An Affiliate of the International OCD Foundation
Orange County and San Diego Walk Teams for OC. Thank you to everyone who walked with us (we also had a group in Riverside) and to all of you who supported us with your donations. The Southern California Affiliate was able to raise over $1000 to support educational programs and speaker events in Southern California. Please continue to check this website for future events. Everyone welcome!
Join or Donate to the Southern California Walk on June 4th!
We will be supporting the IOCDF’s annual 1 Million Steps for OCD Walk
To donate or register: https://www.crowdrise.com/1Million4OCD2016-Virtual and register with the OCD Southern California Walk team
50% of the money raised will be returned to the OCD SoCal affiliate
For those who live in the San Diego area, walkers will be meeting at Balboa Park at the Organ Pavilion at 10:00. We will walk from 10:30 – 11:30. Bring a picnic lunch and socialize after the walk.
Change in Park Meeting Place in Orange County!
We are still meeting at 10:30 at Mile Square Park in Fountain Valley (16801 Euclid St). Enter through the Brookhurst/Heil entrance and park near the basketball courts. There are trails and picnic tables nearby. There is a $5.00 parking fee. Please bring a lunch so we can enjoy a relaxing time together following a nice walk around the park. ocparks.com/parks/mile. For directions from the Gateway: drive west on South Coast Drive; turn right on Harbor Blvd and left on Warner. Continue on Warner, turning right on Brookhurst. Enter the park through the Brookhurst/Heil entrance and head towards the basketball courts.
In Riverside County, meet at Towngate Memorial Park at 10:15; we will walk from 10:30 – 11:30. Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy following the walk. https://goo.gl/maps/X8K7Wh5nFhE2.
We will be reading Overcoming OCD by Janet Singer
When: Saturday, April 16 at 11:00 PST
How: RSVP to info@ocdsocal.org. You will be sent a link to join the call.
Book Purchase: Order Overcoming OCD: A Journey to Recovery directly through Rowman & Littlefield at https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781442239449 for a 33% discount. Use promotion code OCDSCAL16 at checkout for 33% off–this promotion is valid until June 30, 2016. This offer also includes eBooks bought through rowman.com. It cannot be combined with any other discount offers.Or…you can call our Customer Service Line at 1-800-462-6420 to order over the phone. You must also give them the promotion code.
Janet Singer is an advocate for OCD awareness, with the goal of spreading the word that OCD, no matter how severe, is treatable. At the age of eighteen, her son Dan suffered from OCD so debilitating he could not even eat. Today, thanks to exposure and response prevention (ERP) therapy, he is a college graduate working in his chosen field and living life to the fullest. Janet writes regularly for Psych Central and has been published on many other web sites including Mentalhelp.net, Beyond OCD, Anxiety and Depression Association of America, and Mad in America. She has also been an invited speaker at OCD conferences. She started her own blog, ocdtalk (www.ocdtalk.wordpress.com) in 2010 and it currently reaches readers in 162 countries.
On Saturday, June 14, 2014, The Gateway Institute is hosting an Open House Mixer for the Southern California Affiliate of the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF) from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. in our newly expanded offices in Costa Mesa, California. Please join us for this exciting event!
Jim Sterner, Director of Gateway Institute and President of the Southern California Affiliate of the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF) is committed to the mission of increasing awareness and understanding of OCD throughout Southern California by sponsoring this event and other educational programs offering support and a sense of community with other OCD sufferers and their families.
We are pleased to welcome to our mixer, guest speaker, Sarosh J. Motivala, Ph.D., Director of Training for UCLA’s OCD Treatment Program. Dr. Motivala will address details of Exposure Therapy and its importance in the treatment protocol of managing OCD. In addition, Chris Trondsen, distinguished speaker on OCD, will join us to share his personal journey and miraculous recovery from OCD. We will also hear from Chris’ mother as she shares her first-hand account from a family member’s perspective.
We encourage you to attend with friends and family who are interested in learning more about OCD, the IOCDF Southern California Affiliate and the International OCD Foundation conference in Los Angeles July 16-18, 2014. You will also have the opportunity to meet others with OCD and their families, as well as local doctors and therapists.
Light snacks and beverages will be served. Please RSVP by June 10th to ocdsocal@gmail.com.
We look forward to seeing you there!