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About these speakers

Marla Deibler, PsyD, ABPP, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Board-Certified in Behavioral
and Cognitive Psychology, and Founder/Executive Director of The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, a multi-site, behavioral healthcare center specializing in the evaluation and evidence-based treatment of anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, and neurodevelopmental disorders. Dr. Deibler currently serves on the Faculty of Behavior Therapy Training Institute (BTTI) of the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF). She serves as President of the Board of Directors of OCD New Jersey, the NJ affiliate of the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF), as Consultant on behalf of the New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome and Associated Disorders (NJCTS), Visiting Clinical Supervisor at the Rutgers University Psychological Services Clinic, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (GSAPP), and as Executive Council Member of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS) OCD and Related Disorders Special Interest Group. She is co-author of The BFRB Recovery Workbook: Effective Recovery from Hair Pulling, Skin Picking, Nail Biting, and Other Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors. Dr. Deibler has served on the Scientific Advisory Board and Board of Directors and of the TLC Foundation for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors and as faculty of TLC’s Professional Training Institute. She has been working with BFRBs for over 20 years.

Martin E. Franklin, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized expert in the phenomenology, assessment, and cognitive-behavioral treatment of OCD, trichotillomania, Tourette Syndrome, and related conditions across the developmental spectrum.  Dr. Franklin is Associate Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and Clinical Director of Rogers Behavioral Health in Philadelphia.  He has published over 250 scholarly articles, chapters, and books, lectured around the world on these and related topics, and has been honored for teaching excellence three different times while at Penn.

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Marla Deibler, PsyD, ABPP, reports she has been a speaker for APA & CEH PsychEd, is a consultant for IOCDF and NJCTS, and also reports receiving royalties. She will not discuss any products, services, or off-label uses in this presentation. All reported relationships have been mitigated. 

Martin E. Franklin, Ph.D., reports that he has no relationships with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 24 months. He will not discuss any products, services, or off-label uses in this presentation.

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