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Fear of Heaven or Harm - Clarifying the Distinction Between OCD/Anxiety and Doing the Will of G-D
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.
Fear 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: 2 Hours
Learning Objectives:
Attendees will be able to describe the research related to religious OCD
Describe the conceptualization of religious OCD related to the emphasis of core fear
Attendees will be able to practically implement the tools and techniques in their own practice
This workshop Offers 2 Continuing Education Credits This webinar is recorded and will not grant live credits.
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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.
Learning Objectives:
Attendees will be able to describe the research related to religious OCD
Describe the conceptualization of religious OCD related to the emphasis of core fear
Attendees will be able to practically implement the tools and techniques in their own practice
Agenda:
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 (40 mins)
learning to distinguish between OCD and normative behavior
Case vignette (15 mins)
Q&A (15 mins)
This presentation is open to:
Social Workers
Professional Counselors
Therapists
Psychologists
Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives
Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.
Disability Access - If you require ADA accommodations, please contact our office 30 days or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification.
Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often, and while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling.
The grievance policy for trainings provided by the NEFESH INTERNATIONAL is available here Satisfactory Completion Participants must have paid the tuition fee, logged in and out each day, attended the entire workshop, and completed an evaluation to receive a certificate (If this is a pre-recorded program, a post-test with a passing grade of 80% to receive a certificate.) Failure to log in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates are available after satisfactory course completion by clicking here.
There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.
NEFESH International is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Mental Health Counselor #MHC-0082
NEFESH International is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0048.
NEFESH International is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0046
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