PILT Training: Working with Anxiety & OCD | 3 CE Credits

Attendees will learn important aspects for building rapport, assessing and diagnosing anxiety and OCD as well as biopsychosocial and cultural factors to consider, along with therapeutic approaches and evidence-based interventions to use in their psychotherapy practice with anxiety and OCD related concerns.  

CARE Psychotherapy Training Videos are intended solely for educational purposes for mental health professionals. Viewers are expected to treat confidential material found herein according to professional guidelines. Unauthorized viewing is prohibited. 

Level of programming is introductory: assumes minimal familiarity with the topic.

Learning Objectives: This training is designed to help attendees: 

First Hour 

• Name key diagnostic features to diagnose and rule out anxiety and OCD diagnoses.  
• Identify aspects of differential diagnosis for anxiety disorders & OCD.  
• Acquire new ways to gather information through diagnostic interview questions and assessments. 

Second Hour 

• Identify one+ biological, psychological, social/environmental consideration for anxiety and OCD related concerns 
•  Identify one+ cultural consideration.  

Third Hour 

• Name common theoretical approaches to working with anxiety/OCD related concerns. 
• Apply three+ evidence-based interventions for OCD/anxiety that you can add to your "toolbox."  

The presentation is designated for CARE Counseling mental health professionals (LP, LPC/LPCC, MFT/LMFT, LGSW/LICSW, LADC), pre-licensed mental health practitioners, and students.  

CARE Counseling is approved by the Board of Psychology to sponsor continuing education. CARE maintains responsibility for this program and its content. It is the responsibility of each learner to verify that continuing education earned at CARE or elsewhere meets the requirements for their State and individual license.

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About the Presenters:    

Heidi Bausch-Ryan, Psy.D., LP, psychologist and Clinical of Training at CARE Counseling. For the past seven years, Dr. Bausch-Ryan has gained clinical training and professional experience as a generalist practitioner: on inpatient behavioral health units, at an outpatient mental health practice, in a university department of psychiatry, and at a residential substance use treatment center. She has delivered professional training presentations on topic such as modalities of therapy, grief, depression, anxiety, trauma, co-occurring concerns, recovery pathways, and resiliency. 
 
Hannah Dufek, MS, LADC, LPCC, mental health professional and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Specialist at CARE Counseling. Prior to working in outpatient mental health, Hannah worked in higher education as a career and academic advisor and participated in leading panels and discussions regarding DEI initiatives at the university. She has additional professional experience working at an intensive residential treatment facility as well as community mental health work supporting refugees and immigrants. Hannah has studied the experiences of marginalized groups in therapy and has training in assessing and treating substance use and recovery in individual and group settings. Her clinical interests include identity exploration and intersections, substance use concerns and recovery, relational work, and trauma. 

Meg Boyer, Psy.D., LP, licensed psychologist at CARE Counseling. Dr. Meg earned her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from UC Santa Barbara, completed her pre-doctoral residency at Northwestern University CAPS, and completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Mental Health Services at UW Madison. Dr. Meg specializes in working with college and university students, emerging adults, and others navigating identity and life transitions. Her counseling approach is integrative; grounded in humanistic psychotherapy and she is dedicated to providing culturally humble and trauma-informed care.