Treating Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

What is this workshop about?

Studies indicate that up to 3% of the population suffer from obsessive‑compulsive disorder (OCD)

The disorder is characterized by recurrent obsessions or compulsions, and often both. These symptoms cause significant functional impairment and distress in many sufferers.

An obsession can be defined as "an unwanted intrusive thought, image or urge that repeatedly enters the person's mind".

Compulsions are repetitive behaviours or mental acts a person feels compelled to perform. A compulsion could be overt and observable by others, such as checking that a gas ring is turned off, or a hidden mental act that others cannot see, such as repeating a certain phrase to one's self inwardly.

This interactive webinar will introduce delegates to the main principles and practices in the treatment of OCD, noting the challenges of treatment, links to other disorders and the relevant NICE guidelines.

Topics to be Covered

Contexts

• Prevalence
• Causes
• Maintenance factors and safety behaviours

Core therapeutic techniques

• In vivo exposure
• Imaginal exposure
• Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP)
• Relapse prevention

What have previous delegates said about similar workshops?

• "Excellent overview. Great Case Studies"
• "Very Informative"Learned a lot of new techniques - thank you!
• Excellent, I’ve learnt a great deal today .... thank you!
• This was very clear and practical l. The techniques simple to understand. Excellent session
• Interesting Patrick - helps me to get my thoughts in order. Enjoy some of the links and will find overall very useful"
• "Informative and educational""Thought provoking""grounded in research""good resources provided"
• "Very interesting Good knowledge and excellent research"

Who is leading this webinar?

Professor Patrick McGhee is a CBT therapist, psychologist and UK National Teaching Fellow. Educated at the universities of Glasgow and Oxford, he has completed CPD programmes at Harvard Business School and Ashridge. In 2017 he was a Visiting Fellow/Scholar at the universities of Cornell, Yale and MIT in the USA. He has taught, researched or practised in psychology and therapy for 30 years. His first post was a Research Fellow in Psychiatry and Psychology at St George's Hospital Medical School, University of London. He is the author of Thinking Psychologically (Palgrave) and co-editor of Accounting for Relationships (Methuen). He is an occasional columnist for the Guardian, the BBC and the Times Higher. He currently works in private practice in Greater Manchester. He has full accreditation from the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies.