Date/Time
1 CE
While ERP is often presented as a standardized, prescriptive 12–15 session protocol, clinicians frequently encounter patients whose recovery is stalled by deep-seated clinical complexities. This problem exists because the "nuts and bolts" of treatment often fail to account for how trauma, all-or-nothing thinking, and "powering through" anxiety can actually function as subtle forms of emotional avoidance.
This lecture will provide clinicians with a framework to recognize when the "perfect" execution of treatment has itself become an obsession. By attending, clinicians will learn to move beyond a manualized mindset and gain tools to navigate the complicated human factors—such as perfectionism and informed trauma—that require a more flexible, nuanced application of ERP.
Objectives:
Identify three non-mechanical factors that can stall standardized ERP progress.
Differentiate between a patient’s procedural adherence and "treatment-focused obsessions" where the goal becomes doing therapy perfectly.
Apply ERP principles with clients.
Audience: physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, counselors, and other mental health professionals.
Location: Virtual
Sponsored By: Sheppard Pratt
Cost: Free
For questions, email Sheppard Pratt at cme@sheppardpratt.org