The 2019 Anxiety and Depression Conference is on next month, March 28-31 at the Sheraton Grand Chicago, in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Z will be presenting this informative workshop at the conference! If you are in town or at the conference, be sure to check itout!

Same or Similar? ACT and Inhibitory Learning Approaches to Exposure/Response Prevention for Pediatric OCD

Brief description:  In this interactive workshop, presenters will discuss the similarities and differences between an ACT-based exposure approach and an inhibitory learning model (including their putative mechanisms of change). Presenters will also demonstrate the process of conducting exposures for youth with OCD from each theoretical model’s perspective using illustrative case examples. Further, presenters will review patient characteristics that tend to indicate using one approach over the other. In addition, the Choice Point, a behavioral intervention derived from ACT, will be presented as a case formulation and treatment tool to augment the effects of ERP for children and adolescents struggling with OCD.

For more information and to register, visit the ADAA website.

Hopefully we’ll see you there!