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22nd Annual OCD Conference

9:00am EDT

Pre-Conference Training Session: It Takes a Village — A Community Response to Hoarding Grand Ballroom CD

1:00pm EDT

Pre-Conference Training Session: Professional Consultation Groups Commonwealth Ballroom

4:00pm EDT

Therapy: It's Going to the Dogs Grand Ballroom E

6:30pm EDT

OCD: The Game Show for Kids Grand Ballroom D To Share or Not to Share - Teen Support Group Grand Ballroom C OCD and Kids - Support for Worried Parents Commonwealth Ballroom B Parents of Teens with OCD Support Group Grand Ballroom E Support Group for Parents of Adult Children Commonwealth Ballroom A The 'Louder Than OCD' Cabaret, Musical Preview, & Open Mic: An Interactive Evening of Music and Fun Grand Ballroom A

7:30pm EDT

OCD Storytelling for Kids & Parents Commonwealth Ballroom C

8:00pm EDT

OCD, Aging, & Time Support Group Grand Ballroom C Overcoming Obstacles During Treatment and Beyond Support Group Grand Ballroom E Enhancing Empathy & Communication with Romantic Partners Commonwealth Ballroom B Support Group for Therapists with OCD Commonwealth Ballroom A

8:30pm EDT

OCD Storytelling for Adults Grand Ballroom C

9:00pm EDT

OCD Pub Trivia Grand Ballroom A

8:00am EDT

Everyone Orientation Grand Ballroom A Hat Trick: Triple Exposure for Emetophobia Grand Ballroom B Ask the Experts: Panel on Hoarding Disorder Commonwealth Ballroom C From Homebound to Here: A Personal Journey of Hope and Determination Harbor Ballroom II Unleashing the Power Within for Teens: How to Channel Your OCD to Become the Person You Want to Be Burroughs Parents, Families, & Kids Orientation Harbor Ballroom III 2015 Brings Progress in the Genomics and Phenomics of OCD Grand Ballroom C Building Your Exposure Toolkit: Developing Creative Exposures to Enhance Outcomes Commonwealth Ballroom AB OCD in Ethnic Minority Populations: Culture and Treatment Issues Grand Ballroom D Tips, Secrets, and Coping Mechanisms to Assist You in Becoming an Independent Young Adult Harbor Ballroom I

9:15am EDT

Evidence-Based Treatment of OCD Grand Ballroom A Mind Washing: Understanding the Experience of Living With and Treating Mental Rituals Commonwealth Ballroom AB Case Management: An Intervention Strategy for Addressing Hoarding Commonwealth Ballroom C Tackling the First Hump: Creative Strategies for Overcoming Treatment Obstacles and Motivating Behavior Change Harbor Ballroom II Let's Make a Poop! For Kids: Taking Back Your Bathroom Habits Burroughs OCD-Proofing Your Relationship: Loving Your Partner, Not Their OCD Harbor Ballroom III Research Updates in Pediatric OCD Grand Ballroom C Bringing OCD Treatment to Life for Children Grand Ballroom D How to Use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Exposure Therapy: A Treatment Success Story Grand Ballroom B Conquering Personal Stigma Harbor Ballroom I

11:00am EDT

Don't Try Harder, Try Different: A Stress Management Approach to OCD Treatment Grand Ballroom A Antibiotics, IVIG, CBT, and PANDAS/PANS: Making Sense of the Treatment and Acronyms in PANDAS/PANS Burroughs Safety Day: A Coordinated Mental Health Approach to Clean-Out Interventions Commonwealth Ballroom C Twelve Ways to BOOST Your ERP Treatment for OCD Grand Ballroom B The Social Experiment For Teens Harbor Ballroom II Whose House Is this Anyway? What to Do When your Child's OCD Takes Over your Home Harbor Ballroom III Social and Cultural Factors Affecting the Delivery of CBT for OCD Grand Ballroom C Interoceptive Exposure: An Underused Weapon in the Arsenal Against OCD Grand Ballroom D Why Is the Psychiatrist Prescribing This for my Patient, and is it Based on Evidence? Commonwealth Ballroom AB High School and College 101: Conquering School with Your OCD Harbor Ballroom I

1:45pm EDT

Families Unite! Using Behavioral Contracting to Overcome OCD Grand Ballroom A Pharmacology Roundtable: The Pharmacologic Treatment of Resistant OCD and Related Disorders Grand Ballroom B An Update on Research Investigating the Core Features and Risk Factors for Hoarding Disorder Commonwealth Ballroom C Coping with Slips and Preventing Relapse: Create your Personal OCD Recovery Maintenance Plan Harbor Ballroom II Monsters on a Bus: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Kids Burroughs An Update on Mechanisms and Treatment in PANDAS/PANS Grand Ballroom C Study and Organizational Skills for Students with OCD (K-12) Harbor Ballroom III Lesser Known Subtypes of OCD and Overlooked Emotions: Improving your Outcomes Grand Ballroom D Worry and Subtle Forms of OCD: When Rational Refutation, Problem Solving, Stress Management, and Coping Skills are Counterproductive Commonwealth Ballroom AB Coping with Angry Outbursts: OCD and Anger Harbor Ballroom I

4:00pm EDT

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Treatment of Refractory OCD Grand Ballroom A OCD and Addiction Town Hall Grand Ballroom C Cleaning Out Our Closet Commonwealth Ballroom C Your Courage is my Inspiration Harbor Ballroom II Livin’ la Vida Loca! For Teens: How to Manage your Social Life and OCD Burroughs PANDAS/PANS: What It Is (and Isn't) Harbor Ballroom III PROFESSIONAL PLENARY: The Applications of Inhibitory Learning and Inhibitory Regulation to Exposure Therapy Grand Ballroom B Assessing Without Obsessing Grand Ballroom D Multimodal Approaches for Difficult to Treat OCD Commonwealth Ballroom AB Don't Stop Believing! Creating Your Future Harbor Ballroom I

7:00pm EDT

Yoga for Teens & Adults Westin Lawn International OCD Film & Animation Festival Grand Ballroom B OCD Treasure Hunt for Kids (and Parents) Burroughs Multicultural Stigma & OCD Support Group Lewis Room Perfectionism Support Group Harbor Ballroom II Comorbid Struggles: OCD & an Eating Disorder Grand Ballroom E GOAL Support Group Grand Ballroom A Scrupulosity Support Group Harbor Ballroom III Skin Picking Support Group Grand Ballroom D Support Group for Sexual and/or Violent Obsessions Grand Ballroom C Young Adults OCD Support Group Commonwealth Ballroom AB

8:45pm EDT

Virtual Camping: The 15th Annual Road to Recovery Tour Grand Ballroom A

8:00am EDT

Awards Reception & Keynote Address: 'I'm Not Crazy — I Just Thought I Was' Grand Ballroom OCDisney! Webster Todo Sobre el TOC y su Tratamiento, de Autoayuda a Tratamiento Profesional Marina I & II

10:00am EDT

You Want Me to do WHAT?!: Understanding the Role of Exposure Therapy in Treating BDD Harbor Ballroom II Anger and OCD: Why it Happens and What to Do About It Grand Ballroom A What Determines the Content of Obsessions? The Changing Nature of OCD Grand Ballroom B Coaching the Coaches: Preparing Non-Mental Health Professionals to Work with Hoarding Situations Commonwealth Ballroom C Defusing the OCD Bomb: Tricks from Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Teens Webster Sensory Defensiveness Meets OCD: Can ERP Help? Harbor Ballroom III More than Just Anxiety: Intolerance of Internal Experiences in OCD Grand Ballroom C Body-Focused Repetitve Behaviors (BFRBs) or OCD? That is the Question Grand Ballroom D From the Clinic to Real Life: The Importance of Context in CBT Commonwealth Ballroom AB

11:15am EDT

Everyone Has a Story: Understanding the Unique Challenges in Treating BDD Grand Ballroom D Life After OCD: The Hidden Challenges of Recovery Grand Ballroom A Meet the Experts: Q&A Session on Excoriation (Skin Picking Disorder) and Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling Disorder) Grand Ballroom B Novel Treatments for Hoarding Disorder: A Closer Look at Our Findings Commonwealth Ballroom C Don't Talk to Me Like That! Maximize your OCD Recovery Using Self-Compassion Harbor Ballroom II The Game of Life After Treatment: How Kids Can be Most Prepared Webster The Downside of Enabling Harbor Ballroom III Making the Grade with Academic Perfectionism: A Workshop for Therapists Commonwealth Ballroom AB Emerging Research on CBT-ERP for Pediatric OCD Suggests that it's Time to ACT Grand Ballroom C

1:30pm EDT

El TOC y mi Vida Social Marina I & II

2:00pm EDT

Ask the Experts: Q&A Session on Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) Harbor Ballroom II How to Get Unstuck and Take the Next Step Grand Ballroom B Important Stuff: An Experiential Workshop to Assist with Hoarding and De-cluttering Commonwealth Ballroom C The Almost Perfect Workshop Grand Ballroom A Teen Success Panel: Navigating the Teen Years with OCD Webster Navigating Parenthood of a Child with a Dual Diagnosis of OCD or a Related Disorder and an Autism Spectrum Disorder Harbor Ballroom III Hot Topics: Current Research in Family Responses to OCD and Implications for Treatment Grand Ballroom C Reaching Treatment Refractory Youth: Meeting OCD Where it Lives Grand Ballroom D We're All in This Together: Family Treatment for OCD Commonwealth Ballroom AB

2:30pm EDT

Mi Ser Querido Padece de TOC, ¿Qué Debo Hacer? Marina I & II

3:30pm EDT

Mitos Sobre el TOC Marina I & II

4:00pm EDT

New Research Findings on BDD Grand Ballroom C Understanding and Overcoming Taboo Intrusive Thoughts Grand Ballroom A The Pursuit of Imperfect: Helping Youth and Parents Manage Academic Perfectionism Grand Ballroom B Family Support and Intervention for Hoarding: Introduction to 'Family-as-Motivators' Training Commonwealth Ballroom C Non-Shopping Excursion for Those Struggling with Hoarding Meets in Westin Lobby From Dating to Marriage: How to Coexist with OCD Harbor Ballroom II Don't Mind Your OCD: Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Kids Webster Family Advocacy: Navigating Insurance, Schools, and OCD Harbor Ballroom III Pediatric OCD and Eating Disorders: An ERP Approach Grand Ballroom D The Treatment of OCD in Adults and Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Ask the Experts Commonwealth Ballroom AB

4:30pm EDT

Discurso de Apertura Española Harbor Ballroom I

5:30pm EDT

Researcher Meet & Greet Galleria Exhibit Hall

7:00pm EDT

Grupo de Apoyo para el TOC y Trastornos Relacionados Lewis Room Saturday Night Social Grand Ballroom

7:30pm EDT

BDD Support Group Harbor Ballroom III The 7th Annual IOCDF Fashion Show & Karaoke for Kids & Teens Harbor Ballroom I Beyond the Stuff: A Support Group for Individuals who Hoard Harbor Ballroom II Family Member/Friends of Those with Hoarding Disorder Support Group Hancock Room OCD and Autism Spectrum Disorders & Related Developmental Disabilities: A Support Group for Individuals with a Dual Diagnosis and their Family Members Carlton Room You Are Not Alone: Facing OCD & Addiction Burroughs

8:30pm EDT

When a Loved One has BDD Lewis Room

9:00pm EDT

Ping Pong 4 OCD Commonwealth Ballroom

8:00am EDT

'When Too Much is Not Enough': A Case Study Commonwealth Ballroom C How to do Exposures for Complex OCD Grand Ballroom B The Man Who Couldn't Stop Grand Ballroom A The Hidden Side of OCD: Addiction, Depression, and Suicide Harbor Ballroom II Obsessed and Distracted: OCD and ADHD Harbor Ballroom I Up, Up, and Away: Send OCD Soaring for Kids Burroughs Rage, Chaos, and the Temptation to Enable: One Family's Refusal to Feed the Monster Harbor Ballroom III Comorbid Conditions in Childhood OCD: Sensory Sensitivities, Trichotillomania, & Tourette Disorder Grand Ballroom C Treating Violent, Sexual, and Religious Obsessions Commonwealth Ballroom AB Understanding the Impact of Comorbid PTSD on the Conceptualization and Treatment of OCD Grand Ballroom D

9:15am EDT

'I Have OCD' — A Framework for the Daily Decisions about Disclosing your OCD Grand Ballroom B How I Became an IOCDF Spokesperson: A Journey to Advocacy Grand Ballroom A OCD and Eating Disorders: What We Know About Treating the Dually-Diagnosed Harbor Ballroom I Righteous Exposure: Developing Appropriate Exposures for Religious Scrupulosity Harbor Ballroom II The Interplay Between PTSD and OCD: Treatment Considerations and Tactics Commonwealth Ballroom C Overcoming Unacceptable Thoughts: Reducing Stigma and Preparing for Exposure Therapy for Teens Burroughs Building Resiliency from an Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) Perspective Harbor Ballroom III Research Updates on the Dissemination of CBT-ERP for OCD Grand Ballroom C Implementing ERP with Individuals Experiencing Affect Dysregulation: Implications from a Case Study Commonwealth Ballroom AB OCD, Anxiety, and Sensory Dysregulation: An Important Connection for Successful Treatment Grand Ballroom D

11:00am EDT

Avoid the Post-Conference Rut: Creating Networks and Staying Connected Grand Ballroom A How to Maintain a Successful OCD Support Group Harbor Ballroom I The Varieties of Scrupulosity: Addressing the Manifestations of OCD Among Different Faith Traditions Grand Ballroom B What Level of Care do I Need for my OCD? Ask the Experts Commonwealth Ballroom C How to Do Imaginal Exposures Harbor Ballroom II Im(mobile)lize your OCD! For Kids Burroughs Loving Detachment for Family Members Harbor Ballroom III Recognition and Treatment of OCD Among Veterans and Active Duty Military Personnel Grand Ballroom C Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder Commonwealth Ballroom AB Two Sides of the Same Coin: Theoretical and Clinical Implications of the OCD/Tourette's Interface Grand Ballroom D

12:45pm EDT

An Afternoon of Live Podcasting: #OCDCon Wrap-up Grand Ballroom B