Professional Development
OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER:
A COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR APPROACH TO CONCEPTUALIZATION AND TREATMENT
When: November, 19, 2010, 12:30 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
Where: Rockville Memorial Library, 21 Maryland Ave, First Floor Meeting Room, Rockville, MD 20850
Program Description:
This presentation reviews the diagnostic criteria and clinical presentations of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. As OCD can have a wide range of manifestations, it is important for clinicians to properly assess for the underlying themes so that an effective treatment can be developed. Successful treatment relies on effective interventions and creative clinicians. Interventions and treatments for clients with OCD involve cognitive behavioral strategies including hierarchy development and Exposure and Response Prevention. Also addressed will be the importance and rationale of the subjective units of distress scale (SUDS) as part of hierarchy development and E/RP.
Program Objectives
Participants will:
• Become familiar with symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder
• Recognize the subtypes of OCD
• Conceptualize treatment issues related to obsessive compulsive disorder from a cognitive-behavioral perspective and
• Understand treatment interventions to utilize when working with OCD clients
Presenter
Dr. Elspeth Bell has been a staff clinician at the Behavior Therapy Center of Greater Washington since 2006. She works primarily with adolescents, adults, and families focusing on the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and other anxiety disorders, depression, and familial relationship difficulties. As the director of BTC’s growing Hoarding Program, Dr. Bell provides individual therapy
for hoarders, both office-based and in vivo, as well as psycho educational and support groups. Dr. Bell participates on Hoarding Task Forces in the DC area and provides professional trainings for numerous agencies. In addition to her clinical work at BTC, Dr. Bell coordinates the continuing education program and the BTC Quarterly.
While Dr. Bell grew up in the US Navy and lived in places like Turkey and Guam, Maryland was always “home base.” After graduating from Rockville High School, Dr. Bell received her Bachelor’s degree in psychology at Vassar College. She then moved from Poughkeepsie to the Bronx where she attended Fordham University for both her Master’s in psychology and Doctorate in clinical psychology. While studying in New York, Dr. Bell first began to pursue her interest in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and cognitive behavior therapy. After living in New York for several years, she returned to Maryland toc omplete her doctoral internship at the John L. Gildner Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents in Rockville, Maryland.
For more information, go to: www.montgomerycountymd.gov/cfw
Introducing a New Webinar:
Cyber-Bullying on Campus: Preparation, Prevention & Policies
When:Wednesday, December 8th - 2 pm (ET)
Cyber-Bullying has become a prevalent and dangerous trend in education - and the college campus is no exception. Campus professionals are struggling with on-line student bullying and the fallout.
No longer an elementary and secondary education problem - online bullying, electronic harassment and harm is happening to college students and campus professionals need to be prepared to educate and address bullying behavior that uses technology and social media.
Learn from our presenters about:
1. Common cyber-bully attacks and the impact they have on students, faculty, staff and the larger campus community.
2. Different campus approaches to this behavior (on and off-campus).
3. Cyber-bullying and technologies/platforms - text messaging, Facebook, Juicycampus and more.
4. Case studies related to cyber-bullying.
5. Cyber-bullying from a conduct perspective, legal perspective and counseling perspective.
Most importantly, learn how to help faculty and staff engage students in ways to address the issue of cyber-bullying on your campus.
Walk away with details on several bullying prevention programs and how these programs can be used on your own campus.
For more information, go to:http://www.paper-clip.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Commerce&mod=GenComProductCatalog&mid=BB900C9FBBC442A19C2B38D104F64A21&tier=3&id=97FB68AC2C0145B5AC9FA1801337BAD1
A COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR APPROACH TO CONCEPTUALIZATION AND TREATMENT
When: November, 19, 2010, 12:30 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
Where: Rockville Memorial Library, 21 Maryland Ave, First Floor Meeting Room, Rockville, MD 20850
Program Description:
This presentation reviews the diagnostic criteria and clinical presentations of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. As OCD can have a wide range of manifestations, it is important for clinicians to properly assess for the underlying themes so that an effective treatment can be developed. Successful treatment relies on effective interventions and creative clinicians. Interventions and treatments for clients with OCD involve cognitive behavioral strategies including hierarchy development and Exposure and Response Prevention. Also addressed will be the importance and rationale of the subjective units of distress scale (SUDS) as part of hierarchy development and E/RP.
Program Objectives
Participants will:
• Become familiar with symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder
• Recognize the subtypes of OCD
• Conceptualize treatment issues related to obsessive compulsive disorder from a cognitive-behavioral perspective and
• Understand treatment interventions to utilize when working with OCD clients
Presenter
Dr. Elspeth Bell has been a staff clinician at the Behavior Therapy Center of Greater Washington since 2006. She works primarily with adolescents, adults, and families focusing on the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and other anxiety disorders, depression, and familial relationship difficulties. As the director of BTC’s growing Hoarding Program, Dr. Bell provides individual therapy
for hoarders, both office-based and in vivo, as well as psycho educational and support groups. Dr. Bell participates on Hoarding Task Forces in the DC area and provides professional trainings for numerous agencies. In addition to her clinical work at BTC, Dr. Bell coordinates the continuing education program and the BTC Quarterly.
While Dr. Bell grew up in the US Navy and lived in places like Turkey and Guam, Maryland was always “home base.” After graduating from Rockville High School, Dr. Bell received her Bachelor’s degree in psychology at Vassar College. She then moved from Poughkeepsie to the Bronx where she attended Fordham University for both her Master’s in psychology and Doctorate in clinical psychology. While studying in New York, Dr. Bell first began to pursue her interest in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and cognitive behavior therapy. After living in New York for several years, she returned to Maryland toc omplete her doctoral internship at the John L. Gildner Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents in Rockville, Maryland.
For more information, go to: www.montgomerycountymd.gov/cfw
Introducing a New Webinar:
Cyber-Bullying on Campus: Preparation, Prevention & Policies
When:Wednesday, December 8th - 2 pm (ET)
Cyber-Bullying has become a prevalent and dangerous trend in education - and the college campus is no exception. Campus professionals are struggling with on-line student bullying and the fallout.
No longer an elementary and secondary education problem - online bullying, electronic harassment and harm is happening to college students and campus professionals need to be prepared to educate and address bullying behavior that uses technology and social media.
Learn from our presenters about:
1. Common cyber-bully attacks and the impact they have on students, faculty, staff and the larger campus community.
2. Different campus approaches to this behavior (on and off-campus).
3. Cyber-bullying and technologies/platforms - text messaging, Facebook, Juicycampus and more.
4. Case studies related to cyber-bullying.
5. Cyber-bullying from a conduct perspective, legal perspective and counseling perspective.
Most importantly, learn how to help faculty and staff engage students in ways to address the issue of cyber-bullying on your campus.
Walk away with details on several bullying prevention programs and how these programs can be used on your own campus.
For more information, go to:http://www.paper-clip.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Commerce&mod=GenComProductCatalog&mid=BB900C9FBBC442A19C2B38D104F64A21&tier=3&id=97FB68AC2C0145B5AC9FA1801337BAD1
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