Imagery Rescripting for OCD (ImRs-OCD) Treatment in Adults

Professional training for mental health professionals delivered via pre-recorded didactic training modules, clinical skill demonstration videos, worksheets and reflection exercises - 6 hours of CPD

This advanced clinical training workshop provides mental health clinicians with an in-depth overview of Imagery Rescripting (ImRs) for treating adults with treatment-resistant OCD. Led by Dr. Gayle Maloney, Founding Director of Perth OCD Clinic in Australia and Associate Clinical Professor at the Yale University OCD Research Clinic, this training delivers practical clinical skills through a detailed 10-step ImRs-OCD treatment protocol (Maloney, Arntz & Pittenger, 2025).

Workshop Content

The program consists of 10 pre-recorded modules totalling 6 hours of CPD, including:

* A foundational overview of Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), the gold-standard OCD treatment (1 hour)

* Comprehensive training on ImRs as an adjunct intervention for treatment-resistant OCD

* Theoretical background and research supporting ImRs

* Detailed instruction on the 10-step ImRs-OCD protocol

* Guidance on identifying appropriate aversive events for rescripting

* Techniques for conducting effective therapist-led and client-led rescripting sessions

* Methods to encourage development of healthy adult self-behaviours

* Strategies for integrating ERP and ImRs into maintenance sessions

* A special guest lecture by Professor Arnoud Arntz (University of Amsterdam) on Imagery Rescripting research

Learning Resources: 

* Didactic lectures

* Clinical demonstration videos and transcript examples of complete therapist-led and client-led rescripting sessions

* Five in-depth case studies of adults with treatment-resistant OCD

* Comprehensive worksheets and clinical materials

Access and Support

Six-month access to all training materials, allowing self-paced learning

This workshop includes pre-recorded content only (no live component)

Optional discounted individual or small group supervision, and/or applied clinical skills ImRs-OCD workshop with Dr. Maloney available separately

Target Audience

This advanced workshop is designed for psychologists, psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, social workers, and other mental health professionals who:

* Work clinically with adult OCD clients

* Have existing experience in OCD treatment

* Seek to enhance their clinical toolkit for treatment-resistant cases

For clinicians requiring foundational ERP training, we recommend completing a separate comprehensive course such as www.ocdtrainingerp.com provided by Dr Gayle Maloney first.

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Points: This workshop provides a certificate for 6 hours CPD. Please note that the CPD hours earned through this workshop cannot be applied toward schema therapy accreditation program requirements.

Group discounts are available for 3+ practitioners from the same practice or team with simultaneous payment. Please contact Dr. Gayle Maloney for details before purchasing.

Course curriculum

    1. Course Description

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Course Welcome: How to make the most of this workshop

    3. Video: Welcome to the Course!

      FREE PREVIEW

    4. ImRs-OCD Workshops Slides

    5. Pre-Workshop Evaluation

    1. Video presentation 1: Overview of OCD and Exposure Response Prevention (ERP) Treatment

    2. Creating Multi-Level ERP Hierarchies for OCD: Integrating Symptoms, Core Beliefs and Schemas

    1. Video Presentation 2: Guest Lecture Professor Arnoud Arntz

    1. Video Presentation 3: Theoretical Overview of ImRs

    2. Reference List - Module 3

    1. Video Presentation 4: Overview of the ImRs-Protocol

    2. The 10-Step ImRs-OCD Protocol

    3. Imagery Rescripting Handout

    4. Visualisation Exercise

    5. Weekly Measures Handout (blank copy)

    6. ImRs-OCD Standard Therapist Questions

    1. Video Presentation 5: identifying Aversive Events

    2. Video 5a: Simpsons Excerpt

About this course

  • $395.00
  • 35 lessons

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Instructor(s)

Dr Gayle Maloney

Associate Clinical Professor

Dr Gayle Maloney is the Founder and Director of Training and Research at Perth OCD Clinic, and an Associate Clinical Professor at Yale University's OCD Research Clinic. Gayle has provided treatment to OCD clients for over 25 years, and continues to hold an active clinical caseload alongside her research and training work. In 2015, she founded Perth OCD Clinic, bringing together a network of independently practising clinical psychologists committed to providing evidence-based OCD care to the Australian community. Gayle was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to establish an ongoing international research collaboration between Perth OCD Clinic and Yale University's OCD Research Clinic, where she continues to teach remotely, delivering an annual class on treating complex clients in community psychiatry for psychiatry residents and allied health professionals. Gayle's research focuses on developing and testing adjunct psychological techniques for treatment-resistant OCD, with a particular focus on imagery rescripting. She is the co-developer, with Professor Arnoud Arntz and Professor Christopher Pittenger, of the ImRs-OCD protocol - a strategically sequenced approach combining ERP with Imagery Rescripting for OCD that has not responded sufficiently to standard treatment - and is recognised internationally as a leading expert in this area. Gayle has presented her research at national and international OCD conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals. For over a decade, Gayle has trained mental health clinicians in ERP and Imagery Rescripting for OCD across Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific, and is regularly invited to present at tertiary institutions and public and private clinics. She writes and delivers both of her training workshops in full, with guest lectures included from Professor Christopher Pittenger (on pharmacotherapy for OCD) and Professor Arnoud Arntz (on the theoretical foundations of imagery rescripting). In her workshops, Gayle is most passionate about teaching applied clinical skills that help clinicians deliver individualised ERP and support clients through the most challenging aspects of treatment-resistant OCD. She particularly enjoys honouring the clinical knowledge participants already bring, helping them integrate it with what they learn in the workshop. All profits from the Perth OCD Clinic training workshops support the clinical research program conducted at the clinic.