapy

alt2024 Edition: Did I Lock the Door? Treating Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with EMDR Therapy Informed by Exposure & Response Prevention and Ego State Therapy

altInstructor: Sandra Paulsen, Ph.D.

alt Approved for 15.0 Hours of CE Credit

altFulfills License Requirements

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Program Description:

A 2024 update to one of Dr. Paulsen's most popular courses, featuring almost 2 hours of completely new content!

Revised and updated: “Did I Lock the Door?” Treating Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with EMDR Therapy Informed by Exposure & Response Prevention and Ego State Therapy

This 2024 updated workshop addresses the complexities of treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), focusing on the integration of EMDR Therapy with exposure and response prevention techniques. While traditional exposure therapy is critical, research shows that response prevention, alongside exposure to obsessive thoughts, is essential for reducing anxiety. This workshop presents recent findings from EMDR and behavioral OCD studies, alongside advancements in psychopharmacology, including ketamine treatments, and theta burst neuromodulation.

EMDR Therapy enhances anxiety reduction by combining desensitization and reprocessing, offering a more effective and comfortable treatment than standard exposure and response prevention alone. For some clients, OCD may stem from developmental trauma that requires addressing through ego state work to disarm deep-seated loyalties with the aggressor figure. This workshop outlines the taxonomy of OCD, treatment specifics with exposure and ritual prevention, and integrates these within the structured phases of EMDR Therapy. It also covers ego state techniques to resolve developmental arrests and loyalty conflicts.

Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of OCD treatment using EMDR, enriched by a review of recent research, enabling them to apply these techniques effectively in clinical practice.

Goals & Objectives:

At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:

  1. Describe six types of OCD variants.
  2. Describe the cycle of anxiety increase through obsessional thinking and decrease through compulsive responses.
  3. Utilize the Yale/Brown Inventory to assess for OCD types and severity.
  4. Design an intervention of exposure to obsessional thoughts and response prevention for compulsive behaviors.
  5. Describe how to integrate exposure and ritual prevention within the eight phases of EMDR.
  6. Identify where in the phases of EMDR Therapy to use ego state therapy to reduce loyalty to the aggressor.
  7. List four recent research findings for OCD treatment innovations.
  8. List three new medication developments in OCD Spectrum treatment.
  9. Identify two peaks in ages of onset of OCD.
  10. Describe a hypothesized mechanism of action for ketamine’s effect on OCD symptoms.
  11. Recall three summary findings from the International College of OCD Spectrum Disorders.
  12. List five factors that contribute to worse treatment outcome for OCD.
  13. List four recent innovations in psychological treatments of OCD.
  14. Describe three findings from studies of the effect of pandemic COVID-19 on OCD patients’ symptoms and treatment.
  15. Identify the Response Disequilibrium Model as an alternative hypothesis for the acquisition and maintenance of OCD.

 

Registration Information
 
  $155.00

 

CE Approval Information

  • EMDRIA Approval #15002-DL92
  • The Steve Frankel Group, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for Psychologists.
  • This course is approved by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) for its licentiates' CE license renewal requirements.
  • The Steve Frankel Group, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This course meets the qualifications for 15.0 hours of CE credit for Psychologists, MFTs, LCSWs, and LPCCs.
  • SFG is an approved EMDRIA International CE Credit Provider, #15002 and maintains responsibility for its EMDR courses’ programs and contents in accordance with EMDRIA Standards.

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