About the Event
Date
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Location
Zoom
Description
10am to 12pm PST
CE credit: 2 credits/contact hours
Course Description: This continuing education course provides a comprehensive overview of anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Mental health professionals will gain skills in differential assessment and accurate diagnosis using evidence-based tools, with special attention on taboo and lesser-known themes. Nursing professionals will gain an understanding of the supportive role they can play in the care of patients experiencing these conditions, particularly in inpatient, long-term care, or residential settings.
The course will review multiple treatment models, including Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Inference-Based CBT (ICBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), with attention to their theoretical foundations and clinical application. Real-world case examples will be used to illustrate key concepts and enhance clinical utility.
Instructional methods: Lecture with PowerPoint, large and small group discussion, Q&A.
Target audience:
- Audiologist
- Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor I / II
- Certified Nursing Assistant
- Certified Respiratory Therapist
- ECG/EKG Technician
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker
- Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
- Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor
- Licensed Vocational Nurse
- Occupational Therapist
- Pharmacist
- Pharmacy Technician
- Psychiatric Technician
- Psychologist
- Registered Nurse
- Registered Respiratory Therapist
- Respiratory Care Practitioner
- Speech Pathologist
Instructors:
BriAnna Webb Almanza is a licensed marriage and family therapist with over ten years of experience specializing in OCD and anxiety disorders across levels of care, currently practicing at Rogers Behavioral Health and Alamo Counseling. Her work is informed by her own OCD recovery, a focus on sexual and harm-related OCD and marginalized identities, and her role as a founding member of the NUHW-represented union at Rogers Behavioral Health.
Lauren Hanley is a licensed bilingual clinical social worker with extensive experience providing evidence-based care across inpatient, intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization, and outpatient settings, including Kaiser Permanente, Rogers Behavioral Health, and community-based programs. Their clinical expertise includes OCD and anxiety disorders (ERP, CBT), trauma and PTSD (Prolonged Exposure, EMDR, Schema Therapy), DBT-informed care for teens, crisis intervention, and training/supervision of clinicians, with a strong commitment to serving diverse and underserved populations.
Leslie Daniels, RN is a Registered Nurse at Rogers Behavioral Health, contributing to the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based psychiatric and behavioral health care within a nationally recognized provider of mental health services. She previously gained clinical experience and nursing practice skills through her training and early work after earning her nursing credentials from the University of Cincinnati, grounding her practice in patient-centered care and multidisciplinary collaboration.
More About Continuing Education
Earn CE credit by participating in one of NUHW’s live online courses. For credit, make sure you review the target audience to ensure your job classification qualifies for credit. Members are also welcome to take the courses for no credit. Once you’ve selected the course you want to take, follow the registration process. Registered participants will receive an email with a Zoom link to join the live course before the event takes place.
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