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10/09/2018

This week is OCD Awareness week. This Saturday, October 13, 2018, there will be an OCD Awareness Mini Conference held here in St. Louis at Missouri Baptist Medical Center from 9am-3:30pm. This is a great opportunity for anyone including (but not limited to) clinicians, students, individuals struggling with OCD and their loved ones. Anyone wanting to learn more about OCD, treatment options, and recovery from this monster is welcome! Registration is free and lunch is provided.‬

‪I’m very excited to have been invited to share the panel presentation on overcoming losses to OCD alongside my wonderful co-presenters from this years annual IOCDF conference in Washington DC.‬

Link to IOCDF website for more info:
https://iocdf.org/calendar/ocd-awareness-mini-conference-st-louis-mo/

07/28/2018

SUPER excited to be at the conference (my favorite!) facilitating support groups and doing a panel presentation on how to overcome (and make peace with) your losses to OCD. We are in this fight against OCD together!

03/23/2018

So excited to announce I will be presenting at the IOCDF conference in Washington DC this summer! Looking forward to leading groups on co-morbid OCD and ED, women's issues within OCD, and a discussion panel on how to overcome losses to OCD. This conference is a unique one, as it is a great resource for clinicians (both seasoned and new), physicians, researchers, sufferers of OCD, and their loved ones. There is literally something for everyone as it pertains to OCD. Check out the website and think about joining us!

The Annual OCD Conference (July 27-29, Washington, DC) educates & empowers mental health professionals, individuals with OCD, and their loved ones.

01/17/2018

Need something to do this Saturday morning? I'll be lecturing on Relationship OCD (rOCD) at this month's St. Louis OCD Support Group meeting. Talk begins at 10am and support group follows directly after at 11am. The meeting this month is at Mercy Hospital. Stay warm and see you there!

01/05/2018

The 25th Annual OCD Conference will be held July 27 - 29, 2018 in Washington D.C.! We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting proposal submissions for Conference speakers.

You can now use our online proposal system to submit your proposals for Presentations, Workshops, Evening Activities, Support Groups, Research Posters, and the IOCDF Research Symposium. Visit our Conference website to learn more.
http://www.ocd2018.org/events/25th-annual-ocd-conference/custom-124-a9e0183a9fd94d4b8ec48aa1b62b9335.aspx

10/20/2017

This is a great resource for both individuals struggling with a BFRB and those who support them!

An educational webinar on mindfulness and acceptance and their role in effectively managing trichotillomania, dermatillomania, and other BFRBs

10/13/2017

This is a great reminder! Just because you may not notice an individual's compulsive behaviors, it doesn't mean they aren't struggling with mental rituals. These mental rituals are just as real and anxiety-reinforcing as more observable behaviors, and can be treated with exposure and response prevention. Thanks, OCD-UK!

The penultimate day of OCD Awareness Week & another misconception the wider public (including some health professionals) have about OCD

10/12/2017

It's OCD Awareness Week and this recent AMA is full of great Q&A's for anyone wanting to understand more about OCD!

I'm [Jeff Szymanski, PhD](https://twitter.com/DrJeffSzymanski). I am currently the executive director of the [International OCD...