International OCD Foundation

If you’re an individual with OCD/related disorders, a significant other, a family member, a friend or a clinician, this is the spot to hear different perspectives on a variety of topics important to you. Town Halls are hosted by experts and individuals with lived experience, exploring subtypes, symptoms, and co-occurring conditions in understandable ways. So whether you’ve just discovered the community or you’re a veteran, you’re sure to learn and feel supported during this 90-minute livestream.

International OCD Foundation

IOCDF Advocate Alie Garza, LCSW, shares about her life currently as she navigates what she describes as "her OCD's worst-case scenario come true."

OCD Family Podcast

Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she kicks off the New Year with return guest, Alie Garza, MSW. Alie shares more about her experience with residential treatment for OCD. Our glimpse into her process helps the OCD Family Community in gaining some perspective regarding what treatment looks like, the challenges endured and the difficult, sacred journey of what happens next after stepping down from a higher level of care. Alie still brings her warmth and humor, and she shares a bit more about her advocacy.

International OCD Foundation Conference Denver, Colorado

Alie Garza, MSW; Emily Weems, LCSW-S, Health anxiety is a debilitating mental health condition that is oftentimes misunderstood by lay people and inadvertently reinforced by medical professionals/ health care systems. Similar to OCD, individuals with health anxiety can feel incredibly stigmatized by the disorder and their quality of life is significantly affected. Health anxiety is highly treatable with Cognitive Behavior Therapy with Exposure and Response Prevention. This talk will focus on a patient/therapist sharing an individualized course of residential treatment. This talk will demonstrate how a collaborative therapeutic treatment plan promotes hope for recovery and successful, long term outcomes. The speakers will highlight key treatment components and considerations and discuss the important role of relapse prevention. This multimedia presentation will include storytelling involving video clips and Q&A.