OCD Therapist Training
Learn to become an OCD Therapist over 6 months of weekly consultations, consultation group and training on evidence-based practices.
Process of Being (online!)
The Process of Being is an open studio art gathering aimed at creating common humanity amongst anxiety and OCD sufferers, support systems and the public. By sharing lived experience and making art there is collective presence generated. The process of art-making is emphasized as a way to build mastery, feel present awareness, further understand the self, increase tolerance of difficult experiences and support relationships with others.The Process of Being will be offered quarterly to promote awareness and foster more OCD community in Washington.
Process of Being (online!) (2.0)
The Process of Being is an open studio art gathering aimed at creating common humanity amongst anxiety and OCD sufferers, support systems and the public. By sharing lived experience and making art there is collective presence generated. The process of art-making is emphasized as a way to build mastery, feel present awareness, further understand the self, increase tolerance of difficult experiences and support relationships with others.The Process of Being will be offered quarterly to promote awareness and foster more OCD community in Washington.
Treating The What-If's: Understanding & Applying ERP
Learn about ERP treatment, anxiety disorders and OCD!
Self-Compassion As Self-Care
Self-care can often feel inaccessible and expensive in the lives of health care providers. Reframing self-compassion practice as an act of self-care can improve your well-being and decrease burnout! Attend this one hour online training to learn about the components of self-compassion and learn some daily practices to live it!
Process of Being (Bellingham) (Copy)
The Process of Being is an open studio art gathering aimed at creating common humanity amongst anxiety and OCD sufferers, support systems and the public. By sharing lived experience and making art there is collective presence generated. The process of art-making is emphasized as a way to build mastery, feel present awareness, further understand the self, increase tolerance of difficult experiences and support relationships with others.The Process of Being will be offered quarterly to promote awareness and foster more OCD community in Washington.
Process of Being (Bellingham) (Copy)
The Process of Being is an open studio art gathering aimed at creating common humanity amongst anxiety and OCD sufferers, support systems and the public. By sharing lived experience and making art there is collective presence generated. The process of art-making is emphasized as a way to build mastery, feel present awareness, further understand the self, increase tolerance of difficult experiences and support relationships with others.The Process of Being will be offered quarterly to promote awareness and foster more OCD community in Washington.
Individual Consult & Training Hour
Individual consultation and training hour for your needs as a clinician.
Process of Being (Seattle)
The Process of Being is an open studio art gathering aimed at creating common humanity amongst anxiety and OCD sufferers, support systems and the public. By sharing lived experience and making art there is collective presence generated. The process of art-making is emphasized as a way to build mastery, feel present awareness, further understand the self, increase tolerance of difficult experiences and support relationships with others.The Process of Being will be offered quarterly to promote awareness and foster more OCD community in Washington.
May 10th, 2024 | 3-5pm
Victrola Cafe, Capital Hill, Seattle
411 15th Ave E Seattle, WA
Compassionate Exposure & Response Prevention Therapy
Compassionate centered within the Exposure & Response Prevention Model. Continuing Education Credits available for providers!
Process of Being (Bellingham)
The Process of Being is an open studio art gathering aimed at creating common humanity amongst anxiety and OCD sufferers, support systems and the public. By sharing lived experience and making art there is collective presence generated. The process of art-making is emphasized as a way to build mastery, feel present awareness, further understand the self, increase tolerance of difficult experiences and support relationships with others.The Process of Being will be offered quarterly to promote awareness and foster more OCD community in Washington.
September 28th, 2024 | 3-5pm
Roam Cafe, Bellingham
1205 Washington St, Bellingham, WA
Process of Being (Bellingham)
The Process of Being is an open studio art gathering aimed at creating common humanity amongst anxiety and OCD sufferers, support systems and the public. By sharing lived experience and making art there is collective presence generated. The process of art-making is emphasized as a way to build mastery, feel present awareness, further understand the self, increase tolerance of difficult experiences and support relationships with others.The Process of Being will be offered quarterly to promote awareness and foster more OCD community in Washington.
June 22nd, 2024 | 3-5pm
Roam Cafe, Bellingham
1205 Washington St, Bellingham, WA
Process of Being (Seattle)
The Process of Being is an open studio art gathering aimed at creating common humanity amongst anxiety and OCD sufferers, support systems and the public. By sharing lived experience and making art there is collective presence generated. The process of art-making is emphasized as a way to build mastery, feel present awareness, further understand the self, increase tolerance of difficult experiences and support relationships with others.The Process of Being will be offered quarterly to promote awareness and foster more OCD community in Washington.
May 10th, 2024 | 3-5pm
Victrola Cafe, Capital Hill, Seattle
411 15th Ave E Seattle, WA
Compassionate Exposure & Response Prevention Treatment
Centering Self-Compassion work within the Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP) model to better the lives of people living with anxiety disorders and OCD.
The What-If’s: Understanding Anxiety Disorders & OCD
In this live synchronous CEU training through Cascadia CEU, Sarah offers insight into assessing and treating anxiety disorders and OCD using evidence-based practices.
Healing Core Fears: The Power of Self-Compassion As Exposure
Self-compassion has been shown to increase therapy efficacies across modalities (Wetterneck et al. 2013). While it might seem logical that therapy outcomes are impacted by self-compassion abilities, it can be challenging to apply and live these practices! Self-compassion, like exposure and response prevention trials, creates new pathways for thoughts in the brain. However, for many people, especially those in the anxiety-based community, self-compassion does not come naturally and may even bring on discomfort. The practice of self-compassion is correlated with a reduction in symptoms like anxiety, rumination, and depression (Warren et al. 2016). There is much power and healing that compassion can provide. This workshop posits self-compassion work as a primary exposure for treatment of anxiety based diagnoses.
The Role of Art Therapy in Exposure & Response Prevention Treatment: Exploring Bravery, Fear & The Core Self
ERP therapy can be very intimidating for anxiety and OCD sufferers. Using art based interventions can be used effectively within exposure and response prevention therapy. Art therapy can provide many benefits to an individual’s therapy. CBT and ERP can be further strengthened in efficacy by using art-based exploration of cognitive strategies, experiences of symptoms, exposure material to fears, and motivations for engaging in therapy.
Healing Core Fears: The Power of Self-Compassion As Exposure
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) is the gold standard of treatment for Anxiety, OCD, and Specific Phobias. At the root of these “doubt disorders” are core fears, which are understood as the drivers of the thought patterns, negative self-beliefs, and compulsions. People living with “doubt disorders” like Anxiety, OCD and Specific phobias can experience chronic invalidation, intense guilt, a heightened sense of responsibility, questioning of their reality/memory/symptoms, engage in self-punishment, feel intense shame, and are stigmatized. Self-compassion, like exposure and response prevention trials, creates new pathways for thoughts in the brain.