IN-PERSON-Inference-Based Cognitive Therapy for OCD
IN-PERSON- Friday, May 9, 2025, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM-$219 including CEUs
Inference-Based Cognitive Therapy for OCD
Fran Kuehn, LICSW
Inference-Based Cognitive Therapy (I-CBT) is an evidence-based approach to the treatment of OCD that has been found to be as effective as Exposure with Response Prevention (ERP) and more so for severe OCD cases where insight is poor. I-CBT was developed to address inferential confusion, thought to be a core component of the experience of OCD. I-CBT posits that OCD is a disorder of reasoning, not anxiety or repetition, and helping sufferers develop insight into their inferential confusion can resolve the disorder earlier in the obsessive-compulsive sequence. This “upstream” resolution of OCD symptoms means there is less emphasis on using ERP in treatment. This is a significant departure from established treatment methods that can be more acceptable to sufferers and clinicians who are reluctant to engage in exposures. This training will cover the fundamentals of the I-CBT approach, using lecture, case study and role play.
Following this training the participants will understand:
- The concept of inferential confusion and how it applies to OCD
- The OCD sequence and where obsessional doubt begins
- How the Clinician’s Handbook for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder breaks treatment into 12 modules
- How each module builds upon the former to create a comprehensive treatment strategy for OCD
Fran Kuehn is a clinical faculty member at Simmons University School of Social Work and a therapist in private practice. Fran specializes in the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders. Fran is a Diplomate in the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, has completed training through the Behavior Therapy Training Institute at the International OCD Foundation and has been practicing Inference-Based Cognitive Therapy for OCD for several years. Fran is also a Doctoral Candidate at the University at Buffalo where he is focusing research on the uptake of evidence-based practices to treat OCD.