January 6, 2020

Welcome!

Please note: since March 2020 we are no longer meeting at the hospital in-person!

We do have some online meeting and informal group meeting possibilities. Please fill out the Contact Us form here:https://ocdsupportgroupdfw.wordpress.com/contact-us/ and we’ll reply with more info.

OCD and Anxiety Support Group in the Dallas/Fort Worth DFW Area

The support group is open to those with OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) and/or other Anxiety Disorders. Family members and friends are welcome.

The group is peer-led and is free of charge.

May 6, 2021

IOCDF Faith and Mental Health Conference

 

Hi everyone,

We wanted to forward on this info about a Free Online Conference on Faith-Based Anxiety. Friday, May 21 from 12 to 4 pm Central Time on Zoom.  The conference will focus on faith-based OCD, or scrupulosity, and will include a panel discussion and breakout sessions for individuals and families, faith leaders, and mental health professionals.  

The Conference is online and free, with an option to donate to the IOCDF. To view the program and register, visit:  https://web.cvent.com/event/8951ec4f-053b-4ac0-be51-47408cf27d51/summary  We’re planning to register, so hope to see you there!

 

September 30, 2020

Online Meetings

Hi everyone!

We miss seeing you all in person and hope you are doing well.

Although the group isn’t meeting in person yet, we are doing online video chats using the Google Duo app for cell phones from time to time.  If you’re interested in joining a call in the future, please let us know by filling out the Contact Us form.  We’ll email you back and give you more info about the next call.

 

July 11, 2020

IOCDF Online OCD Conference July 31-August 2

Although the International OCD Conference in Seattle is cancelled this year, the good news is that the IOCDF will be holding an online Conference from Friday, July 31st to Sunday August 2nd.  Registration is open now!  There will be presentations as well as community discussion groups (Support Groups:-)) Check out the schedule and more here:

Online OCD Conference

Whether you’ve attended an OCD Conference before or not, we encourage you to look into it!  This is actually a great opportunity to participate in the conference without travel and for a very reasonable price.

It looks like there will be some excellent presentations and a variety of support groups to choose from.  Hope to ‘see’ you there!

 

April 7, 2020

IOCDF Town Hall Video Chat OCD/Coronavirus Discussion

In case you missed it, here’s the video from the OCD Town Hall video chat from March 14, 2020.  It has some good strategies for dealing with OCD during this time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tqqIgEdcYA&t=

OCD does not like change and uncertainty!  However, like they pointed out in the video, if you’ve worked on your OCD, you already have a lot of experience dealing with uncertainty!

 

April 6, 2020

Great Blogpost on IOCDF Website

Hi everyone,

Hope you are all doing well!  We’ve been thinking about you all!  We’ve been meaning to share this encouraging blogpost from the IOCDF website:

https://iocdf.org/blog/2020/03/24/why-the-ocd-community-holds-the-key-to-coping-with-covid-19-anxiety/

Why the OCD Community Holds the Key to Coping with COVID-19 Anxiety

People with OCD are trained to thrive during a pandemic, but not in the way you think.

By International OCD Foundation Ambassadors:

Ethan S. Smith, National Ambassador
Kimberley Quinlan, LMFT
Shala Nicely, LPC

March 18, 2020

OCD and Anxiety Support Group temporarily cancelled

Hi everyone,

Hope you are doing well!  Due to the coronavirus situation, we are going to temporarily cancel the OCD and Anxiety Support Group meetings.  The hospital has wisely cancelled all community meetings at the present time and will let us know when they are able to resume.  We will cancel next week’s meeting and then see what the situation is in April.  We’ll keep you updated here on the website.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us: https://ocdsupportgroupdfw.wordpress.com/contact-us/

We know this is a difficult time for everyone, and want you to know we are here!  We are open to suggestions about ‘meeting’ online or over the phone.  Maybe we could even meet at a park outside where we could follow the social distancing guidelines.

The OCD Foundation had an excellent town hall video session last weekend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tqqIgEdcYA&t=1s and will have another one this Saturday.

Remember you are not alone and we can all keep going together!