This CPD will enable you to work confidently with clients experiencing OCD and will highlight how to tailor the brain explanation and therapy sessions.
Live online events
Description
This half-day CPD will enable you to work more confidently with clients experiencing OCD, and explain the benefits of the solution focused approach to help overcome OCD.
It will highlight how to tailor the brain explanation and therapy sessions. We will explore topics such as how OCD is diagnosed, current thinking on the causes of OCD and typical symptoms.
The CPD will also give you an understanding of OCD, the symptoms and how they impact clients. Only medical professionals can diagnose OCD, but you will be able to recognise the symptoms, helping you support client based work. As you gain background knowledge of OCD, it will allow you to build rapport with your clients as you share your knowledge in the brain explanation.
Course Content
This CPD will cover:
- What we do works, including case studies
- What is OCD, its subtypes and unhelpful thought patterns?
- DSM-5 classification
- What is the latest research saying?
- Diagnosis
- What causes OCD
- Treating OCD, including CBT and medication.
- Our SFH approach, including
- Key elements of the SFH brain explanation relevant to OCD, anxiety and depression
- Common issues when asking the miracle question and how to overcome these.
The importance of understanding OCD is why this CPD is also an integral part of the Advanced Hypnotherapy Diploma course (AHD).
Presenter
Nicola Griffiths
DHP, HPD, MNCH, SFBT Sup (Hyp), AfSFH (Fellow)
Nicola has been working with clients suffering with OCD since 2007 and is a strong advocate for the positive effects Solution Focused Hypnotherapy can have. She has worked with extreme cases of OCD, including children/teenagers enduring this serious issue and will share some of her case studies in this half day CPD.
Nicola trained with David Newton in 2007 and by 2009 had a strong full-time practice in place. She qualified as a supervisor in 2012; became a Lecturer for CPHT Belfast in 2015 and was awarded a Fellowship of the AfSFH in 2022.
