The International OCD Foundation’s Behavior Therapy Training Institute (BTTI)

The Houston OCD Program is excited to host the Behavior Training Institute (BTTI) for the second time! This in-depth training program in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for OCD is sponsored by the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF) and directed by C. Alec Pollard, PhD. The training has been approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors and it meets the qualifications for 21 hours of continuing education credits. The faculty delivering the training are:

Thröstur Björgvinsson, PhD, ABPP

Program Director, Houston OCD Program

Constantina H. Boudouvas, LCSW

Private Practice in Houston, TX

Joyce Davidson, MD

Assistant Professor, Menninger Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine

Psychiatrist, Houston OCD Program

John Hart, PhD

Co-Director of Research, Houston OCD Program

Partner, Behavior Therapy of Houston

C. Alec Pollard, PhD

Director, Center for OCD & Anxiety-Related Disorders, Saint Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute

Professor Emeritus of Community and Family Medicine, Saint Louis University

Melinda Stanley, PhD

Professor and Head, Division of Psychology, Baylor College of Medicine

The McIngvale Family Chair in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Research

Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Aureen Wagner, PhD

Founder, Anxiety Wellness Center, Cary, NC

Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry, UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Learning objectives of the BTTI include:

1. Participants will be able to accurately diagnose Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

2. Participants will be able to design and implement Cognitive Behavioral interventions for OCD, particularly exposure and response prevention.

3. Participants will understand the role of pharmacotherapy in the treatment of OCD and will have knowledge of the agents used in its treatment.

4. Participants will be able to develop treatment plans for children and adolescents who have OCD.

5. Participants will understand comorbidity and the Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum and treatment applications therein.

6. Participants will be able to develop a plan to aid individuals with treatment resistant OCD including the use of Motivational Interviewing techniques and other strategies for managing treatment resistant OCD and OC Spectrum Disorders.

7. Participants will apply knowledge gained in the educational portion of the institute during small group studies of case examples.