🧠Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT) offers a paradigm shift in the understanding and treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). While traditional approaches such as Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and appraisal-based CBT (A-CBT) have been effective, they largely conceptualize OCD through a phobic framework and do not fully address the reasoning distortions and inferential errors that underlie obsessional doubt. I-CBT conceptualizes OCD as a disorder of reasoning, driven by inferential confusion, in which imagined possibilities are mistaken for reality.
📘 This webinar provides a clear, clinically grounded introduction to the I-CBT model. Participants will review traditional CBT approaches to OCD and their limitations, learn the core principles of I-CBT, and examine how distorted reasoning and imagination contribute to obsessional narratives. The training will illustrate how I-CBT targets upstream inferential processes, helping clients disengage from obsessional doubt and distinguish imagined fears from reality-based judgments. Practical examples will demonstrate how these principles translate into treatment interventions, along with a concise overview of clinical trials supporting I-CBT.
🎯 By the end of the webinar, participants will leave with a foundational understanding of how to apply I-CBT principles in clinical practice, including the ability to:
Reframe obsessions as false inferences
Identify and restructure obsessional narratives
Distinguish imagination from reality
Disarm the feared possible self
Move beyond tolerating obsessional doubt toward resolving the cognitive distortions that sustain OCD
👤 Presenter
Frederick Aardema, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, researcher, and professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Addiction at the University of Montreal. He has dedicated nearly three decades to advancing the understanding and treatment of OCD. Dr. Aardema is the co-creator of Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT) and is a leading figure in its development, validation, and dissemination. His research focuses on reasoning, imagination, and feared-self perceptions in OCD. He serves as Director of the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Clinical Study Center at the Montreal Mental Health University Institute Research Center, where he leads clinical trials comparing I-CBT with established treatments such as ERP, consistently validating I-CBT as an effective evidence-based treatment for OCD.
📩 RSVP: intake@cbtdbtassocs.com
💲 Cost: Free for Florida CBT members | $15 for non-members
