OCD & ERP Foundations Full-Day Training
The Kansas City Center for Anxiety Treatment's flagship, full-day training.
Ready to go beyond the treatment manual and learn the ins and outs of working with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?
Curious about how Exposure and Response Prevention looks in the therapy room?
This training will cover key aspects of assessment and diagnosis, hierarchy building, and conducting exposure sessions. Six hours of training from experts for only $225!
OCD & ERP Foundations
Date: Saturday October 24th, 2026 9am - 4pm
Presenter: Dr. Katie Kriegshauser
Pricing: $225
Agenda:
Understanding OCD
- Diagnostic criteria for OCD
- Cognitive-behavioral model of OCD
- Common OCD symptom presentations and subtypes
- Sample OCD case studies
Assessing OCD
- Clinical interviewing for OCD
- OCD-Specific Assessments (Y-BOCS-II checklist and severity rating; supplementary self-report measures)
- Differential diagnosis considerations
Break ~12-1: Bring your own lunch!
Treating OCD
- Theoretical foundations of Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
- Hierarchy building (including interactive activity with case studies)
- Response prevention strategies
- Designing effective exposures
- Conducting exposures (with case demonstration)
- Practical considerations in ERP
- Relapse Prevention
Bonus: After the training, Dr. Kriegshauser will share a comprehensive resource list with you that is regularly updated after each training to reflect new literature and resources as well as to reflect questions that come up during training sessions.
Location: Bloom Health & Wellness: 7301 Mission Rd., Suite 251, Prairie Village, KS 66208
Directions Upon Arrival: Ample parking is available in the back of the building. Enter Building "B" and proceed to the 2nd Floor. Follow signs for Suite 251.
Refunds & Cancellations: We ask that you notify us as soon as possible at info@kcanxiety.com if you need to cancel your registration. A full refund is available if requested by end of business (5pm CST) on Friday, October 16th, 2026. After this point no refunds will be issued, although you are welcome to contact us at info@kcanxiety.com if you would like to transfer your registration to another individual. If the event is cancelled by the presenter, you will be refunded 100%.
Continuing Education Note: Please note that KCCAT is NOT an approved CE provider by any entity. We strongly suggest checking the requirements of the relevant state board to your practice to see if this type of training (which covers approximately 3 hours of instruction on assessment/diagnosis and 3 hours of instruction on intervention/treatment for a mental health condition) is eligible for counting towards continuing education hours.