Our Saturday, December 14th, the virtual, free Family and Loved One’s OCD Support Group will feature author and clinician Jon Hershfield, MFT, author of “When a Family Member Has OCD,” one of the books we often recommend. Mr. Hershfield has written many books for the family and loved ones of someone with the disorder, as well as for people with OCD. Please invite your loved ones to join us for the virtual event. Jon will be available for the Q&A session following his presentation. The support group is 2 hours on Zoom and runs from 11 AM to 1 PM PST. To join, simply email: info@ocdsocal.org (if you are not already on our mailing list), and in the subject line, let us know you are requesting the link for this support group and include any email addresses you would like us to send the Zoom link to in the body paragraph of the email!
About Jon Hershfield, MFT: Jon Hershfield, MFT, is the director of The Center for OCD and Anxiety, Sheppard Pratt’s outpatient treatment center for individuals with obsessive-compulsive and anxiety-related disorders and director of the OCD Program at The Retreat, where Sheppard Pratt offers residential treatment for those who can benefit from a higher level of care. He is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and is a Maryland Approved Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapist Supervisor and AAMFT Approved Supervisor. Jon is also a member of the Scientific and Clinical Advisory Board of the International OCD Foundation and on the faculty of the foundation’s Behavioral Therapy Training Institute.
Jon founded The OCD and Anxiety Center of Greater Baltimore in 2015; the practice joined Sheppard Pratt in 2020. Prior to founding The OCD and Anxiety Center of Greater Baltimore, Jon served as the Associate Director of the UCLA Pediatric OCD Intensive Outpatient Program at Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital and was a psychotherapist at the OCD Center of Los Angeles. He is the author of six books on the treatment of OCD using mindfulness and cognitive-behavioral therapy, is a regularly featured speaker at mental health conferences and webinars and is the curator and moderator of Sheppard Pratt’s OCD and Anxiety Lecture Series.
