Sexual OCD: Unpacking “Taboo” Themes and Increasing Clinical Competency Treating Adults with S-OCD

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This presentation focuses on assessing and treating sexual themes frequently present within OCD including sexual orientation, pedophilia, sexual harm, impregnation, and scrupulosity. Individuals with OCD experience significant distress with themes of OCD that are often considered “taboo,” resulting in high levels of shame, disgust, avoidance, and distress. This presentation will identify common sexual topics and themes often found in OCD, identify ways to assess and communicate about these themes, and provide resources for treatment recommendations. Participants will increase their familiarity with the assessment of sexual OCD themes, increase familiarity with diversity concerns often impacting symptom presentation and treatment, and will learn specific interventions to integrate sexual themes into OCD treatment.

Learning Objectives

• Participants will review OCD symptoms, assessment tools, and treatment options.
• Participants will be able to list with specific sexual OCD themes and describe specific ways to integrate sexually-related questions into their assessment for OCD.
• Participants will be able to describe and discuss certain sexual-OCD subtypes and treatment interventions via specific examples and case vignettes.
• Participants will be able to identify ways to break stigmas and taboos about sexual themes often found in OCD, including differentiation between diagnoses and safety assessments.
• Participants will be able describe how to integrate patients’ diverse backgrounds into treatment allowing for increased cultural competency when treating sexual OCD.

About Jordan Soper, PsyD, ABPP, CST

Dr. Jordan Soper is a Licensed Psychologist, Board Certified in Behavioral and Cognitive Psychology, AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, and Owner of The Center for Sexual Health and Wellness in Las Vegas, NV. Dr. Soper’s areas of expertise include evidence-based treatment for sexual health and functioning disorders, anxiety, and trauma with diverse populations including military/Veterans, first responders, police officers, members of the LGBTQ+ community, young professionals, students, therapists, sexual assault survivors, and members of the BDSM/Kink/Fetish community. She is passionate about education, advocacy, and using humor to decrease shame and stigma around mental and sexual health concerns. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her friends and family, two pugs, building costumes for cosplay, playing Dungeons and Dragons, and living every day as if it is Halloween. 

References

1. Clark, D. A. (2020). Cognitive-Behavioral therapy for OCD and its subtypes. Guilford Publications.
2. Rachman, S., Coughtrey, A., Shafran, R., & Radomsky, A. (2014). Oxford Guide to the Treatment of Mental Contamination. Oxford University Press, USA.
3. Singh, A., Anjankar, V. P., & Sapkale, B. (2023). Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD): A Comprehensive Review of Diagnosis, Comorbidities, and Treatment Approaches. Cureus, 15(11), e48960. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.48960
4. Williams, M. T., & Wetterneck, C. T. (2019). Sexual Obsessions in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Step-By-Step, Definitive Guide to Understanding, Diagnosis, and Treatment.

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