Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy To Help Treat OCD
The good news about obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is that it’s highly treatable with evidence-based approaches such as cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and exposure and response prevention (ERP). Unfortunately, these treatments can be especially challenging since they often require patients to face their greatest fears.
This is where acceptance and commitment therapy comes into play: its motivational tools can make a big difference.
So just what is ACT? How can it be applied alongside traditional CBT techniques or exposure and response prevention (ERP) therapy? And why does ACT focus so much on one’s values?
Join us as Nate Gruner, LICSW, provides an overview of both traditional OCD treatment and ACT principles, shares how ACT can be paired with CBT and ERP, and answers audience questions about the importance of treatment motivation and engagement.
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About the Expert
Nate Gruner, LICSW, is a staff behavioral therapist for McLean’s Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Institute who has a particular interest in increasing the effectiveness of psychological treatments for OCD and related disorders. Mr. Gruner’s research focuses on acceptance and commitment therapy-enhanced exposure therapy for OCD.

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