Navigating OCD: Myths, Realities, and Treatment
Full-Day Live Skills Workshop: 6hrs hours active CPD
Live CPD workshop: 14th July 2027 from 10:00am-4:30pm AEST online via Zoom plus extra readings, activities and resources.
This session will also be recorded for those enrolled to access following the Live CPD.
What's included?
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PowerPoint slides
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2 hours Live CPD
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Extra resources
A deeper understanding
OCD can be difficult to recognise and challenging to treat when compulsions are subtle or a client’s fears feel especially confronting. This full-day workshop gives early career psychologists a practical framework for assessing OCD and delivering ERP. Participants will work through case examples, formulation, exposure planning and skills-based exercises. The focus is on making sound clinical decisions and building confidence in taking ERP from theory into sessions. Participants will be invited to consider a de-identified OCD case or
a clinical question they would like to explore during the workshop.
Reflect and discuss
This is live CPD where you will engage deeply with the content through discussion and role play, and be encouraged to ask questions. You will be learning alongside your peers and sharing your knowledge and experiences to gain a deeper understanding of the topic.
Dr Emily O'Leary
Dr Emily O'Leary is a Clinical Psychologist with 20 years' experience treating OCD, anxiety and related conditions. She holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Canterbury and is involved in research alongside the Queensland Brain Institute, including work on Deep Brain Stimulation trials for treatment-refractory OCD with QIMR Berghofer.
Emily owns and directs six mental health and psychiatry clinics across South East Queensland, including OCD Clinic Brisbane, three Anxiety House locations, Foundations Perinatal and Child Centre, and Oxford Clinic. A regular media commentator in print and screen media, she is co-author of the OCD workbook and, more recently, DEFINE - OCD Training Program through the OCD Training Institute (OCDTI) with Dr Daphne Bryan and collaborator Dr Rebecca Frost.
Emily owns and directs six mental health and psychiatry clinics across South East Queensland, including OCD Clinic Brisbane, three Anxiety House locations, Foundations Perinatal and Child Centre, and Oxford Clinic. A regular media commentator in print and screen media, she is co-author of the OCD workbook and, more recently, DEFINE - OCD Training Program through the OCD Training Institute (OCDTI) with Dr Daphne Bryan and collaborator Dr Rebecca Frost.
