Client Resources
Access the Client Portal, homework instructions, and homework tracking forms.
Client Portal
ERP Homework Resources
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Self-Monitoring Form
Use this form to track your OCD symptoms throughout the week.
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ERP Homework Tracking
Use this form to track your ERP Homework throughout the week.
Complete Psychological Assessments
in PsychSurveys
You will receive an email inviting you to create an account and fill out the assessments.
Please complete these every 4 weeks.
ERP Homework Instructions
1st session
Homework
Please complete the following tasks before your 2nd session.
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Complete at least 8-10 entries on the Self-Monitoring Form
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Review the Mental Rituals document (mental compulsions) and Identify which mental compulsions you’ve experienced in the past and which ones you may be experiencing now.
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Read this 1-page document from the International OCD Foundation to learn the difference between a compulsion and information seeking.
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These will be sent to you from PsychSurveys before the next session. These will help us get a baseline measure and track your symptoms as we work together.
2nd session
Homework
Please complete the following tasks before your 3rd session.
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Complete at least 8-10 entries on the Self-Monitoring Form
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Read about the Role of Magical Thinking in OCD in this article from the Anxiety & Depression Association of America (ADAA).
3rd session
Homework
Please complete the following tasks before your 4th session.
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Track any OCD symptoms not yet discussed and added to the ERP hierarchy using the Self-Monitoring Form
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Choose a topic related to OCD that you’re interested in. Find and listen to 1-2 podcasts on this topic.
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Read Moral Scrupulosity (“SKROO-pyuh-LOSS-uh-tee”) OCD: Part One
4th+ session
ERP Homework
Please complete the following tasks to successfully engage in ERP outside of session.
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Track any OCD symptoms not yet discussed and added to the ERP hierarchy using the Self-Monitoring Form
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Choose a topic related to OCD that you’re interested in. Find and listen to 1-2 podcasts on this topic.
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Practice ERP daily for at least 20-45 minutes using the exposures discussed with your counselor. Use the ERP Homework Tracking form to track your progress.
Exposure Instructions
Set the timer for 20-45 minutes. Engage in the exposure. Pause to use non-engagement responses at any “pain points” or times you find yourself wanting to engage in compulsions in order to help yourself sit with the uncertainty and discomfort.
Track your SUDS (0-10 scale) levels: Keep a paper next to you that you can use to track your anxiety/distress/discomfort/guilt/etc.
To start, rate how much you think this exposure will cause you to experience anxiety/distress/discomfort/guilt/etc. (anticipatory anxiety).
Once you start the exposure, approximately every 2-5 minutes ask yourself, on a scale of 0-10, 10 being highest, how much anxiety/distress/discomfort/guilt/etc. am I experiencing related to this specific exposure I am doing right now?
Notice any patterns. Was the actual experience less, equal to, or more uncomfortable than you anticipated?
Complete the ERP homework tracker.