Workshop Details
Date: October 17, 2025
Time: 12 pm to 2 pm EDT
CE Credit Hours: 2
Location: Live Interactive Webinar (“Synchronous”) on Zoom
Cost: Members: $52 | Early bird before 9/17: $59 | Regular pricing: $65
Presented By: Allyson Inez Ford, MCMHC, LPCC
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Target Audience: Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists, Other Mental Health Professionals
Requirements: Holding or actively pursuing a graduate degree in a mental health-related field.
Registration Deadline: October 15, 2025 at 5 pm EDT
Workshop Approvals
Learning Objectives
- Explain How Socio-Cultural Influences Impact Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Development.
- Identify The Ways Gold Standard OCD Treatment is not Inclusive to People of all Backgrounds.
- List Three or More Anti-Opression Therapy Principles When Working with Clients Who Have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Using A Social Justice Framework.
Workshop Description
This intermediate-level, 2-hour interactive workshop explores the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) through a justice-based lens, centering the ways socio-cultural systems shape the development and lived experience of individuals with OCD. While Exposure and Ritual Prevention Therapy (ExRP) and other gold standard treatments are considered evidence-based, they often assume a level of cultural neutrality and neuronormativity that can inadvertently exclude clients from marginalized backgrounds.
Through the use of case vignettes, breakout discussions, and Q & A sessions, attendees will learn how dominant narratives of OCD treatment are shaped by majority culture and systemic forces. Attendees will gain tools for identifying limitations in current treatment models and incorporating social justice ExRP treatment principles, such as centering client agency, reducing power dynamics in OCD therapy, neurodivergent affirming care strategies, and dismantling pathologizing norms, to offer more inclusive and liberatory care.
Instructor Information
Allyson Inez Ford, LPCC
Workshop Agenda
12:00 pm – 12:10 pm | Introduction & Overview
12:10 pm – 12:30 pm | Socio-Cultural Roots of OCD
12:30 pm – 12:50 pm | When “Gold Standard” Isn’t Enough
12:50 pm – 1:10 pm | Clinical Case Conceptualizations
1:10 pm – 1:30 pm | Putting It Into Practice
1:30 pm – 2:00pm | Q&A, Integration, and Closing Reflections
Additional Details
Workshop Interaction & System Requirements
This live workshop takes place on Zoom and is fully interactive. Participants may ask and answer questions throughout the presentation and participate in instructor-led discussions.
- Operating Systems: Windows XP or higher, MacOS 9 or higher, Android 4.0 or higher
- Internet Browser: Internet Explorer 9.0 or higher, Google Chrome, Firefox 10.0 or higher
- Broadband Internet connection: Cable, High-speed DSL and any other medium that is internet accessible.
Workshop completion & CE information
To be eligible for CE credit, participants must attend the entire course and complete a workshop evaluation. Once completed, a certificate of completion will be emailed within 10 business days of workshop completion.
Membership Discount
ERP Kaleidoscope members receive a 20% discount! Log in to your account before registering in order to access your discount. General registration ends on October 15 at 5 PM EDT. If you don’t already have an account, start the process today to receive discounts on future offerings! Access the membership application here.
Bookings
Bookings are closed for this event.