NW Anxiety Institute

03/25/2022

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03/24/2022

One of the NW Anxiety Teams presentations: Coaching During ERP Therapy: Strategies for Helping Patients Face Their Biggest Fears, was featured in a Healio article which you can access here -

DENVER — Exposure and response therapy improves with increased engagement, participation and humor, according to a panel of experts at the Anxiety and Depression Association of America annual conference. The panel was made up of experts from the NW Anxiety Institute based in Portland, Oregon.....

03/17/2022

Fellow attendees – we hope we’re on your schedule for this Saturday at 10:45AM to talk about ERP in Action! How do you know if the exposure you’re selecting for your patient is engaging your patient to maximize exposure learning?

Join us to workshop your own patients’ ERP treatment plans and exposure hierarchies. Together, we will tackle common difficulties, such as accurately targeting the nuances of an individual’s feared outcome and assuring adequate engagement in response prevention during the exposure.

03/16/2022

Fellow ERP therapists – this is one you won’t want to miss!
this Saturday at 9:30AM.

This presentation will examine strategies that enhance exposure learning and ERP efficacy when rumination is a treatment target. Join us to hear case examples and suggested interventions to increase your confidence in functionally analyzing the role of these cognitive processes in anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder as well as increase your repertoire of interventions to assist patients in addressing these behaviors.

03/14/2022

If you are attending the this weekend, we hope you stop in to see five of our anxiety specialists in this round table about coaching during ERP therapy.

We look forward to discussing effective strategies for supporting patients as they complete targeted exposures and helping you as a therapist feel more confident in the delivery of effective ERP! See you on Friday, March 18th at 4:15PM.

02/15/2022

This Valentine’s Day, we’re celebrating those who love someone living with anxiety or OCD. At NWAI we offer supportive training for parents and other loved ones by focusing on relationship-strengthening techniques such as enhanced active listening, empathy-building, and setting and maintaining realistic expectations. 💕

01/20/2022

The International OCD Foundation’s OCD Camp for families and kids is THIS WEEKEND! We hope to see you at Dr. Hayley Dauterman & Dr. Myles Rizvi’s session called OCD: The Frenemy.

OCD can seriously impact our relationships with our friends! Whether it tells us they’re contaminated or that we might hurt them, OCD is the frenemy that we want to get rid of! In this session, Hayley and Myles will talk about some of the ways OCD interferes with friendships and some strategies for fighting back.

01/10/2022

Watch now: Did you know NWAI offers 12-month practicum externships for masters and doctoral level graduate students from local universities? Click here: https://youtu.be/wnCcTw7t2fQ to hear one of our graduate student clinicians share her experiences in our Student Training Institute.

12/25/2021

As 2021 draws to a close, we reflect on all the highlights and wonderful moments from this year. We continued to serve more clients than ever, primarily via telehealth to keep our community safe and healthy. Our team grew by many amazing team members, including 10 (!) eager graduate student clinicians.

We celebrated together, learned from one another, and shared in service of our community...sometimes in some creative ways. We are happy to have shared moments with YOU! We hope this holiday season brings you joy and health. We look forward to celebrating 2022 with you!

#2021 #2022

12/22/2021

Meet Dani Jones! One of our stellar graduate student clinicians, Dani has brought so much to our community already.

Here are a few fun facts about them: Dani’s been to Thailand 8 TIMES! Dani also has two goats named Anna and Hazel.

Dani says their favorite part of this work is “seeing clients be brave, and choose to be uncomfortable on purpose, in order to not let Fear win.” We second that, Dani!

11/25/2021

The Holidays are always a good time to pause, reflect and celebrate. We have so much to be grateful for this year, but most of all we want to thank YOU! We hope you and yours are enjoying a relaxing and delicious time with friends or family.

11/12/2021

Applications due December 3rd, 2021!
All interested applicants can find more information on our website: https://www.nwanxiety.com/postdoctoral-fellowship.html

NWAI is now accepting applicants for postdoctoral fellowship placement. NWAI offers fellows clinical experience in treating individuals living with OCD and anxiety disorders, providing apprenticeship-model training, from a CBT theoretical framework with a focus on implementing ERP therapy. Fellows divide their time between direct patient care, administrative activities, supervision, didactic training, and clinical roundings. Based on interest, fellows may also have opportunities to provide parent consultation, facilitate group-based therapies, supervise student trainees, participate in client outcomes monitoring and practice-based research program and give community presentations about anxiety and related disorders.