2024 Virtual OCD-UK Conference - Welcome to Hotel OCD-UK, flying the flag for recovery!
What does good treatment for OCD look like? Reflections on what we know works
The presentation will be facilitated by a member of the OCD-UK team.
Presentation subject
Dr Sarah Lavender
Dr Lavender is a Senior Clinical Psychologist at the National and Specialist OCD, BDD and Related Disorder Clinic at the Maudsley Hospital. She specialises in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (with Exposure and Response Prevention) for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) in children and adolescents.
Sarah also has a keen interest in parenting. Her doctoral thesis involved developing a short-term parenting intervention about supporting children to recognise and understand emotions. The intervention received funding from The Waterloo Foundation and is currently being piloted in South Wales. Sarah also has experience of working with Children who are Looked after and networks that support them including care staff, foster parents and adoptive parents. She has completed her Level 2 training in Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy and Foundation level training in Systemic Therapy.
Dr Zoe Kindynis
Dr Kindynis is a Senior Clinical Psychologist at the National and Specialist OCD, BDD and Related Disorder Clinic at the Maudsley Hospital. She specialises in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (with Exposure and Response Prevention) for OCD in children and adolescents.
Alongside this work, she has been involved in developing and evaluating Multi-Family Therapy Groups for young people with OCD, she has taught professionals nationally on assessment and treatment of OCD and she has spoken at national and international conferences. She is passionate about Patient and Public Involvement, which has lead to several exciting projects including the video ‘OCD Is Not Me’.
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