Navigating religious scrupulosity

This live, interactive webinar will provide an overview of the body of literature relevant to assessing, conceptualizing, and treating scrupulosity. While many doctoral programs in psychology provide a foundation of knowledge on OCD and some understanding of the effectiveness of exposure and response prevention (ERP), OCD is varied in its presentation, and different symptom dimensions often require different considerations for treatment. Scrupulosity is sometimes associated with poorer treatment outcomes, and experts posit this may be due in part to limited clinician knowledge about this sympt...Read moreom dimension of OCD, even among professionals with experience treating other symptom dimensions of OCD. This presentation will build upon clinicians' foundation of knowledge on OCD to provide insights into assessing and effectively treating scrupulosity, incorporating peer-reviewed findings, validated measures, and empirically supported therapeutic approaches. Considerations of diverse religious and cultural backgrounds will be included throughout the presentation. In addition, case examples will incorporate nuances involved in adjusting one's approach to ERP when treating scrupulosity while respecting the client's religious and cultural beliefs. Following the presentation there will be a moderated Q&A session to address audience questions. Less...

Learning Objectives

  • Identify three primary ways in which scrupulous OCD differs from healthy religious practice.
  • Describe three clinical features and common comorbidities associated with scrupulosity.
  • Identify at least two considerations in applying ERP techniques for patients with scrupulosity in the context of major religious groups.

Learning Levels

  • Intermediate

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Live Interactive Webinar

01:00 PM EDT - 02:30 PM EDT

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About the speakers

Julia Carbonella, PhD, LP

Julia Carbonella, PhD, LP

Clinical supervisor
Dr. Carbonella is a licensed clinical psychologist and System float clinical supervisor at Rogers Behavioral Health, providing clinical supervision and training across all 21 clinics. She graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Princeton University. She earned her master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Miami in clinical psychology. Prior to joining Rogers, Dr. Carbonella provided psychological assessments and evidence-based interventions at Colorado NeuroBehavioral Health in Denver, as well as with Senior Counseling Group in Golden, Colorado. She has extensive experience across a variety of clinical settings, with an expertise in treatment for anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorders, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorders. Dr. Carbonella has co-authored peer-reviewed articles and chapters in the field of obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders and is a member of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the Anxiety and Depression Association of America.
Johanna Younce, PhD

Johanna Younce, PhD

Clinical supervisor
Dr. Younce serves as the clinical supervisor of OCD, Anxiety, and Depression Center Adult Residential Care at Rogers’ Oconomowoc campus. Her primary clinical interests include obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety disorders, safety risk management, depression, and complex and severe clinical presentations. Dr. Younce received her Bachelor of Arts in psychology with a minor in philosophy from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. She received her master’s degree and doctorate in clinical psychology at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL. Dr. Younce is passionate about evidence-based treatment and conducting treatment in a culturally sensitive, inclusive manner. She has a special interest in scrupulosity symptoms of OCD and distinguishing OCD from healthy religious practice.

Agenda

1 pm ET Welcome and speaker introduction

1:05 pm Understanding and assessing scrupulosity

  • Defining OCD-scrupulosity and distinguishing clinical versus non-clinical characteristics
  • Validated ways to measure scrupulosity symptom severity
  • Presentation of scrupulosity (examples of religious obsessions and compulsions)

1:25 pm Common clinical features of scrupulosity

  • Prevalence of scrupulosity as a subtype of OCD
  • Cognitive-behavioral model of scrupulosity, including thought-action fusion, misinterpretation of intrusions, intolerance of uncertainty
  • Comorbidity, including depression, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, schizotypal symptoms, quality of life, insight; hypervigilance, perfectionism, aggressive/sexual obsessions, guilt

1:50 pm Navigating treatment for scrupulosity

  • General treatment considerations (framing exposure and response prevention as means to support healthy faith, patient perception of symptoms, cultural sensitivity)
  • Consulting and coordinating with spiritual resources
  • Case examples drawing from three major religious groups in the U.S.

2:15 pm Moderated Q&A

2:28 pm Closure

CE Information - Earn 1.5 CE Credit Hours

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The presenters have each declared that they do not, nor does their family have, any financial relationship in any amount occurring in the last 12 months with a commercial interest whose products or services are discussed in the presentation. The presenters have each declared that they do not have any relevant non-financial relationships. Additionally, all planners involved do not have any financial relationships. Further, Rogers Behavioral Health does not accept commercial support for its CE programs.