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Register Today for OCD SoCal’s Global, Online OCD Conference Happening November 15 & 16, 2025!

Register here: https://ocdconference.eventbrite.com

OCD Southern California is hosting a global, Online OCD Conference on Saturday, November 15th and Sunday, November 16, 2025! This 2-day event will feature top OCD experts presenting on new and emerging topics in the field of OCD and related disorders.

This event is for people with OCD, their loved ones and family members, treatment providers wanting to earn CEs, and anyone interested in learning more about obsessive-compulsive disorder! After the event, recordings of the presentations will be available to view for 60 days! For more information, visit our webpage dedicated to our online 2025 conference: https://ocdsocal.org/conference

Note: Today, Tuesday, September 30th is the last day of our Early Bird pricing. Register today to take advantage of our lowest cost registration available. Cost will go up to General Admission pricing on Wednesday, October 1, 2025!

To register, visit: https://ocdconference.eventbrite.com

For the conference program, visit: Full Conference Program for the Global, Online OCD Conference!

For more information on our keynote speakers, visit: Online OCD Conference Keynote Presentation Information!

Our agenda is now available to view here: View the Online OCD Conference Agenda!

We look forward to seeing you at our Online OCD Conference, a Global Event, on November 15 and 16, 2025! Make sure to register today! Email us with any questions: info@ocdsocal.org! Register today: https://ocdconference.eventbrite.com

As always, we do not want cost to prevent anyone from attending any of our OCD SoCal events. Please email scholarships@ocdsocal.org to receive complimentary registration through one of our scholarships.

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Super Early Bird Registration for Our November Conference Opens on Friday, August 1, 2025! Save the Date!

On Saturday, November 15 – Sunday, November 16, 2025, OCD Southern California is hosting a global conference that features OCD expert presenters from all around the world! On Friday, August 1st, we are opening registration for the conference. This will be our Super Early Bird Registration at only $20 per person, our lowest cost registration for this event. Please register between Friday, August 1st through Sunday, August 31st to take advantage of our lowest cost sign up and enjoy this two-day event! Registration cost is to cover our non-profit’s cost of creating a conference platform and hiring a team to run the event.

As always, we do not want cost to prevent anyone from attending any of our OCD SoCal events. Please email info@ocdsocal.org to receive complimentary registration through one of our scholarships.

We will also post the agenda and program soon! We are just announcing that conference registration opens on August 1st so that you can save the date!

The conference is aimed at people with OCD and the family members, spouses, parents, and loved ones who support them. This conference is also for professionals and educators who want to learn more about the OCD and related disorders community and how to support those impacted. We also hope anyone else interested in the OCD community attends! For professionals seeking continuing education credits, we are able to offer CEs through the University of Southern California (USC) at a low cost!

Meanwhile, we hope you clear your calendars and are able to attend live on Saturday, November 15th through Sunday, November 16th for our event! The conference is from 9am to 6:30pm PST (including after hours community discussion groups and interactive events) on Saturday the 15th and 9am to 3pm PST on Sunday the 16th.

If you cannot join the conference live, registering will allow you to watch each of the presentation recordings for up to 60 days after the event at your convenience!

Email us with any questions or to get on our mailing list: info@ocdsocal.org!

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Family and Loved One’s OCD Support Group (Virtually) on Saturday, March 8 from 11am to 1pm PT!

The Mitchell Family (Dylan, Dewayne, and Jamie) – March’s support group’s special guests

Join us this Saturday, March 8th, from 11 am to 1 pm PT (Pacific Time) for our free, virtual Family and Loved One’s OCD Support Group! It is facilitated by Chris Trondsen, LMFT, a licensed therapist who overcame OCD, along with his mom, Liz Trondsen. To join, email info@ocdsocal.org and ask for the support group Zoom link to be sent! Anyone from anywhere can join!

We are excited to welcome the Mitchell family as our special guests for March’s support group. We know how important it is for you to find hope by hearing that people with OCD get better and live full and fulfilling lives. Also, hearing from parents and loved ones on what they did to support the person in their life with OCD to better ensure they recover from the disorder is important. Dylan, who has OCD, and his parents, Dewayne and Jamie, are excited to share Dylan’s recovery journey.

For Dylan, it all started in the senior year of his college career. Dylan started to struggle, and at the end of college, he was beginning to have a rough time. He noticed something was off when he returned home. In retrospect, his mom, Jamie, says he has had OCD his whole life, but Dylan never really noticed the symptoms until he got older.

It was not until college that he received an OCD diagnosis. He began treatment at The Gateway Institute, where he started getting support from the center’s founder and then began therapy with Chris Trondsen, LMFT.

Through both the treatment tools he was given in therapy and through medication, he was able to begin to live a normal and healthy lifestyle by conquering and facing his fears. Dylan recognized that it was challenging when he was first battling OCD, but he saw there was a light at the end of the tunnel if he worked hard and trusted the process.

After successful treatment, Dylan is now a business development manager for a landscaping company! He’s been successful in managing OCD, and he now feels that he has his whole life in front of him, and the days of struggling with OCD are behind him! Join us next Saturday to hear Dylan’s heroic journey and how his parents both supported him during his OCD recovery journey!

After Dylan and his parents share their recovery story, we will open the group for an interactive question-and-answer segment!

As a reminder, we do not record the support group for privacy reasons. This allows attendees the opportunity to share their experiences and ask questions in a safe space. We encourage you to attend or listen to the support group live on Saturday, March 8th! See you there at 11 am PT.

Email us with any additional questions at info@ocdsocal.org!

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Join OCD SoCal for Our Free, 2nd Annual Holiday Party at the Costa Mesa Marriott in Orange County, CA!

http://OCDHolidayParty.eventbrite.com

Please join OCD Southern California and the local OCD community on Saturday, December 7, from 1pm to 5pm PST. We are holding a free community event in person at the beautiful Costa Mesa Marriott (500 Anton Blvd., Costa Mesa, CA 92626!

The holiday party will be held in one of the hotel’s banquet rooms and on the outside patio overlooking a beautiful lake. The event is an opportunity for you and your loved ones to meet others in the OCD community, talk, eat and drink, and play fun games, including group trivia and an opportunity drawing!

OCD SoCal will provide refreshments, drinks, prizes and holiday music. It will be an opportunity to mingle and meet others in the community. We will also have a dedicated room for kids that will include fun activities and crafts, so bring them as well! Teens also welcomed!

The event is free, including food, drinks, and parking. Come meet others in the community and enjoy a few hours of holiday fun with people you may already know and new friends as well! This event is hosted by the OCD Southern California Board of Directors. Feel free to share this event with anyone you feel would be interested and bring as many people with you as you’d like to the event!

To register for this free event, and for more information, please register here!

The Costa Mesa Marriott, 500 Anton Blvd., Costa Mesa, CA 92626