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The course will describe a conceptualization of religious OCD that can help clarify for clients and therapists how to address these symptoms. Specifically, the course will focus on differentiating between what aspects of religious behavior are considered OCD and what are actually religious in nature. A case presentation will be included to illustrate the ideas.
https://ceyouplus.org/workshops/Fearof2/viewFear of Heaven or Harm - Clarifying the Distinction Between OCD/Anxiety and Doing the Will of G-D
Previously Recorded
Presenter: Ezra Cowan, Psy.D
Course Length: 3 Hours
This workshop Offers 3 Continuing Education Credits
This webinar is recorded and will not grant live credits.
The course will describe a conceptualization of religious OCD that can help clarify for clients and therapists how to address these symptoms. Specifically, the course will focus on differentiating between what aspects of religious behavior are considered OCD and what are actually religious in nature. A case presentation will be included to illustrate the ideas.
Review of OCD (15 mins)
definitions
phenomenology
review of subtypes
Discussion of scrupulosity/moral/religious OCD subtype (10 min)
How it presents
Difficulties associated with treatment of religious OCD (25 mins)
How symptoms may overlap with normative behaviors and rituals
Reviewing a conceptualization of religious OCD that can help overcome these difficulties 1:10
learning to distinguish between OCD and normative behavior
Discussing different subtypes of religious scrupulosity and their therapeutic implications (15 mins)
Case vignette (25 mins)
Q&A (20 mins)