
Addressing Rumination: In Exposure Therapy and Beyond with Carly Yasinski, PhD and Jordan Cattie, PhD
Course Description
Rumination; repetitive, negative, and abstract thinking is a common process that cuts across many mental health conditions, including OCD, anxiety, depression, and PTSD. While often mistaken as helpful reflection or even exposure, rumination actually worsens symptoms, maintains avoidance, and interferes with therapeutic progress. This talk will provide clinicians with a framework for identifying and addressing rumination within exposure and response prevention (ERP) and other therapeutic contexts. Attendees will learn how to recognize rumination in session, understand its functions, and implement strategies to help clients disengage from unproductive mental loops while strengthening treatment outcomes.
This talk also includes a roleplay demonstration.
Learning Objectives
1. Explain the role of rumination as a transdiagnostic process that maintains distress across multiple disorders.
2. Recognize common functions of rumination in OCD and distinguish it from effective exposure practices.
3. Apply strategies to interrupt rumination and strengthen ERP outcomes in-session and through homework assignments.
CE Credits
None
Date & duration
62 minutes
Registration date
Recorded on 8/22/2025
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