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Keeping the Faith: How to Ethically and Competently Treat Religious Scrupulosity

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Find me presenting at OCD Con 2024!!

 

TITLE: Keeping the Faith: How to Ethically and Competently Treat Religious Scrupulosity

TRACK: Clinician–Advanced

DATE/TIME: Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM

 

Description:

Providing effective and respectful care to individuals with religious scrupulosity challenges even the most experienced OCD therapists. Our individual biases and lack of religious literacy training can impact trust in the therapeutic relationship, turning away those who are already scared that therapy will cause them to offend God. Our exposure recommendations can be unintentionally profane, particularly when the therapist and client do not share the same faith. This talk will help you learn to distinguish genuine religious law from magical thinking and poor insight associated with OCD. It will also offer guidance to creating effective exposures that honor religious/spiritual practices, provide insights into collaborating with faith leaders, and guide the integration of an individual’s faith into their recovery from OCD.

Here are the full slides from the presentation and some samples below:

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  1. Hello!

    Is it possible to get a link to the Keeping the Faith presentation at the OCD conference?? Would love to see it and benefit from it.

    Thank you.

    Reply

    • I wish, Julie! It wasn’t one of the tracks that was recorded. Stay tuned through my newsletter as we might end up live-streaming it at some point. justinkhughes.com/getunstuck

      Reply

  2. Is it possible to get the full article (Keeping the faith: How to Ethically and Competently Treat Religious Scrupulosity)? It appears to end abruptly on this page? I’m very interested in reading it!

    Reply

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