63rd  Annual Conference

Friday, February 24

Morning Workshops

10:00 A.M.-1:15 P.M.

Workshop 46

Intensive Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy for Sever Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Chair:    

Throstur Bjorgvinsson, Ph.D., Program Director, Menninger Clinic, Houston, Texas

This presentation describes an intensive cognitive behavioral group therapy (CBGT) for severe obsessive-compulsive disorder and other anxiety disorders.  The CBGT is delivered within the context of a therapeutic milieu based on cognitive-behavioral principles.  Case illustrations are used to highlight some of the CBGT interventions and preliminary efficacy data is presented.

Sharing of work experiences-didactic-experiential-demonstration

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Identify key features of effective Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy.

2. Describe habituation, hierarchy and exposure-response prevention as it is utilized in the treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

3. Express ways that group therapy may enhance the efficacy of exposure and response prevention.

Course References:

1. Abramowitz, J. (1997). Effectiveness of Psychological and Pharmacological Treatments of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders: A quantative review.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 65, 44-52.

2. McLean, P., Whittal, M., Thordarson, D., Taylor, S., Sochting, I., Koch, W., Paterson, R., & Anderson, K. (2001). Cognitive Versus Behavior Therapy in the Group Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 69, 205-214.

3. Volpato, C., Heldt E., Braga, B., et al. (2003). Cognitive-Behavioral Group Therapy in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A randomized clinical trial. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic, 72(4), 211-216.