PsychEd

Treating Contamination OCD Using the Mastery Approach

This is a live interactive webinar presentation.

This program teaches clinicians how to recognize and treat contamination OCD, a common but challenging-to-treat form of obsessive-compulsive disorder that represents roughly half of its cases. This course focuses on the functional-based Mastery treatment approach, a synthesis of exposure and response prevention (ERP), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and emerging literature on the use of judicious safety behaviors to improve functioning in cases such as disgust, neurodiversity and more where triggers do not directly habituate. This is a humane and well-tolerated approach that has now been taught and implemented at major clinics nationwide for cases of contamination OCD.

At the completion of the program, participants will be able to:

• understand contamination OCD: its definition, prevalence, case examples. DSM-V diagnostic definition, and comparison to other fears.
• describe the evolution of treatment approaches for contamination OCD, including exposure and response prevention (ERP), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and the Mastery approach based on practicing improved functioning.
• understand how and when to apply the Mastery approach for treating contamination OCD – particularly for cases involving disgust and/or other non-habituating triggers.
• describe key concepts of Mastery, including setting functional goals, developing a practice strategy, using “readiness” to determine practice steps, incorporating judicious functional safety behaviors where needed, and logging and tracking progress.

CE Credit: 2.0 hours of CE credit is available for attendees who are present for the entire live program.

Target Audience: Psychologists, Social Workers, Other Mental Health Professionals.

This is an Intermediate Level Course.

Course Delivery: This live webinar is fully interactive. Attendees may ask and answer questions throughout the presentation and participate in instructor-led discussions.

Agenda (EST): 10:00am – 12:00pm EST Presentation

• Understanding contamination OCD: Definition, prevalence, examples
• Types of contamination triggers: fear-based versus disgust-based, sensory, mental contamination
• Common treatment strategies for contamination OCD: exposure and response prevention (ERP), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), inference-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (I-CBT), Mastery (a functional-based approach to ERP/ACT)
• Using the Mastery approach: setting functional goals, developing a practice strategy, using “readiness” to determine practice steps, incorporating judicious functional safety behaviors where needed, and logging and tracking progress.
• Case examples
• Summary and future directions

Disclosures: Neither the speaker, nor CEH have received any commercial support for this program or its contents and will not receive any commercial support prior to or during this program. For additional information, please contact Ms. Heidi Yamka at (856) 220-9672.

Instructions for requesting accessibility accommodations:
Accommodation Information: CEH webinars are available to those with internet access.
For questions, concerns, or to request special accommodations, please email yamka@thecenterforemotionalhealth.com.
For other questions regarding this presentation, please contact Heidi Yamka at yamka@thecenterforemotionalhealth.com.

Continuing Education information:
Course completion requirements: To earn CE credit, attendees must log in at the scheduled time and attend the entire course. Certificates of completion will be emailed within one week of course completion.
Completion of a post-event evaluation at the conclusion of the program is encouraged to inform future programming, but CE credits are not contingent upon completion of the evaluation.

CE Credits: 2.0 hours

The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, LLC is not responsible to verify that American Psychological Association continuing education credits are approved by an attendee’s respective state licensing Board.

The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, LLC, #1820, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, LLC maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 6/15/2023-6/15/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 2.0 continuing education credits.

Course Location: Live, interactive, synchronous learning via Zoom Webinars
Target Audience: Psychologists, Social Workers, Other Mental Healthcare Providers
Content Level: Introductory
System Requirements: Please see system requirements to participate in the event (see Zoom System Requirements on website).
Registration Deadline (external to CEH providers): 24 hours prior to the event
Course Requirements: To receive continuing education credit, attendees must attend the program in its entirety and complete the course evaluation which will be emailed via Google Form following the presentation. Certificates of completion will be awarded by email within one week of course completion.
Grievances/Cancellation/Refund Policy: Will be considered by the CE committee on a case-by-case basis. Please see attached policy (see CEH Grievance Policy on website)
Accessibility or Other Inquiries: Please contact mail@thecenterforemotionalhealth.com

The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7263. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. NBCC ACEP No. 7263.