Jason Gibbs, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist. He serves as a Clinical Operations Manager and is a member of the Continuing Education team at NOCD. Dr. Gibbs specializes in the treatment of OCD and related disorders and also has experience with evidence-based treatments for trauma, depression, and eating disorders. He is a published author who has given multiple presentations at local and national conferences and has taught several psychology courses at the collegiate level.

Dr. Gibbs earned his doctoral degree from Idaho State University. He received expert supervision in the delivery of evidence-based treatments, including exposure-based therapies, for OCD and anxiety disorders during his pre-doctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship at Rogers Behavioral Health in Wisconsin.

Prior to working with NOCD, Dr. Gibbs worked as a supervisor for Intensive Outpatient and Partial Hospitalization Programs (IOP, PHP) that specialized in the treatment of OCD, anxiety, Tourette's/tics, Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRB)s, depression, dual diagnosis, trauma, and eating disorders. He has extensive clinical experience working with, and providing supervision for, complex and treatment-refractory cases in these categories.

Disclosures

Financial: Dr. Gibbs is employed by NOCD and has completed this training as part of his regular duties.

Non-financial:  No non-financial disclosures

Taylor Newendorp, MA, LCPC, is a licensed clinical professional counselor in Illinois and the Network Clinical Training Director for NOCD.  In this role, Mr. Newendorp uses his expertise in OCD and related disorders to oversee all aspects of clinical  training  and development for a team of multidisciplinary therapists in their delivery of high-quality, evidence-based treatments.  

Mr. Newendorp earned his MA in marital and family therapy at the University of San Diego. He is the president and founder of Chicago Counseling Center, Inc. He is a former clinical supervisor and therapist for AMITA’s Center for Anxiety and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders, where he ran their evening intensive outpatient program and led cognitive behavioral therapy and exposure therapy groups for OCD and related anxiety disorders. Before transitioning to the OCD program, he was a co-coordinator and therapist for AMITA’s binge-eating program.  

Mentoring and training has been a large part of Mr. Newendorp’s career. He currently runs several consultation groups at NOCD, has provided talks on perfectionism at national conferences, and is involved in developing treatment protocols for OCD and conducting related research. Mr. Newendorp is the author of The Perfectionism Workbook: Proven Strategies to End Procrastination, Accept Yourself, and Achieve Your Goals, a workbook that incorporates cognitive-behavioral and exposure-based strategies to address maladaptive perfectionism.

Disclosures

Financial: Mr. Newendorp has completed this talk as a part of his regular job duties for NOCD.  He receives royalties from his book The Perfectionism Workbook: Proven Strategies to End Procrastination, Accept Yourself, and Achieve Your Goals.  

Non-financial: Mr. Newendorp is a member of IOCDF, ADAA, and the American Counseling Association.