Goals

• Capital OCD & Anxiety Practice (COAP) aims to provide training experience in evidence-based treatment for children, adolescents, and adults with anxiety or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and obsessive-compulsive (OC) spectrum disorders.

• This experience will advance each trainee’s professional competence in the above areas, advance commitment to professional values, and support requirements for Licensure as a Psychologist in the State of Texas.

• Fellows will establish individualized goals and objectives as prior training and experience indicate, related to the specialties of this organization, within the scope and practice of psychology and supervisor’s area(s) of competence.​

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Objectives

Following completion of training in the 1-2 year period, the Fellow will be able to:

• Conduct clinical care that is based in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) principles and empirical knowledge bases. 

• Apply CBT principles to individualized case formulations, treatment planning, and engaging with clients presenting with primary diagnoses of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and obsessive-compulsive (OC) spectrum disorders and anxiety disorders, including Health Anxiety, Separation Anxiety, Generalized Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Panic, Phobias, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. 

• Provide clinical care with sensitivity to and respect of individual differences of all persons, across a diverse range of neurodevelopmental ability, ethnicity, religious affiliation, sexuality, race, gender, socioeconomic status, political affiliation, and others.

• Understand and apply the American Psychological Association Ethical Codes and standards and rules governing Psychologists under the Texas Board of Examiners of Psychologists.

• Communicate professionally and responsibly with co-workers and colleagues from other disciplines.

• Implement precautions to respect the confidentiality rights of those with whom they work or consult under a variety of circumstances, including on- and off-site procedures.

• Practice self-care in the context of a demanding clinical environment with understanding of processes for addressing any personal signs of impairment in self and/or others at the organization.