24th Annual OCD Conference

Core fears are catastrophic outcomes individuals anticipate will happen if they fail to avoid or neutralize an obsession trigger. Some patients are unable to articulate their fear or report fears indistinct from normal concerns. Another complication is the notion that some forms of OCD do not involve fear. As a result, many case formulations omit fear concepts or include core fears that cannot be disconfirmed. Treatment plans that incorporate clearly articulated core fears have many advantages. This workshop will present a model to guide therapists in identifying useful core fears.