Live webinar

Hoarding: Symptoms and Assessment.

May 14, 2025
WITH PATRICK B. McGRATH, PhD

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Course Description

This course will prepare clinicians to describe the essential diagnostic criteria and associated features of hoarding disorder and will prepare clinicians to implement a comprehensive hoarding-specific assessment.  We will begin with a brief overview of the history of hoarding.  Current diagnostic criteria, specifiers, and features of hoarding will then be discussed.  We then describe a recommended assessment process, including hoarding-specific measures and practical tips.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  1. List the essential diagnostic criteria for hoarding disorder and discuss contemporary research findings on the conceptualization of hoarding behavior.
  2. Prepare a hoarding-specific assessment strategy using evidence-based assessment tools.

Live, interactive webinar

Participants will be able to ask questions and interact with the presenters

CE Credits

2 CE Credits; 2 CE Hours

Date & time

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
9am-11am PT
10am-12pm MT
11am-1pm CT
12pm-2pm ET

Registration deadline

Closes 30 mins prior to event

Cost of course

Free!

Intended audience

Intermediate-level course for Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Other Mental Health Professionals

PRESENTER

Patrick B. McGrath, PhD

Dr. Patrick B. McGrath, PhD, is the Chief Clinical Officer for NOCD and a licensed clinical psychologist. Dr. McGrath specializes in treatment for anxiety, OCD, hoarding, school refusal, and trauma. He has given over 900 presentations on these topics at local, national, and international conferences, as well as at universities, hospitals, and private practices. Dr. McGrath is also an experienced continuing education instructor.  

Dr. McGrath earned his doctoral degree from Northern Illinois University and completed his two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the St. Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute’s Anxiety Disorders Center.  

Dr. McGrath previously opened and led the Ascension Illinois/Alexian Brothers OCD and Related Anxiety Disorders Intensive Outpatient, Partial Hospital, and Residential Treatment Programs. He has extensive clinical experience working with and providing supervision for complex OCD cases. He currently provides weekly consultation at NOCD for OCD, hoarding, and other anxiety-related cases to a national network of clinicians. 

Dr. McGrath is a member of the Scientific and Clinical Advisory Boards of the International OCD Foundation. He is a Fellow of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and the Immediate Past President of OCD Midwest. Dr. McGrath also provided his expertise in OCD and anxiety disorders as a therapist on the Discovery Health Channel's documentary Anxious. 

Disclosures:

Financial: Dr. McGrath is employed by NOCD and has completed this training as part of his regular duties. Dr. McGrath receives royalties from The OCD Answer Book and his manual Don't Try Harder, Try Different.

Non-financial:  Dr. McGrath is a member of the Scientific and Clinical Advisory Boards of the International OCD Foundation. He is a Fellow of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and the Immediate Past President of OCD Midwest. Dr. McGrath is an author of the Dimensional Obsessive Compulsive Scale (DOCS).

HOARDING: SYMPTOMS & ASSESSMENT
TESTIMONIALS



One word really captures it - Excellent! The information was relevant, presented clearly and the examples and pictures really helped the understanding and integration of learning the material. I can't think of any way to improve it."

Course participant



Patrick McGrath is a wonderful presenter! He sets the bar!"

Course participant



This was a great training and gave me a lot of insight to hoarding behaviors and more information about what this can look like.”

Course participant

Continuing Education Credit

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SOCIAL WORKERS

NOCD, #1805, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 03/25/2023 - 03/25/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 2 clinical continuing education credits.


PSYCHOLOGISTS

NOCD is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. NOCD maintains responsibility for this program and its content.


COUNSELORS

NOCD has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7212. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. NOCD is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

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