Welcome, teens, to the Annual OCD Conference! In this activity, we will create a group comic strip to get to know each other and kick off our next few days together. Teens will have the chance to both create their own frame and add contributions to others’.
The focus of this workshop is to help you get clearer about your values, and to challenge the belief that you must get rid of OCD before you can build a life that matters. The goal of this workshop is to help you build a life you love, even while you are struggling. We will provide opportunities throughout the workshop to make meaningful changes in your lives – one step at a time.
Calling all teenagers - the IOCDF is going on a field trip! Come join Dr. Jason Spielman and his team as they embark on a trip to Union Square, “San Francisco's Crown Jewel of shopping districts.” After a short three block walk from the hotel, choose to accept challenges from the team of therapists or challenge your friends to work on their OCD with exposures while shopping or eating at one of the hundreds of stores. Teenage participants will have the opportunity to learn evidence-based constructive strategies to deal with OCD-related obstacles that are naturally occurring in a real-world shopping setting.
**PLEASE NOTE: All teen participants will need a signed permission slip from their parent/guardian in order to attend this event.
Join us for a night of fun and games, where each game will help you along your OCD journey in addition to being tons of fun. From charades, to Pictionary, to Apples to Apples, and much more, this game night is sure to be one you will always remember.
In this activity, we will use various art materials to explore our discomfort and discover ways to work through it. Using pastels, create an image that represents something that gets in your way. Then, using markers or paint, create an image over the pastels that represent something that is important to you, and you would prefer to "focus" your attention on.
