Exposure and response prevention is the most strongly supported treatment we have for OCD. Yet, most clinicians can name a patient for whom it seemed to stop working or never worked for. The usual response is to intensify the protocol or try something else, and that instinct is often wrong.
In this free, virtual presentation, Elizabeth McIngvale, PhD, LCSW and Ryan Judd, LCSW-C, from the OCD Institute of Texas, will take a deep dive into apparent ERP failure and what truly causes failure. Whether the problem is rooted in diagnosis or application, it’s rarely ERP that is the issue. What is missing in most settings is not effort or fidelity to a manual, but a structured way to work out which of these is happening before changing the plan.
Get the skills you need as a clinician working with patients with anxiety and OCD, and learn how to troubleshoot issues.