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Watch The Video Recording & Download Resources From Our Recent OCD Awareness Week 2021 Event!

OCD Southern California’s board members would like to thank everyone who attended our October 16th Awareness Week 2021 event! The event had a large and active audience, and we are grateful for everyone in the community who joined us. We have also had a lot of interest from those who were not able to attend, so we wanted to share with you the video recording of the event, as well as OCD resources that were discussed!

The recording of our OCD Awareness Week event, including the links shared in the chat (please note, we did not record the Q&A portion to allow privacy for those who asked the questions):

Topic: OCD SoCal Awareness Week Event

Meeting Recording: https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/MkciNs_8DS8jsG0Th2rcebGakbXzyh9mIb2nEaGt_D6_9CedeDIQac7hDjMD3XQ1.Gtf0Al8vFIo3A0bU

Here are the slides for each of the talks. Click the link to view and / or download the presentation slides:

“Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for OCD” – Evelyn Gould, Ph.D., BCBA-D
Click here to download the slides

“Medications for OCD” – Dr. Sepehr “Sheperd” Aziz, D.O.
Click here to download the slides

“How a Family Member Can Best Support a Loved One with OCD” – Melissa Mose, LMFT
Click here to download the slides

“Learn How Self-Compassion Can Help Supercharge Your OCD Recovery!” –Kim Quinlan, LMFT
Click here to download the slides 

We hope that you find these resources helpful! Email us: info@ocdsocal.org with any additional questions. See you next year, during the second week of October, for OCD Awareness Week 2022!

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Kimberley Quinlan, LMFT, Is a Featured Guest Speaker at OCD SoCal’s 10/16, 10am PST, OCD Awareness Week 2021 Event!

In addition to our wonderful OCD Southern California board members, we are so excited to announce that Kimberley Quinlan, LMFT, will be joining our Saturday, October 16th, 10AM – 12 noon PST OCD Awareness Week 2021 event as a featured guest speaker!

Here is more information on Kim Quinlan, LMFT’s talk:

Talk title: “Learn how Self-Compassion can help supercharge your OCD Recovery!”

In this interactive presentation, you will learn why having a self-compassion is crucial for OCD recovery and how the practice of self-compassion can actually help with motivation and willingness to engage in exposure and response prevention. We will also cover the core concepts of self-compassion and some of the common roadblocks that people with OCD experience when it comes to practicing self-compassion!

Kim just recently released her book, “Self-Compassion for OCD Workbook,” a guide to incorporating self-compassion into OCD treatment! Kim will be discussing highlights from her new book, as well as giving an interactive presentation.

We look forward to seeing you all Saturday, October 16, 2021 at 10am!

If you, or someone you know, are interested in joining the event, please email: info@OCDSoCal.org to be on our mailing list. This is where we will be sending out the link for Saturday’s event!

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Register For the IOCDF’s Annual OCD Conference Held October 8 – 10th! Join the Largest OCD Conference In The World!

The International OCD Foundation (IOCDF) is hosting their second virtual conference Friday, October 8 – 10, 2021! This conference is aimed for individuals with OCD and related disorders, their family members and loved one’s–as well as therapists, professionals, and researchers! Anyone from anywhere in the world is able to attend!

The conference features three days of learning and support for the OCD and related disorders community! Highlights include 200+ speakers, 70 talks, 36 discussion groups, after hour activities, and more!

Register now at: www.onlineocdconference.org!

For more information, visit: https://iocdf.org/programs/conferences/

Keynote speaker: Actress Mayim Bialik

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Today Is Your Last Chance To View Our 5th Annual Virtual OCD Conference Presentation Recordings!

Each of the 37 presentations given at our recent 5th annual virtual OCD conference were recorded–the conference was held on Saturday, July 31, 2021! They are up on our conference website, https://socalocdconference2021.com, on the “Video Gallery” page and are available to view! We previously extended the final date to view them and it has now approached. Thursday, September 30, 2021 is the last day to view our recorded conference presentations. Make sure to get your final views in!

–If you already registered for our 5th annual virtual conference and want to watch the recorded presentations:

  1. Go to: https://socalocdconference2021.com
  2. Click on the purple “Log In” button. 
  3. You are now on the log-in page. To log in, you have to provide the email address you registered on Eventbrite where it asks for the “Username or email.” Then use the password we provided in the emails we sent prior to the start of the conference.
  4. If you cannot locate that email with the log in information, please email us at: info@OCDSoCal.org.
  5. After logging in, you are now on the lobby page. Click on the “Video Gallery” tab and it will take you to the “Video Gallery” page. Now you can watch any of the 37 conference recordings!

Thank you once again to everyone who attended our recent conference and have been enjoying the recordings. We look forward to having you all back at our 6th annual virtual OCD conference returning Spring of 2022!

An image of the conference ‘video gallery.’