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Caregiver Essentials: Caring for Someone Living with OCD

Join Courage to Caregivers for a free, virtual event on January 20 at 7:00 P.M. ET as part of our Caregiver Essentials Series: Caring for Someone Living with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Join Courage to Caregiver's Director of Programs, Jenny Woodworth, in a fireside chat with Dr. Elizabeth McIngvale. Attendees will be provided with resources and strategies for supporting a loved one living with OCD. LIVE via our YouTube channel here.

Elizabeth McIngvale, Ph.D. is the Director of the McLean OCD Institute at Houston and on faculty at Harvard Medical School in the Department of Psychiatry. Elizabeth founded the Peace of Mind foundation, now a part of the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF) and helps run OCDChallenge.org (a self-help website for OCD). Elizabeth was the first-ever national spokesperson for the IOCDF where she now serves as a board member. She was diagnosed at 12 with OCD and engaged in inpatient and outpatient therapy. Dr. McIngvale engages in clinical work, research and advocacy with the goal of improving access to care and OCD treatment to make a difference in the lives of those with OCD.

About Courage to Caregivers

Courage to Caregivers is a nonprofit organization founded in Northeast Ohio, now supporting caregivers everywhere, with a mission to offer hope, support and courage to caregivers and loved ones of those living with mental illness. Courage to Caregivers is in the caregiver burnout prevention business. For more information:

  • Caregiver Resources: Supporting Someone with OCD Information Sheet

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