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OCD SoCal & the IOCDF Presents the 2023 Online OCD Conference on Sat., October 21st and Sun., October 22nd! Program Is Now Available!

Click HERE to Register for the 2023 Online OCD Conference

Many of you enjoyed OCD Southern California’s previous virtual OCD conferences. We are excited to announce that our online OCD conference is back! However, this time we are partnering with the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF – www.iocdf.org) to bring you 2023’s Online OCD Conference on Saturday, October 21st and Sunday, October 22nd! By partnering with the IOCDF, we are able to bring you a larger, 2-day conference with more speakers, more talks, more community discussion groups, and we are able to reach more people!

The Online OCD Conference is a two-day virtual event jam-packed with educational programming for those in the OCD and related disorders community, including: 

Individuals with lived OCD experience
Family members & supporters
Pre-licensed trainees & students
Mental health professionals

Register here: www.iocdf.org/onlineocdcon

Sessions and Q&A, Community Discussion Groups, and our Virtual Keynote will all be broadcast live via Zoom, meaning anyone can attend from anywhere in the world! Session presentations and the Keynote will be available on-demand for 60 days following the event, giving you plenty of time to access all of the #OCDCon programming.

View the Online OCD Conference’s Program Here: The Online OCD Conference 2023 Program

Registration is now open for the online OCD conference! The 2-day, weekend virtual event is happening on October 21 – 22. So register today and celebrate with us as OCD SoCal is excited to co-host this conference with the IOCDF!

For further information and to register, please visit: Online OCD Conference – 2023 Online OCD Conference (iocdf.org)

We look forward to seeing everyone there!

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Tune in next week to KXO Radio “Let’s Talk About It” for English and Spanish broadcasts of “Exploring OCD”

From El Centro, CA: OCD SoCal invites you to tune into our interview with KXO Radio, “Let’s Talk About It: Exploring OCD.” Hosted by Scott Dudley and Patricia Arevalo-Caro, this the first time the show has featured OCD. We discuss what OCD is, how to treat it, and personal recovery. English broadcast by OCD SoCal Board Members Dr. Jennie Kuckertz and Chris Trondsen LMFT, with Spanish broadcast by Dr. Marcia Rabinowits (CBT Clinic for OCD and Anxiety). Check out the show preview below!

English Show
Thursday August 10th at 8am on 88.7FM KUBO
Sunday August 13th at 7am on 1230AM KXO
Sunday August 13th at 7pm on 107.5FM

Spanish Show
Wednesday August 9th at 8AM on 88.7FM KUBO

Don’t live in Imperial County but still want to hear the show? Not to worry – after broadcast, the shows will go to podcast at the KXO radio “Let’s Talk About It” website (make sure to check out their many other excellent mental health topics there!)

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OCD SoCal Hosts 4 Successful One Millions Steps for OCD Walks Across Southern California

Thank you for making our OCD SoCal’s One Million Steps for OCD Walks a huge success! Together, we raised over $10,000 for OCD awareness and were thrilled to have >250 attendees at our four walks last month! Across each of our locations, attendees enjoyed building community by learning from each others’ treatment journeys, networking with professionals and community resources, and walking in our beautiful SoCal spots.

We are especially grateful to our many sponsors, speakers, community partners, and clinicians who generously shared their time, talent, and treasure to further important OCD advocacy through our walks. We were also thrilled to have so many families, kids (and dogs!) show up!

June 3 – San Diego – La Jolla Shores Hotel
June 4 – Los Angeles – Pan Pacific Park
June 17 – Costa Mesa – Wakeham Park
June 24 – Chino – Olympic Park
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Register Today For The IOCDF’s 28th Annual OCD Conference, Happening July 7 – 9 in San Francisco, California!

www.iocdf.org/ocdcon

In just over a week, from July 7-9 (with evening activities starting on Thursday, July 6), the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF – http://www.iocdf.org) is hosting the largest OCD conference on the planet! It is in San Francisco, California this year and we encourage you to come! Pre-registration for the conference closes on Thursday, June 29 at 12 noon PST. If you don’t pre-register online ahead of time, you can still register at the event! Onsite Registration begins on Thursday, July 6 at 2pm PST at the IOCDF registration desks at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis. The conference website http://www.iocdf.org/ocdcon is where you are able to register!

It is ideal for individuals with OCD, their family members and loved ones, mental health professionals, researchers, and anyone wanting to learn more about OCD. There will be OCD presentations, talks & support groups, as well community building activities and a chance to bond with others going through a similar situation as you. 

Choose from twenty different support groups to speak to others on a journey similar to yours – make connections and leave the conference with new resources and friends.

The conference also includes a Youth Program – three days of activities for kids in elementary, middle, and high school.  This is a great opportunity for your children to meet others who truly understand them.

As always, the conference will feature a keynote speaker and a Saturday night party- great food, awards, and dancing!  This year’s keynote speaker is actress and comedian Maria Bamford, who has OCD, who you may recognize for her Netflix show, “Lady Dynamite.”  Check out her website: https://www.mariabamford.com

Best of all – experience the OCD community!  At an IOCDF conference everyone mingles- speak directly to therapists, advocates, the IOCDF staff and those with lived experience. It is impossible to leave this conference without more knowledge, new resources and friends and a great feeling of hope.  Don’t miss it!

OCD Southern California board members will be there and on Saturday during lunch, we are hosting a meeting to get to know us and to learn how to get involved with our affiliate! If you are at the conference, look at the program guide for more details on our open, OCD SoCal lunch event that you are welcome to attend!

Go to: www.iocdf.org/ocdcon for more info and to register! See you there. 👋🏼