Presented by Tom Adams, Ph.D.

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Workshop Description:

Exposure and response prevention (ERP) is a highly efficacious form of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). In an attempt to simplify treatment, this workshop will focus on the core component of ERP - therapeutic in vivo exposure and prevention of compulsive behaviors - with an emphasis on the principles of change that underlie exposure. Attendees will learn to assess OCD and associated symptoms, develop cognitive-behavioral case conceptualizations, prepare flexible ERP treatment plans, and execute said plans with OCD patients. Attendees will end the workshop by reviewing case examples and practicing the development of ERP treatment plans.

Skill level: 

Intermediate

Workshop Objectives:

Based on the content of this workshop, attendees will be able to:

• Review empirically-supported psychosocial and medical treatments for child and adult OCD with an emphasis on exposure and response prevention (ERP)
• Discuss mechanisms that maintain obsessive-compulsive symptoms and the principles of change that underlie ERP to provide a framework for treatment planning and problem-solving with difficult cases
• Review and practice objective assessment of child and adult OCD and obsessive-compulsive symptoms
• Present child and adult case examples to demonstrate a step-by-step approach for planning and delivering ERP
• Develop example case conceptualizations, ritual prevention protocols, and exposure hierarchies

About the Presenter:

Tom Adams, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist and an assistant professor or psychology at the University of Kentucky. He is the principal investigator of the Cognitive Neuroscience and Behavior Therapy Lab and co-director of the Clinic for Emotional Health (CEH). Dr. Adams received his PhD. in clinical psychology from the University of Arkansas following his completion of a pre-doctoral internship at the Medical University of South Carolina and the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Yale University OCD Research Clinic and the Clinical Neuroscience Division of the VA National Center for PTSD before joining the faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine and then finally moving to the University of Kentucky. Dr. Adams' research is focused on improving the understanding, efficacy, and efficiency of treatments for disordered anxiety, particularly OCD and PTSD.

Workshop Pricing:

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