Upcoming Events
OCD Lecture Series
This month’s lecture will be “Getting Craft with OCD Recovery” with Halima Flynt, Erika McCoy, and Tyler Falcoa.
Recovery from OCD takes courage, creativity, and a willingness to embrace uncertainty. Join OCD advocates Halima Flynt, Erika McCoy, and Tyler Falcoa for a conversation exploring how creative expression can become a powerful tool for self-discovery, connection, and growth throughout the recovery journey.
Together, we’ll explore the ways creativity can help individuals reconnect with their identity, process their experiences, challenge OCD’s rigid rules, and build a meaningful life beyond OCD.
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OCD Lecture Series
This month’s lecture will be “Understanding the IOCDF’s Treatment Guidelines for OCD” with Jon Abramowitz, PhD.
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OCD Lecture Series
This month’s lecture will be “Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder” with Anthony Pinto, PhD.
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OCD Community Meet-Up in Durham: Color & Chill @ Lakewood Social
Come together with members of the OCD community for an afternoon of connection, conversation, and fun! Bring a craft your working on or use the coloring materials we will provide! Lakewood Social is a great place to gather and chat.
This event is open to anyone and everyone in the OCD community—individuals with OCD, their loved ones, and mental health advocates alike. Whether you're new to the community or a familiar face, we'd love to see you there!
OCD Lecture Series
This month’s lecture will be “Food & Eating Fears Related to OCD” with Katie Jeffrey, RDN and Lissette Cortes, PsyD.
There are various OCD themes that can impact an individual's relationship with food and eating, including contamination, harm, somatic/sensory, health, just right, morality, and disgust. Food fears manifest in obsessions and compulsions and avoidance reinforces the cycle of OCD. This presentation will review how identifying core fears around food and eating is an integral piece in exposure and response prevention (ERP) therapy. The goals of ERP include increasing confidence in eating feared foods without compulsions, cultivating a peaceful relationship with food and body, and living according to personal values rather than OCD rules. A multidisciplinary approach, including collaboration with dietitians, medical providers, and psychiatrists is reviewed. This presentation also highlights the importance for providers to be sensitive to diet culture, anti-fat biases, and trauma-informed care when working with individuals struggling with food and eating fears. The value of self-compassion and acceptance and commitment therapy as complementary interventions will also be discussed.
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A Lovely Afternoon at Lakewood
Join us at Lakewood Social in Durham for a lovely afternoon of connection!
OCD Community Meet-Up in Durham
Come together with members of the OCD community for an afternoon of connection, conversation, and fun!
Virtual Lecture: ARFID and OCD
ARFID and OCD: When Food Anxiety and Compulsions Collide
