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CBT for OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder).
'CBT for OCD' is a 2-day course from the Association for Psychological Therapies (APT), a leading provider of training for professionals working in mental health and related areas in the UK and Ireland.
It is the only CBT for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) training that is Delegate–Accredited and uniquely combines built-in APT Registration with automatic access to our renowned post-course resources to help you support your clients. It is available for both teams and individuals, face-to-face or online, and can also count towards the Extended Training in CBT course.
Executive Summary:
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is where a person has an obsessive belief (for example that their hands are contaminated) and a compulsion to perform a behaviour that will relieve the distress (for example to wash their hands). Typically the obsessions and compulsions get more and more severe and may expand to include many facets of everyday life. Inevitably, therefore, this causes great distress to the sufferer and those around them, and the seeming inability to control their own behaviour simply results in additional distress and bewilderment. Usually, those with OCD realise that their behaviour is 'not normal' and this is a clear differentiator between obsessional beliefs and psychotic ones.
The aims of the course:
The aims are (a) to describe Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, (b) to describe the theory which explains how OCD develops and (c) to cover the methods of treatment for OCD in a way that encourages delegates to use them subsequently.
The course covers:
- What is OCD? Symptoms including: behavioural, biological, emotional, and cognitive symptoms.
- Causes and maintaining factors of OCD.
- A description of obsessions and compulsions and how they inter relate.
- NICE guidelines for OCD and body dysmorphic disorder (BDD is a preoccupation with a perceived defect in ones appearance).
- The NICE stepped care approach, both pharmacological and psychological/behavioural.
- The measurement of OCD. In evidence based practice it is essential to obtain evidence from the patient, their friends and their relatives. Objective and subjective measures.
- Exposure plus response prevention; its major role in OCD, how we do it, how anxiety decreases over time and how people with OCD need so much support and encouragement to carry on with the helpful treatment.
- Helpful adjuncts to therapy: modelling, extended sessions, and more.
- Psycho-education, patient-practice and differential reinforcement.
- Key metaphors that are helpful in explanation and encouragement for people with OCD.
- Social factors. Social factors are often implicated in OCD, so it is important to assess and address them.
- The limited role of logical evidence based reasoning in OCD.
- OCD and autistic spectrum disorders. A feature of ASD is the 'obsessionality' that frequently accompanies it. Can they be treated in the same way as other OCD cases?
- Sexual obsessions and obsessions with previous partners. An examination of whether these can be treated in the same way as OCD obsessions.
- Course methods include lectures, discussions, video material, case studies and practice exercises.
What you receive as a result of attending the training:
You will be registered as having attended the course, thereby gaining APT Registration Level 1, and receive a certificate to this effect. The registration gives you access to online resources associated with the course and access to the online exam if you wish to uprate your APT Registration to Level 2 (note, the exam is inbuilt into the 'online anytime' version of the course).
Your record of attendance lasts indefinitely, whilst your APT Registration Level lasts for 3 years from the date of completion and is renewable.
APT Registration Levels are given value by the fact that over 150,000 people have attended APT training. See APT Registration for full details.
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NICE guidelines relevant to this course:
OCD and Body dysmorphic disorder (CG31) ❯
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Reviews.
APT prides itself on the feedback we receive about our courses. Below are just some of the great comments the 'CBT for OCD' course has received.
"I really useful and informative course that has increased my confidence in treating this complex disorder. I found the tutor professional and knowledgeable but at the same time warm and approachable. Many thanks.”
"The course was extremely useful and will help with my work. I have been able to review my practices and hopefully transfer this to my workplace. It has increased my knowledge surrounding OCD.”
