The Mattapoisett Free Public Library invites you to a virtual screening of “Unstuck: An OCD Kids Movie” and a panel discussion with staff from McLean Hospital’s Child and Adolescent OCD Institute on Tuesday, October 13 at 6:00 pm. This presentation is in recognition of International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Awareness Week, which is October 11 through 17 this year. Find more information about this important awareness week at the International OCD Foundation, iocdf.org.
The presentation will start with the award-winning short film, “Unstuck: An OCD Kids Movie” which looks at OCD through the eyes of young people. Immediately following, a panel consisting of staff from McLean Hospital will discuss the film and ways parents can help children and adolescents with OCD. The panel features the following staff:
Morgan Browning, BA/BS, is a Community Residence Counselor at the Child and Adolescent OCD Institute (OCDI Jr.) at McLean Hospital. She is a first-year graduate student in University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s Masters of Research Psychology program, with interests in OCD, anxiety, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and young adult risk behavior.
Caitlin White, LICSW, is a Senior Clinical Social Worker at the Child and Adolescent OCD Institute (OCDI Jr.) at McLean Hospital, where she conducts individual, family, and group therapy using acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and exposure and response prevention (ERP). She has additional extensive training in dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT).
Alyssa Faro, PhD, specializes in evidence-based treatments such as acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), and exposure and response prevention (ERP) therapy for anxiety disorders, depression, and obsessive-compulsive disorder in both children and adults. As a licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Faro treats children and adolescents at the Child and Adolescent OCD Institute (OCDI Jr.) at McLean Hospital, and in private practice.
Registration is required for you to receive the Zoom meeting information. Zoom information will be sent the day before the presentation. You can register by sending an email to mfpl@sailsinc.org or by completing the registration form on our online calendar of events. Call the library at 508-758-4171 or email to mfpl@sailsinc.org if you have questions.