3rd Annual McLean OCD Institute // Houston Breakfast Club
Houston OCD Program
Our 3rd annual McLean OCD Institute // Houston Breakfast Club was held on October 17th, 2014. Members of the McLean OCD Institute // Houston’s team, alongside members of the psychotherapeutic community, joined together for a casual breakfast with short presentations followed by networking opportunities.
Additionally, Dr. Björgvinsson made the exciting first announcement that the McLean OCD Institute // Houston will be relocating to a beautifully designed clinic which is currently being constructed in the Houston Height’s district.
The McLean OCD Institute // Houston invites you to attend our 4th annual McLean OCD Institute // Houston Breakfast Club, coming up in just a short year away. Stay tuned for your invite!
Saharah Shrout, MA, and Thröstur Björgvinsson, PhD, ABPP, welcoming Breakfast Club participants to the morning’s events. Thröstur Björgvinsson, PhD, ABPP, presenting to participants about “CBT for OCD and Anxiety: Focus on Exposure and Response Prevention”Jennifer Sy, PhD illustrates an in vivo contamination exposure of touching a garbage can.Thröstur Björgvinsson, PhD, ABPP, and Liviu Bunaciu, PhD demonstrating spinning in a chair, an interoceptive exposure.Thröstur Björgvinsson, PhD, ABPP, announcing the new McLean OCD Institute // Houston location.Some of the McLean OCD Institute // Houston’s team prior to the beginning of the Breakfast Club event. (from left-to-right: Liviu Bunaciu, PhD; Saharah Shrout, MA; Thröstur Björgvinsson, PhD, ABPP, Emily Anderson, PhD, Sarah Talamas, BA, Eeva Edds, BS, and Christen Sistrunk, MA, LPC)Maggiano’s delicious breakfast being enjoyed by fellow Breakfast Club participantsNetworking prior to the beginning of the Breakfast ClubNetworking prior to the beginning of the Breakfast Club meeting
The McLean OCD Institute // Houston was of great benefit to me in that I was able to take large strides in reclaiming part of my life that before was lost due to OCD. I had suffered with severe OCD for over a year with contamination fears and rituals taking a large part of my time. Through seven weeks of hard work and with the leadership of expert staff who make up The McLean OCD Institute // Houston, I was able to make drastic improvement in the severity of my OCD symptoms. There is still some work to do but I am very capable now, using the tools that I learned from the program, to get my life back and make it even better. I appreciate the entire staff at the McLean OCD Institute // Houston for helping me through a difficult illness, so to them I say thanks.
