OCD Awareness Week this year is from Sunday, October 12 to Saturday, October 18! It is an opportunity to educate the public on what OCD really is. For OCD Awareness Week, please join us on October 13th for an OCD Awareness Week event in San Diego! We’ll be screening the new movie, Anxiety Club, a documentary that follows a woman in OCD treatment, along with world-renowned comedians who share their experience with OCD and anxiety. The screening will be followed by a Q&A panel with the film’s director and local OCD specialists.
The event is free and dinner is on us! Pizza is provided while we connect and learn together. This free community event is proudly sponsored by Newport Healthcare and Rogers Behavioral Health.
Please email OCD SoCal board member, Sue Chudy at suechudylcsw@gmail.com for more information!
Super Early Bird pricing ENDS TODAY, Tuesday, September 2, 2025! The price of our Global, Online OCD Conference goes up tomorrow for professionals and general attendees! So register TODAY!
As you know, the board members of OCD SoCal (and our supporting committees) came together to offer an affordable Online OCD Conference!
This is the last day to register for the lowest prices we can offer to attend the conference. For clinicians earning CEs, it’s only $60 for 8.75 CES, meaning around $7.50 per CE, which is a great price! And then for the general public attending, it’s only $20. So take advantage of Super Early Bird, which has the lowest cost! Hope to see all of you there!
OCD Southern California is providing the OCD community with one of the largest Online OCD Conferences, happening Saturday, November 15 and Sunday, November 16, 2025, that allows attendees to learn from some of the top experts in the world that treat OCD and related conditions. As part of our mission, OCD SoCal aims to make all of our events accessible and one way we do this is to make sure our events are low-cost. We have created registration tiers that allow attendees to sign up at their discretion and those who are wanting to take advantage of our lowest cost conference entry are encouraged to take advantage of our Super Early Bird sign up.
This allows for attendees, which include people with OCD, their family members, spouses, and loved ones, as well as anyone else interested in registering, to sign up for only $20!
For licensed clinicians and psychologists wanting to earn CEs, the conference currently is $60 for entry and 8.75 CEs during Super Early Bird Pricing.
For more information on the conference, including our keynote speakers, agenda, presentation titles and speakers, and more, please visit: https://ocdsocal.org/conference! You can also email us at info@ocdsocal.org with any questions!
Additionally, our registration page has a FAQ section to allow you to learn more about what our conference has to offer! You can also register utilizing the Super Early Bird discount there as well: https://ocdconference.eventbrite.com.
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.
Our keynote presentation, “Stronger Together: Community, Compassion, and Resilience,” captures the essence of a conference’s theme and helps kick off the event in an exciting way! For our 2025, Online OCD Conference, a Global Event, we welcome our 5 keynote presenters, Chrissie Hodges, Kyle King, Andrew Gottworth, Stuart Ralph, and Natasha Daniels (scroll below for more information, including bios, of our 5 keynote presenters). The keynote is kicking off our conference and being held on Saturday, November 15, 2025, from 9:30am – 11:00am PST.
The title of our keynote is “Stronger Together: Community, Compassion, and Resilience.” In recent years, OCD research, treatment, and awareness have increased. However, the needs for OCD community members, both with lived experience and clinicians, outweigh the current resources available. In times of need, we look for community and accessible services for support. We are thrilled to present a panel consisting of leaders in our field who have created accessible community events and services that are currently available for people affected by OCD!
Meet our keynote speakers!
Chrissie Hodges is a Certified Peer Support Specialist living in Colorado and working with individuals worldwide providing peer support, support groups, and an online community through Treatment for OCD Consulting. She is the author of ‘Pure OCD: The Invisible Side of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder’. Chrissie is the founder and executive director of the non-profit ‘OCD Gamechangers‘. She is the Chief Operating Officer of Peer Recovery Services, a Colorado based Government contract placing and supervising certified peer support specialists in the Colorado State Institutions. Chrissie is an advocate for OCD through Youtube, social media, and the podcast ‘Intrusive Thoughts Unmasked’.
Kyle King is a medical student at the Yale School of Medicine interested in psychiatry, neurosurgery, and social determinants of health. Kyle was diagnosed with OCD at age 13 and, for six months, was completely debilitated by the disorder. Eventually, Kyle found a therapist specializing in Exposure- Response Prevention and, within a year of beginning treatment, had reclaimed his life from OCD. Since recovering, Kyle has been heavily involved in OCD advocacy work with the International OCD Foundation, currently co-leading the Young Adult Special Interest Group and co-hosting the monthly Research Roundtable livestream. Outside of advocacy, Kyle has worked in different research labs for the past five years on projects ranging from the neurobiology of OCRDs to hospital pricing schemes. And when he wants to stop thinking about medical stuff, Kyle loves watching The Simpsons and pretty much any stand-up comedy special.
Andrew GottWorth is an IOCDF Advocate, educator, and trainer in Berlin Germany, from Louisville, Kentucky. Bachelor of Science in Physics from Western Kentucky University and Master of Science in Environmental Studies from Kentucky State University. Student Experience Coordinator at CODE University of Applied Sciences. Disc Golf trainer and amateur Disc Golf player. Long time volunteer with Teen Leadership programs, conferences, and nonprofits.
Founded the Berlin OCD Walk and launched the International Networking & Advocacy group that brings together advocates of all levels to help grow the I in IOCDF. Loves combining evidence-based practices from research background, with compassion and service from volunteering and advocacy.
Prior to the keynote, there will be an intro to the conference by OCD Southern California’s President, Melissa Mose, LMFT, and an overview of the day’s events by Vice President, Chris Trondsen, LMFT. Additionally, Chris Trondsen, LMFT, will moderate they keynote.
