Description:
This 1.0 CEU-hour course is designed to teach clinicians how to recognize and treat contamination OCD, a common but challenging-to-treat form of obsessive compulsive disorder that represents nearly half of its cases. This course focuses specifically on the unique treatment implications of the contamination OCD subtype.

In addition to discussing how to effectively use exposure and response prevention (ERP), the oldest and most-researched approach for OCD, it also covers a recently-published acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) based “Mastery” approach designed explicitly for the difficult-to-treat case of disgust-based contamination OCD, together with a brief overview of other emerging treatment approaches.

The instructor is an experienced clinician who published the first recognized treatment protocol for disgust-based OCD with the IOCDF in 2023, and has authored numerous successful books on anxiety treatment and communications skills with major publishers.

Objectives

• Understand contamination OCD: its definition, prevalence, case examples. DSM-V diagnostic definition, comparison to other fears.

• Identify the most common treatment approaches for contamination OCD, including Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and the ACT-based Mastery approach.

• Learn how and when to apply Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) as a treatment strategy for contamination OCD – the most common and well-researched strategy for OCD treatment.

• Learn how and when to apply the Mastery approach, based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), for treating contamination OCD – particularly for cases involving disgust and/or other non-habituating triggers.Identify the direction for future research and practice trends for treating Contamination OCD.

• Understand future research and practice trends in the treatment of contamination OCD.
  
  

Target Audience: Introductory. For clinicians with little to no experience in the subject matter.
Intermediate/Advanced. For clinicians wanting to add an additional approach to disgust-based Contamination OCD.

Date: On Demand

Time: On Demand

Cost: $35 USD

NBCC: 1 CE
ACEP No. 7365
Gina Abbondante, LLC
ASWB: 1 CE
ACE #1909
OCD Training School

Refund/Cancellation Policy: No refunds given on on demand courses.

Accommodations: If you have a specific learning need, please email us at hello@ocdtrainingschool.com

About Your Trainer:

Rich Gallagher, LMFT:
Rich Gallagher LMFT is a clinician specializing in anxiety disorders and OCD treatment, based in Ithaca, NY. He is a 2014 graduate of the IOCDF’s intensive BTTI clinical training program for OCD treatment, has presented twice at IOCDF conferences, and has taught CEU programs on anxiety and OCD treatment to over 200 clinicians in upstate New York.

Rich is also the author of numerous self-help books on anxiety disorders and communications skills for major publishers, including an Amazon #1 book on Anxiety and Phobias as well as a finalist for 2008 Business Book of the Year. His titles include The Anxiety Journal (Rockridge Press, 2022), Stress-Free Small Talk (Rockridge Press, 2019), How to Tell Anyone Anything (AMACOM/HarperCollins, 2009), and many others.

NOTE: This training is for individual clinician use only. If you have a group practice, you will need to set up an account for each individual clinician. SHARING OF ACCOUNTS, TRAINING ACCESS, OR PASSWORDS WILL RESULT IN TERMINATION OF TRAINING ACCESS. NO REFUNDS WILL BE OFFERED. Email hello@OCDTrainingSchool.com if you have any questions.