Winter Webinars – What should Good CBT for BDD Include?

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For our second webinar of the series, we are joined by Dr Sarah Lavender to understand what CBT for BDD should include to be helpful and effective.

Dr Sarah Lavender is a Clinical Psychologist for the National and Specialist OCD, BDD and Related Disorders at The Maudsley.

Sarah will be covering what’s been learned by studying the measurable outcomes of therapy, in research and everyday therapy sessions, as well as information directly from those who have made use of CBT for BDD. We hope that this session will be helpful for those wishing to access CBT for BDD or to advocate for themselves or their loved ones when navigating services. 

đź“… 17th November: 7-8pm GMT

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Meet the Speaker

Dr Sarah Lavender is a Senior Clinical Psychologist at the National and Specialist OCD, BDD and Related Disorder Clinic at the Maudsley Hospital. She specialises in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in children and adolescents.

Sarah also has a keen interest in parenting. Her doctoral thesis involved developing a short-term parenting intervention about supporting children to recognise and understand emotions. The intervention received funding from The Waterloo Foundation and is currently being piloted in South Wales. Sarah also has experience of working with Children who are Looked after and networks that support them including care staff, foster parents and adoptive parents. She has completed her Level 2 training in Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy and Foundation level training in Systemic Therapy.

The Body Dysmorphic Disorder Foundation. Charity no. 1153753.

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