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23rd Annual OCD Conference

To learn more about the International OCD Foundation’s 23rd Annual OCD Conference, please visit http://ocd2016.org.

Kelly Fan

8:00am CDT

An ACT Guide for Teens: Living a Life that Matters Chicago B/C, 5th Floor

9:15am CDT

Motivating Toward Recovery: Strategies for Maintaining Motivation Across Treatment and Beyond Salon II, 7th Floor Want to Beat OCD? Learn Tools and Start Fighting Back! Chicago B/C, 5th Floor Ask the Experts: Frequently Asked Questions about OCD in Children and Adolescents Chicago D, 5th Floor How Phenomics and Genomics have Improved our Understanding of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders (OCRD) Avenue Ballroom, 4th Floor

11:00am CDT

Global Warriors of Hope: Building a Virtual Community of OCDvocates Salon II, 7th Floor Teen Success Panel Chicago B/C, 5th Floor Using ACT to Supercharge ERP: Creating Willingness & Motivation in Treatment Chicago F/G/H, 5th Floor Life is an Exposure: A Guide to Maintaining Treatment Gains Salon I, 7th Floor

1:45pm CDT

Regaining Your Balance When Slipping, Sliding and Backsliding: How to Create an OCD Maintenance/Recovery Plan Salon II, 7th Floor New Developments in Exposure Therapy for OCD: Using the Inhibitory Learning Approach Chicago F/G/H, 5th Floor

4:00pm CDT

Ask the Experts Goes Live Salon II, 7th Floor Professional Plenary: Finding Deep Courage Within our Kindness: An Introduction to Compassion-Focused Therapy for OCD Salon III, 7th Floor To Tell or Not to Tell? Pros & Cons for Disclosing about OCD Chicago B/C, 5th Floor Survival Guide for High School and College with OCD! Salon I, 7th Floor

7:00pm CDT

'Draw a Monster' Mindfulness and ACT Interactive Table Denver/Houston/Kansas City, 5th Floor GOAL Support Group Salon I, 7th Floor OCD Scavenger Hunt for Kids Salon III, 7th Floor

8:00am CDT

Hot Topics: Current Research on Family Accommodation and Novel Treatment Implications Avenue Ballroom, 4th Floor You Don't Need A PhD To Treat OCD: Be Your Own Therapist Chicago B/C, 5th Floor Interoceptive Exposure: An Underused Weapon in the Arsenal Against OCD Chicago F/G/H, 5th Floor Treatment Strategies in Complex Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Chicago D, 5th Floor

9:45am CDT

Thinking Backwards: Overcoming OCD Through Paradoxical Intention Salon II, 7th Floor The Hidden Side of OCD: An Open Discussion About Addiction, Depression and Suicide Salon III, 7th Floor Superheros vs. OCD-Villains: Using ACT to Conquer OCD Chicago B/C, 5th Floor 'Families' Heroic Acts Against OCD' - An Intervention Chicago D, 5th Floor Applying Mindfulness to Traditional CBT Tools: How to Enhance What Works in Terms Your Clients Understand Chicago F/G/H, 5th Floor

11:00am CDT

The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: Being in High School with OCD Chicago B/C, 5th Floor Tips and Tricks From The OCD Trenches: Engaging Children and Adolescents in ERP Chicago F/G/H, 5th Floor Working With Frustrated Families Salon I, 7th Floor

1:45pm CDT

It's Everywhere! Eating, Breathing, and Living in Contamination Chicago E, 5th Floor Disarm OCD with your Bully Proof Vest Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy! Chicago B/C, 5th Floor My Family Just Doesn't Get It! LA/Miami/Scottsdale, 5th Floor

4:00pm CDT

General Session: Keynote Address & Awards Grand Ballroom (Salon I-III), 7th Floor

5:30pm CDT

Researcher Meet & Greet Halsted, 4th Floor

7:00pm CDT

Saturday Night Social Grand Ballroom (Salon I-III), 7th Floor

8:00pm CDT

Film Screening — "UNSTUCK: An OCD Kids Movie" Chicago D, 5th Floor

8:00am CDT

'Ground Rules and Checkpoints': How a Marine Officer Declared War on and Defeated OCD Salon III, 7th Floor Ask the Experts: Q&A on Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors Chicago E, 5th Floor Kickin' OCD: The How-To of Overcoming Slips-Ups and Stressors Chicago B/C, 5th Floor OCD in the Family: Becoming More Supportive Parents and Siblings Chicago D, 5th Floor

9:15am CDT

Navigating Through High School and Beyond Chicago D, 5th Floor Intolerance of Emotional Distress: A Novel Treatment Target in OCD Avenue Ballroom, 4th Floor Defusing the OCD Bomb: Simple (and sometimes silly) Tricks from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Chicago B/C, 5th Floor

11:00am CDT

Back To "Reality!" Gearing Up For Life After The Conference PODCAST Salon III, 7th Floor When Food Is The Enemy: ERP For A Variety Of Disordered Eating Habits Marriott Ballroom, 4th Floor Addressing Distress Intolerance in Exposure Therapy Avenue Ballroom, 4th Floor Body Focused Repetitive Behavior (BFRB) Treatment for Children and Adolescents LA/Miami/Scottsdale, 5th Floor