We are honored to welcome Denis Sukhodolsky, PhD, clinical psychologist and professor at the Yale Child Study Center to conduct a presentation entitled: OCD in Children and Adolescents: Assessment, Diagnosis and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. This presentation will discuss phenomenology and clinical assessment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in children and adolescents. Particular attention will be paid to diagnosis of complex presentations and co-occurring neurodevelopmental disorders. Then, principles and methods of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for OCD, also known as exposure and response prevention (ERP), will be reviewed with illustrations of application to specific symptom profiles.
This presentation will be held virtually on Zoom on Wednesday, May 15th at 7:30pm.
Dr. Sukhodolsky is a clinical psychologist and professor in the Yale Child Study Center where he conducts research on psychotherapy for children with neurodevelopmental disorders. He also works with children and their families at the Yale Child Study Center and teaches a course on cognitive-behavior therapy for child psychiatry fellows at the Yale School of Medicine.
His website is https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/denis-sukhodolsky/.
