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About the speaker

Dr. Sarosh Motivala is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in CBT and exposure-based approaches to treat OCD spectrum and anxiety spectrum disorders. From 2011-2018 he worked in the UCLA Adult OCD Treatment Program. He served as Training Director for the program from 2013-2018. He developed and launched a doctoral externship for clinical psychology graduate students and then started a psychiatry rotation for UCLA psychiatry residents. He has presented at the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF) Annual Conference, has served on the IOCDF Task Force Committee and Diversity Council. He conducts community lectures annually through UCLA Health on OCD and anxiety.

Before specializing in OCD, he was the recipient of a 5-year Clinical Scientist Award from the National Institutes of Health to study sleep and neuroendocrine regulation in chronic insomnia patients. He received his doctorate from the University of Miami and completed his clinical internship at UCLA and was a postdoctoral fellow at the UCLA Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology. He has authored or co-authored over 30 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and has presented his work at numerous national and international research conferences. In his clinical work, he integrates traditional behavior therapy with CBT and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and relies heavily on research validated treatments to guide his practice.

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Sarosh J. Motivala, PhD, report 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. All conflicts have been mitigated through review. 

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