Hard-to-Identify OCD Symptoms with Brian Crites, LMFT and Litsa Tanner, LMFT
This 2-CE training with Brian Crites, LMFT and Litsa Tanner, LMFT explains often-misdiagnosed symptoms of OCD including differential diagnoses and treatment options.
Course curriculum
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Getting Unstuck: Hard-to-Identify OCD Symptoms that Can Prevent Treatment Progress - Free Preview
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Getting Unstuck: Hard-to-Identify OCD Symptoms that Can Prevent Treatment Progress - Videos
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Post-Test
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Course Evaluation
About this course
- $36.00
- 2.5 hours of video content
Current RECAMFT members can register for this course for free.
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Course Description
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Everybody knows about contamination and excessive washing OCD, however, the lesser known, and harder to differentiate subtypes of OCD, such as harm, sexual, and suicidal obsessions, can cause treatment challenges, and stump even the most seasoned of clinicians. This presentation will help clinicians gain the knowledge and confidence necessary to differentiate between OCD and other mental health disorders with similar presentations. This will enable therapists to identify and engage the most effective treatments for their clients, leading to better outcomes, less client drop outs, and less therapist burnout. This course is appropriate for all clinicians of all experience levels.
Everybody knows about contamination and excessive washing OCD, however, the lesser known, and harder to differentiate subtypes of OCD, such as harm, sexual, and suicidal obsessions, can cause treatment challenges, and stump even the most seasoned of clinicians. This presentation will help clinicians gain the knowledge and confidence necessary to differentiate between OCD and other mental health disorders with similar presentations. This will enable therapists to identify and engage the most effective treatments for their clients, leading to better outcomes, less client drop outs, and less therapist burnout. This course is appropriate for all clinicians of all experience levels.
Educational Goals
This training explains the difference between OCD and other similar clinical presentations. The presenters discuss client presentations where treatment of OCD is contraindicated using non-specialized interventions.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
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Differentiate between OCD and other mental health conditions with similar features (Autism, GAD, Suicidal Ideation, Homicidal Ideation, Pedophilia, Psychosis and other delusional disorders).
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Identify client symptoms that indicate need for referral to an OCD specialist are indicated, and how to discuss the referral with their client.
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Name 3 different evidence-based treatments shown to be effective in treating OCD.
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Explain why common interventions (i.e. reframing, cognitive restructuring, and normalizing) can be contraindicated in the treatment of OCD.
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Assess and determine when common treatments for other anxiety disorders are ineffective due to co-occurring OCD symptoms. Differentiate between cultural religious practices and clinically significant compulsive behavior.
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Recognize OCD presentations of compulsive doubting of sexual identity versus genuine sexual identify exploration.
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Identify clinically significant compulsive cleaning and grooming compared to culturally informed cleanliness habits.
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Differentiate between concerns informed by historical and intergenerational trauma vs. obsessive fears about persecution or danger.
About the Instructors
Brian Crites, LMFT has been specializing in working with anxiety disorders and OCD since 2014. He began his career at Santa Rosa Center for CBT where he received extensive training in the treatment of anxiety disorders, OCD, and OC spectrum disorders including Trichotillomania and Compulsive Skin Picking. Outside of working at SRCBT, he has worked at Kaiser Permanente's Child Psychiatry Department where he facilitated their OCD group therapy for adolescents, and where he provided extensive trainings on the diagnosis and treatment of OCD. Additionally, he is a member of IOCDF as well as The Trichotillomania Learning Center and has presented at their annual conference. Brian has served on the Board of Directors of RECAMFT since 2025.
Litsa Tanner, LMFT began her career as a therapist in 1998, treating children, adolescents, and adults. Although she has used a variety of therapeutic approaches over the years, she has always been drawn to the practical skills based nature of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies (CBT). Consistently she found that when using CBT, her clients got better faster and reported higher levels of overall satisfaction with their therapy. Over time she began to focus her personal development as a therapist predominantly in the use of CBT and continues to do so today. She feels that the learning process as a therapist never ends. She consults regularly with experts in the field and attends advanced trainings in CBT in order to provide the highest quality of services possible.She received advanced training in the treatment of OCD from Drs. Paul and Arna Munford, and was a clinical staff member at the Cognitive Behavior Therapy Center for OCD & Anxiety. She is also a graduate of the Trichotillomania Learning Center Professional Training Institute.
CEs
This course meets the qualifications for 2 hrs of continuing education (CE) credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
Redwood Empire Chapter CAMFT (Provider #57173) is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs. Redwood Empire Chapter CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.
Redwood Empire Chapter CAMFT (Provider #57173) is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs. Redwood Empire Chapter CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.
Purchase Terms
Refund policy: Because you are given instant access to this on-demand training, the purchase is final and refunds are not allowed.
RECAMFT members may participate in this on-demand program for free as part of their membership benefits. Log onto your recamft.org account using the button below to retrieve the code for use on the online checkout screen. We're sorry but we cannot provide refunds to previous purchases. Free programs are available only while your RECAMFT membership is active.
RECAMFT members may participate in this on-demand program for free as part of their membership benefits. Log onto your recamft.org account using the button below to retrieve the code for use on the online checkout screen. We're sorry but we cannot provide refunds to previous purchases. Free programs are available only while your RECAMFT membership is active.