Workshop

When Anxiety Affects Education: Evidence-Based Treatment of School Avoidance

This presentation will focus on comprehensive evidence-based interventions for youth experiencing school avoidance. Specifically, we will discuss the importance of diagnostic, dimensional, and functional assessment, the critical role of parent education, training, and support, and the benefits of group therapy with other school avoidant youth. In addition, we will address how to identify the appropriate target for exposure therapy, and how to partner with the school-based professionals to design the return to learn process. Lastly, we find that approximately 50% of school avoidant youth present with unidentified issues related to neurodiversity, especially autism and processing speed disorders. We will address the critical differences in the interventions for these youth.

Demystifying and Treating Panic Disorder

This presentation was last reviewed on March 13, 2025, and broadcast live online on May 5, 2023, from 1:00 PM- 2:30 PM ET.

Acculturation: Navigating the Paradox of Bicultural Identities in the South Asian Community

This presentation was last reviewed on March 13, 2025, and live streamed online on April 28, 2023, from 1:00 pm – 4:15 pm ET.

Understanding and Treating Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder

This presentation was last reviewed on March 13, 2025, and broadcast live online on May 5, 2023, from 2:45 PM- 4:15 PM ET.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEANING: How Individual Worldviews Are Constructed in Relationships

This presentation was originally reviewed on April 22, 2025, and live streamed online on April 25, 2025, from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm ET.

Anger and Rage in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Obsessive-compulsive disorder can appear in many different ways. While many people suffering from OCD know it causes high levels of fear and anxiety, fewer people realize just how much anger can be a part of it. In fact, for a large number of children, adolescents, and adults with OCD, anger or rage attacks are a regular and highly disruptive part of their lives. In this talk, Dr. Lack will discuss why irritability, anger, and rage are very prevalent in OCD and help clinicians better understand this often confusing issue as well as how to address it in session.