In this class, participants will be introduced to the diagnosis of OCD and major treatment strategies, drawing from CBT, ERP (Exposure Therapy), and ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy). Through this interactive live webinar, participants will learn how to recognize the signs and symptoms of OCD, particularly less well-known manifestations, explore the behavioral mechanisms that maintain these symptoms and learn the basic tenets of effective treatment modalities for OCD and how to apply them as well as common obstacles to OCD treatment and methods of addressing them. This course will incorporate didactics, live discussion and case examples and formulations as tools for instruction.

Class Objectives Include: 
  - Define OCD including explanation of diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis, types and features of OCD, comorbidity and related disorders                                     

- Describe causes of OCD including the etiology and the Maintenance Model               

- Explain and identify treatments for OCD including, psychodynamic and cognitive therapies, Exposure Therapy (ERP), Inhibitory Learning Model and Acceptance and Commitment Recognize special considerations involved in treating OCD Therapy (ACT)

-  Recognize special considerations involved in treating OCD

*This class is suitable for all levels of practitioners and providers of mental health including Psych, LMSW, LCSW, LMFT, LCAT, LMHC, LP and related fields. 

Led by Steve Weissman, PhD

Co-Founder, NYCCBT

Dr. Steve Weissman

Dr. Steve Weissman has spent 16 years in private practice working with people struggling to improve their lives by reclaiming the hours spent worrying, obsessing, repeating things over and over, or feeling stuck and demoralized by how hard everything seems to be. He is an expert in the treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), related conditions such as Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) and Hoarding Disorder, social anxiety, phobias, panic attacks, and other forms of anxiety. He is also an experienced DBT therapist, integrating the mindfulness and emotion regulation aspects of DBT with effective approaches to OCD and anxiety. Steve completed his undergraduate degree at Cornell University, his doctorate at St. John's University, and his post-doctoral fellowship in clinical child psychology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center.

Course curriculum

  1. 1

    • Information - Helping Your Clients Break Free from OCD

    • Instructor Information - Requirements - Rules - Refunds - Policies
  2. 2

    • References For Helping Your Clients Break Free from OCD

    • Powerpoint & Handout For Helping Your Clients Break Free from OCD

  3. 3

    • Information to Keep
  4. 4

    • Helping Your Clients Break Free from OCD

  5. 5

    • Posttest For Helping Your Clients Break Free from OCD
  6. 6

    • Survey Scale

    • Course Evaluation For Helping Your Clients Break Free from OCD

System Requirements: 
 Windows XP or higher, MacOS9 or higher, Android 4.0 or higher Internet Browser: Internet Explorer 9.0 or higher, Google Chrome, Firefox 10.0 or higherBroadband Internet Connection: Cable, High-speed DSL & any other medium that is internet accessible. 

Course Completion Requirements:
 To earn CE credit, social workers and mental health clinicians must log in at the scheduled time, attend the entire course and complete both the online posttest and course evaluation. Upon completion of the live course, you will be immediately prompted to complete the posttest and then the course evaluation. Once you receive a passing score of 80% or above (you will have an unlimited number of attempts to take the posttest), you will be prompted to complete the course evaluation. Participants will have a 24-hour time window from the end of the live course, within which both the posttest and the course evaluation must be completed in order to receive credit. A certificate of completion will appear within your bhava-therapy.thinkific.com account and you will receive an email congratulations message and link to your Certificate of Completion as well.

Refund Policy

Refunds for live in-person courses are offered up to 1 week in advance of the course start date. Refunds for live online courses are offered up to 24 hours prior to the start of the course. Refunds are issued in the original form of payment used.  Any cancellations or requests for refunds after the 1 week or 24 hour window respectively are reviewed on a case by case basis. Requests for refunds or cancellation after the 1 week or 24 hour window, if granted, may qualify only as a credit for future courses not as a refund of the original payment used.

If you are unable to attend the class you registered for, please email Veronica Vaiti to request your credit.

Grievance Policy

The Bhava Therapy Group Continuing Education Program (BTGCEP) aims to provide an educational experience that meets and exceeds the highest standards for professional continuing education. The BTGCEP strives to address and meet each participants’ learning needs in an easy to use, transparent, supportive and openly communicative manner with substantive and quality content and instruction.  

If at any time, a participant experiences a difficulty or grievance of any kind such as access to CE course, delivery of courses, attendance to courses, quality of or level of instruction of the courses, receipt of certificates of completion and the like, the BTGCEP team commits to respond promptly and in a timely manner with as much clarity, respect for the request or expressed grievance and work to resolve the grievance in a satisfactory and integrous manner.

In-Service/On-Site Training & Workshops

The Bhava Therapy Group CE Program is also available to provide our continuing education courses and training on-site at your organization. If you or the members of your organization are unable to make it to one of our training or if your organization has a specific request for a training in a particular area of expertise that you don’t see listed as part of our posted curriculum, please email Veronica Vaiti to discuss further. 


Bhava Therapy Group, #1782, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers.  State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Bhava Therapy Group maintains responsibility for this course.  ACE provider approval period: 12/09/2022 – 12/09/2025.

Bhava Therapy Group has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7242. 8/4/22-8/1/25.

Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Bhava Therapy Group is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

For questions, concerns, or to request accommodations, please email [email protected] or call 646-389-5801