This workshop will help therapists enhance ERP through capitalizing on recent research in inhibitory learning, and to nurture willingness to engage in exposure-based treatment for OCD. Presenters will address treatment resistance from both Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and ERP perspectives. Using didactic and experiential modalities, we will demonstrate for and engage participants in a number of motivational techniques, including the use of mindfulness, defusion, and values interventions, to shape willingness to engage in treatment. We will move beyond understanding to the nuts and bolts of practice. Finally, we will offer consultation to therapists on how best to work with clients or family members who are reluctant to seek and accept help for their OCD.
