"Pure O" OCD: Treatment for Symptoms and Subtypes
Who is this for:Clinicians who have some previous knowledge and/or training in cognitive behavioral therapies, with some general knowledge of the principles of exposure. However, participants do not need to be experts in CBT, behaviorism, or OCD to benefit from this course.
Instructional Level:
Intermediate
Why You’ll Love this Course:
“Pure O” OCD unfortunately hides in plain sight; you’ve likely encountered patients with this presentation before, though you may have believed you were working with generalized anxiety disorder, or processing or challenging typical cognitive distortions. This course will teach you how to unmask this disorder, and treat it using evidence-based techniques that really work.
Course description:
Most clinicians are familiar with the clinical stereotypes of OCD: a patient with significant overt compulsions (e.g. hand washing) that consumes hours during the day, negatively impacting functioning; a patient who prefers things extremely orderly and neat, and becomes significantly dysregulated when objects are out of place; a patient who needs events or experiences to occur a specific number of times or in odd or even multiples. These clinical presentations are not inaccurate. They are, however, limited. Given the clinical bias to identify OCD as it presents above, many patients struggling with what is colloquially known as “Pure O” OCD (i.e. obsessions are present without significant overt compulsions, and instead, “covert” compulsions or “mental checking” behaviors predominate) may be misdiagnosed. As a result, these patients may not receive the treatment they need, or worse, receive a treatment that maintains and exacerbates their symptoms.
This course will provide practical instruction to clinicians seeking training in how to accurately identify and diagnose “Pure O” OCD subtypes, as well as treat “Pure O” OCD using exposure and response prevention adapted specifically to include targeting “Pure O” symptoms.
Featuring:- Handouts: “How Does My Anxiety Show Up?”, “Blank Symptom Tracking Sheet”, “Symptom Tracking Example”
- Skills demonstration of visual psychoeducation of OCD symptoms and exposure
- “Pure O” exposure role play
Educational Objectives:
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Distinguish between overt and covert compulsions, and identify at least five common compulsions in each category.
- Identify at least four tools to adapt Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) to assess and treat “Pure O” symptoms.
- Identify four common “Pure O” subtypes and at least five skills to improve their ability to distinguish between “Pure O” symptoms and common therapeutic content.
Nikki Rubin, Psy.D.
Clinical Psychologist
Co-founder
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Nikki Rubin, Psy.D. is a co-founder and the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of MindScience Collective. She is a licensed clinical psychologist (CA PSY30047, NY 019595) who specializes in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and third-wave cognitive behavioral therapies (CBT). She has particular expertise in the treatment of OCD and anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, ADHD, perfectionism, and grief and loss.
Dr. Rubin is the owner of
Nikki Rubin, Psy.D., A Psychological Corporation, providing evidence-based treatments for adults, along with supervision, consultation, and private practice coaching for clinicians. She is passionate about mentorship for mental health clinicians, and thus serves as an Associate Clinical Professor at UCLA, training doctoral students in ACT. She is also the creator of
The Complete Private Practice Toolkit, an educational course designed to help clinicians start or enhance their private practices.
In addition to her clinical and academic work, Dr. Rubin serves as a Clinical Advisor at
Psych Hub, where she lends her expertise to advancing the company’s mission of expanding access to evidence-based behavioral health education, resources, and pathways to care. Lastly, along with MindScience Collective co-founder Peter Economou, Ph.D., she co-hosts
When East Meets West, a podcast exploring the intersection of eastern spiritual practices and western behavioral science, further reflecting her commitment to innovative and integrative approaches to mental health care.
Disclosures:
Dr. Rubin is a co-founder of MindScience Collective and will receive financial benefit from all course sales. Danielle Keenan-Miller, Ph.D. is also a co-founder of MindScience Collective and an instructor on this platform. Dr. Keenan-Miller is a role play participant in this course.
Course History:
Created 10-21-2025
Adult ADHD: Practical Tools to Improve Functioning, Organization, and Well-Being
Who is this for:Clinicians at all levels of training who are interested in improving assessment and treatment skills in working with adults with ADHD.
Instructional Level:Beginner to Intermediate
Why You’ll Love this Course:When learning about ADHD, many clinicians may have received instruction that emphasized it as a disorder of childhood, limiting training opportunities to learn how to assess, diagnose, and treat ADHD in adulthood. This course provides compassionate, practical, and neuro-affirming tools to support adults struggling with ADHD symptoms.
Course description:This course provides practical instruction to clinicians in how to utilize a neuro-affirming framework while learning how to effectively assess ADHD in adults and implement evidence-based tools.
Participants in this course will learn how to:
- Increase patient understanding and awareness of the strengths and limitations of their brain
- Effectively collaborate with psychiatric providers as needed
Learn how to teach and implement:- time management and organizational skillsemotion regulation skills
- acceptance and self-compassion of symptoms
While this course is rooted in a 3rd wave CBT framework, participants from all theoretical orientations can apply the knowledge presented in this course to their own work. Specific knowledge of 3rd wave CBT treatments is not required.
Featuring:
- “ADHD Experiential Assessment Questions” Handout
- Acceptance and self-compassion skills demonstrations
Educational Objectives:
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Accurately identify 9 symptoms of adult ADHD that extend beyond DSM-V and provide psychoeducation about at least 4 symptoms of ADHD and their common presentations.
- Implement at least 4 tools to manage common ADHD symptoms that impact attention, emotion regulation, time management, and organization.
- Identify and utilize at least 4 acceptance and self-compassion tools to decrease shame and frustration about ADHD symptoms.
Nikki Rubin, Psy.D.
Clinical Psychologist
Co-founder
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Nikki Rubin, Psy.D. is a co-founder and the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of MindScience Collective. She is a licensed clinical psychologist (CA PSY30047, NY 019595) who specializes in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and third-wave cognitive behavioral therapies (CBT). She has particular expertise in the treatment of OCD and anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, ADHD, perfectionism, and grief and loss.
Dr. Rubin is the owner of
Nikki Rubin, Psy.D., A Psychological Corporation, providing evidence-based treatments for adults, along with supervision, consultation, and private practice coaching for clinicians. She is passionate about mentorship for mental health clinicians, and thus serves as an Associate Clinical Professor at UCLA, training doctoral students in ACT. She is also the creator of
The Complete Private Practice Toolkit, an educational course designed to help clinicians start or enhance their private practices.
In addition to her clinical and academic work, Dr. Rubin serves as a Clinical Advisor at
Psych Hub, where she lends her expertise to advancing the company’s mission of expanding access to evidence-based behavioral health education, resources, and pathways to care. Lastly, along with MindScience Collective co-founder Peter Economou, Ph.D., she co-hosts
When East Meets West, a podcast exploring the intersection of eastern spiritual practices and western behavioral science, further reflecting her commitment to innovative and integrative approaches to mental health care.
Disclosures:
Dr. Rubin is a co-founder of MindScience Collective and will receive financial benefit from all course sales.She is also the instructor of: “Using Mindfulness and Psychotherapy: Practices and Tools,” which is offered on this platform.
Course History:
Created 10-21-2025
Breaking Free From Binge Eating
Who is this for:Clinicians interested in identifying and treating binge eating disorder in their practice.
Instructional Level:
Beginner to Intermediate
Why You’ll Love this Course:
Binge eating disorder is by far the most common eating disorder. Most individuals with BED do not seek treatment specifically for their eating concerns, meaning that many clients are not getting help for a problem that can have significant impacts on their physical and mental health. In addition, many of the tools in this course can be used to effectively improve clients’ relationship with food and their body, regardless of the presence of an eating disorder.
Course description:
In this course, clinicians will learn empathic and non-shaming ways to assess for binge eating, as well as several easy-to-learn tools that they will be able to implement in order to effectively help their clients stop binge eating.
Featuring:
- Skills Demonstration of connecting to non-weight values
Educational Objectives:
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Assess for the presence of at least three symptoms of binge eating disorder in a non-shaming manner.
- Describe the relationship between dieting and binge eating in clear, client-friendly terminology.
- Describe at least three evidence-based interventions to reduce binge eating.
Danielle Keenan-Miller, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
Co-founder
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Quality Officer (CQO)
Danielle Keenan-Miller, Ph.D. is a co-founder and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Quality Officer (CQO) of MindScience Collective. She is a licensed clinical psychologist in California (PSY24352) and New York (026457), and is a registered telehealth provider in the state of Florida (TPPY2248). In her
private practice, she specializes in evidence-based treatments for anxiety, bipolar disorder, eating and body image concerns, and challenges around fertility and parenthood.
Dr. Keenan-Miller completed her Ph.D. at UCLA and her postdoctoral fellowship at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. Following her training, she served as the Associate Director of Clinical Training at the University of Southern California and was then the Director of the UCLA Psychology Clinic for more than a decade. Her research focuses on mood disorders, eating disorders, and effective practices in supervision and training. She has authored more than two dozen scientific articles and a book entitled
The Binge Eating Prevention Workbook.
In addition to her private practice, Dr. Keenan-Miller serves as an expert reviewer for the California Board of Psychology and provides teaching and consultation services for clinical supervisors through
Supervision Science.
Disclosures:
Dr. Keenan-Miller is the author of The Binge Eating Prevention Workbook: An Eight-Week Individualized Program to Overcome Compulsive Eating and Make Peace with Food. She is also a co-founder at MindScience Collective.
Course History:
Created 10-23-2025
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for PTSD: The Essential Primer
Why You’ll Love this Course:Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for PTSD is a first-line evidence-based treatment for PTSD, with decades of research support. Most of all, it’s an incredibly flexible, elegant and dynamic therapy that is fitting for the most complex presentations of PTSD. This course provides clinicians with an introduction to CPT for PTSD: the empirical support, the theory underlying it and a session-by-session guide.
Course description:
Traumas can change the way people think about themselves, other people and the world. Individuals often believe that they are at fault or to blame for the trauma, or that they should have been able to prevent it somehow. Traumas can also shift how people think about a number of themes, including safety, trust, power/control, esteem and intimacy.
In CPT, clients learn skills to better examine their beliefs about the traumas, and to better evaluate their thinking about themselves, others and the world in more balanced ways. CPT also encourages clients to process their natural emotions about the traumas.
CPT treats PTSD resulting from a variety of traumatic events including child abuse, rape and sexual assault, physical assault, combat, natural disasters, accidents and sudden or violent deaths/losses. It is also effective for treating PTSD resulting from race-based, sexuality-based or gender identity-based traumas. CPT can effectively treat PTSD in complex clients with a wide-range of psychological comorbidities, medical comorbidities and psychosocial stressors.
In this course, you will learn the foundations of this powerful treatment. You will become familiar with the structure and content of CPT, including a clear session-by-session guide. You will become familiar with the different formats of CPT (CPT vs CPT+A) and will learn about important ingredients of CPT- detecting assimilation and utilizing Socratic Dialogue- as well as the importance of client practice assignment completion.
Who is this for:
This workshop is intended for licensed mental health providers who are working with clients with PTSD.
Recommended Course Prerequisites:
Included:
- Role Play Skills demonstrations
- Handouts:
- Identifying Stuck Points
- CPT for PTSD: Additional Resources
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- List two factors associated with non-recovery of traumas.
- Identify two different types of “stuck points."
- Apply the use of four different types of Socratic questions in CPT.
Stephanie Sacks, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
Co-founder
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Stephanie Sacks, Ph.D. is a co-founder and the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of MindScience Collective. She is a licensed clinical psychologist (FL PY10014, DC PSY1001172) who is passionate about teaching, training, clinical work, entrepreneurship and the dissemination of evidence-based information to the masses.
In her
private practice, Dr. Sacks specializes in the provision of evidence-based cognitive behavioral treatment for Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders, OCD-Spectrum Disorders and Anxiety Disorders, with particular expertise providing care to clinically complex clients. She has a sub-specialty working with journalists who are exposed to occupational trauma and has received training from the
Global Center for Journalism and Trauma.
She is a National
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Trainer and Clinical Consultant. She is also an invited lecturer and clinical consultant for many organizations, including the
National Center for PTSD. Dr. Sacks is the creator of the
Trauma Therapist Training Course, an interactive cohort-based learning experience that enhances therapists’ competence and confidence for working with trauma-affected clients.
She is an Adjunct Professor at Nova Southeastern University and a voluntary Clinical Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California. She has proudly served as clinical and research supervisor at a number of academic and medical institutions. Dr. Sacks has authored numerous peer-reviewed research articles and contributed to a book entitled
Cognitive Processing Therapy for Complex Cases.
Disclosures:
Dr. Sacks is a co-founder of MindScience Collective and will receive financial benefit from all course sales. She receives income as a Trainer and Consultant for Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD. Dr. Sacks also receives compensation as a lecturer for the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (NCPTSD).
Dr. Sacks is also the instructor of: “PTSD or Not? Differential Diagnosis Following Trauma Exposure”, “PTSD: A Case Formulation Approach”, “Socratic Dialogue: Practical Tools to Improve Treatment Outcomes and Strengthen the Therapeutic Relationship”, “Essential Relational Microskills for Treating Trauma Survivors,” and “A Comprehensive Guide to PTSD Treatments: What Works and What Doesn’t” which are offered on this platform.
Course History:
Created 1-23-2026
Effective Treatment for Panic Disorder
Why You’ll Love this Course:
Panic attacks are terrifying, relentless and often lead to avoidance of important activities. For clinicians, panic can be elusive to treat. This course arms clinicians with a brief and very effective intervention for panic disorder.
Course description:
Fear is a natural and essential human emotion that is necessary for our survival. Fear involves strong physical reactions such as a racing heart, sweating, chest tightness and dizziness, stemming from the release of biochemicals like adrenaline and cortisol. For some people, the physical sensations of fear can become alarming and anxiety-inducing.
Clients with panic disorder are hypersensitive to physical sensations, are hypervigilant to any fear reactions in their bodies and avoid situations (i.e. driving, wide open spaces, being far from home, crowded places) in order to try to avoid future panic attacks. Not only are avoidance tactics ineffective at keeping panic at bay, but they lead to the clients’ worlds becoming smaller and smaller. By the time clients with panic disorder seek treatment, they are desperate for help.
This course will teach you all you need to effectively treat your clients with panic disorder. You will learn how to confidently diagnose panic disorder and rule out other medical and psychological concerns that can mimic panic. You will learn case formulation skills that incorporate individual differences and cultural factors to ensure the most effective course of treatment. You will then be provided a clear, step-by-step guide of a brief and extremely effective treatment for panic disorder with decades of research support.
Who is this for:This workshop is intended for licensed mental health providers who are working with clients with panic symptoms.
Instructional Level:
Beginner to Intermediate
Recommended Course Prerequisites:
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:Assess at least three medical and psychological concerns that can mimic panic disorder.Identify at least five avoidance and safety behaviors that maintain panic disorder.Apply at least four different interoceptive exposures.
Included:Handouts:
- Cognitive Behavioral Model of Panic
- Cognitive Behavioral Model of Panic Blank Form
- Weekly Benzodiazepine Tracking Log Interoceptive Exercise Form
- Exposure Recording Form
- Role Play: Interoceptive Exposure
Educational Objectives:
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Assess at least three medical and psychological concerns that can mimic panic disorder.
- Identify at least five avoidance and safety behaviors that maintain panic disorder.
- Apply at least four different interoceptive exposures.
Stephanie Sacks, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
Co-founder
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Stephanie Sacks, Ph.D. is a co-founder and the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of MindScience Collective. She is a licensed clinical psychologist (FL PY10014, DC PSY1001172) who is passionate about teaching, training, clinical work, entrepreneurship and the dissemination of evidence-based information to the masses.
In her
private practice, Dr. Sacks specializes in the provision of evidence-based cognitive behavioral treatment for Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders, OCD-Spectrum Disorders and Anxiety Disorders, with particular expertise providing care to clinically complex clients. She has a sub-specialty working with journalists who are exposed to occupational trauma and has received training from the
Global Center for Journalism and Trauma.
She is a National
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Trainer and Clinical Consultant. She is also an invited lecturer and clinical consultant for many organizations, including the
National Center for PTSD. Dr. Sacks is the creator of the
Trauma Therapist Training Course, an interactive cohort-based learning experience that enhances therapists’ competence and confidence for working with trauma-affected clients.
She is an Adjunct Professor at Nova Southeastern University and a voluntary Clinical Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California. She has proudly served as clinical and research supervisor at a number of academic and medical institutions. Dr. Sacks has authored numerous peer-reviewed research articles and contributed to a book entitled
Cognitive Processing Therapy for Complex Cases.
Disclosures:
Dr. Sacks is a co-founder of MindScience Collective and will receive financial benefit from all course sales. She receives income as a Trainer and Consultant for Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD. Dr. Sacks also receives compensation as a lecturer for the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (NCPTSD). Dr. Rubin is the instructor of “Behavioral Case Formulation” and another co-founder of MindScience Collective.
Course History:
Created 1-24-2026
“MindScience Collective is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. MindScience Collective is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Psychologists (#PSY-0312). MindScience Collective maintains responsibility for this program and its content.“
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