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We enjoyed attending the 25th annual International OCD Foundation conference, in Washington, DC! Our clinicians presented on the following to audiences of children, families, sufferers and mental health professionals:
Anxiety Ninjas: Team Training to Beat Anxiety, Sheeva Mostoufi, Ph.D., Gloria Mathis, Ph.D., David Yood, Psy.D., Jennifer Kessler, Ph.D.
Apply Your Oxygen Mask First: Parental Self-Care, Noah Weintraub, Psy.D. & Sherrie Vavrichek, LCSW-C
Ask the Experts Panel on BFRBs, Ruth Golomb, LCPC
Be Brave with the OCD Hunters!Noah Weintraub, Psy.D. & Michael Lent, Ph.D
Do I Laugh with the Sinners or Cry with the Saints? A Discussion about Scrupulosity, Charles Mansueto, Ph.D.
ERP takes DC!David Yood, Psy.D.
Helping Your Loved One with OCD: A Step by Step Plan, Noah Weintraub, Psy.D. & Lisa Levine, Psy.D.
"How Do I Stop Thinking About This??" What to Do When You're Stuck Playing "Mental Ping Pong,”Lisa Levine, Psy.D.
“I Hate My Therapist." Going Beyond the Manuals For Effective Treatment of Children, Charles Mansueto, Ph.D.
OCD Advocacy In Public: Mass Media, The Law, Community Agencies, National Security, Public Policy, Charles Mansueto, Ph.D.
OCD: The Game Show for Kids, Noah Weintraub, Psy.D., Michael Lent, Ph.D., David Yood, Psy.D.
OCD Story Time, Noah Weintraub, Psy.D. & Lisa Levine, Psy.D.
Parents Closing Summation Support Group, Charles Mansueto, Ph.D.
Thinking About Blinking: Sensorimotor/Bodily-Focused OCD, Ruth Golomb
"You Say Complete, I Say Incomplete": A Cross-Cutting Concept in OCD and OCRDs, Charles Mansueto, Ph.D.
April 5-8th, 2018: BTC clinicians presented the following at the Anxiety & Depression Association of America's 38th Annual Conference:
- Tic Doc: What Every OCD Therapist Should Know About Tourette and Tic Disorders (Charles Mansueto, Ph.D.)
- Out of the Starting Blocks…Now What?: Advice for Early Career Therapists (Charles Mansueto, Ph.D.)
- Anxiety and Depression Rounds Panel, case presentations reflecting the successful application of CBT principles, including Charles Mansueto, Ph.D. and David Keuler, Ph.D.
- Beyond Habit Reversal: Comprehensive Behavioral (ComB) Treatment of Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling Disorder) and Excoriation (Skin Picking) Disorder (Charles Mansueto, Ph.D. and Ruth Golomb, M.ed.., LCPC)
- Anxiety and Sensory Dysregulation: How to Treat This Dynamic Duo (Ruth Golomb, M.ed.., LCPC)
Summer 2018: BTC’s sensory dysregulation expert, Ruth Golomb, LCPC, recently provided training for McLean Hospital’s Anxiety Mastery Program on “Sensory Deregulation and Anxiety Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment” and was interviewed for the podcast Your Anxious Child: 5 Minute Solutions on the topic of psychological interventions for children with sensory dysregulation. To listen, go to https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/your-anxious-child/id937022377?mt=2&i=1000413264056
January 2018: BTC initiated our expanded didactic series being offered during the full school year to our externs, postdoctoral fellow and local clinicians. Examples of topics have been “Tourettic OCD,” PANS/PANDAS, and Mindfulness-Based Approaches.
Dr. Gloria Mathis initiated a social anxiety exposure group that involves field trips for In Vivo exposure activities. Please contact Dr. Mathis at 301-593-4040 ext. 233 or gmathis@behaviortherapycenter.com with questions or to schedule a screening.
Fall 2017: After developing a manual for Charles Mansueto’s Comprehensive Behavioral (ComB) approach for treatment of BFRBs, another research study has been funded to determine the efficacy of ComB. BTC will be collaborating with American University on this study.