Expert Help for OCD

Take Your Life Back from OCD

Offering expert treatment for all types of OCD, including unwanted obsessional thoughts. Our OCD treatment program is typically 10 weeks. We offer twice-weekly sessions, groups, and intensive programs. Intensive program can be in person or online. Low cost options available. Contact us...

Behavioral Wellness Clinic

392 Merrow Rd, Suite E, Tolland, CT 06084
Office: (860) 830-7838

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New England

OCD Institute

Clinical Training for Student Therapists

Practicum Students

The New England OCD Institute is pleased to provide clinical training experiences to a wide range of mental health students from regional and national institutions of higher learning. We are committed to a strong emphasis on empirically-supported interventions, psychopathology assessment, and the provision of culturally-appropriate care.

Clinical psychology students will receive one hour of weekly supervision from a licensed psychologist. All students will receive an additional 1-2 hours per week of group supervision focused on OCD and related disorders. Supervision will include a combination of in-person and online modalities. Most of our clients have extreme psychopathology. As such, this should be considered an advanced placement setting and practicum students should have at least a master's degree or the equivalent. Placements are a minimum of one year and typically include 16-20 hours per week.

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Clinical Activities

Direct service includes a range of activities and usually comprises at least half of a trainee’s duties. These include, but are not limited to:

Psychotherapy: Practicum students carry an individual caseload of approximately 6-8 clients per week. The cases are pre-screened through the intake process so that progressively more difficult cases can be assigned as the trainee’s ability and confidence develop. Trainees who are interested in working with children may also have the opportunity to work with families with help from a senior clinician.

Assessment Activities: Practicum students are asked to make one or two intake times available each week to do phone screenings and initial assessment interviews with clients requiring servicees. Trainees are also encouraged to use the wide range of available testing materials to conduct assessment of clients on their own caseloads as deemed appropriate by the trainee and his or her supervisor.

Other Activities: Practicum students may also assist with support groups, including co-leading therapy groups together with senior clinicians. They may also assist with outreach and consultation activities, such as providing workshops together with a senior clinicians, and more advanced trainees may have the opportunity to provide educational programming on their own.

Professional Development: Trainees will participate in training activities, such as workshop and seminars as planned.

The Impact of OCD

It is estimated that between 2 and 3 million people are suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder in the United States. About one in fifty people have had symptoms of OCD at some point in their lives, with 1% suffering within the last year. OCD afflicts people of all races, faiths, nationalities, and ethnic groups. OCD causes great suffering to patients and their families, as up to 10 hours per day may be devoted to performing rituals. OCD has been classified by the World Health Organization as one the leading causes of disability worldwide.

Our Primary Supervisors

Monnica T. Williams, PhD, ABPP

Dr. Williams is a clinical psychologist and Clinical Director of the Behavioral Wellness Clinic in Tolland, CT. She is licensed as a psychologist in the state of Connecticut, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. She also holds an Interjurisdictional Practice Certificate from the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards, and she is board-certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in Behavioral & Cognitive Psychology. Dr. Williams an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Connecticut. She was an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania for four years, followed by five years at the University of Louisville, where she served as Director of the Center for Mental Health Disparities. Dr. Williams has published over 100 scientific articles, primarily on OCD, trauma, and cultural issues. She also provides trainings nationally for clinical psychology programs, conferences, and organizations.

James DiLoreto, PsyD

Dr. James DiLoreto provides individual therapy at the Behavioral Wellness Clinic. He received his doctorate from the University of Hartford. He completed his predoctoral internship in the Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) track at the Institute of Living in Hartford, Connecticut. He then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard McLean Hospital’s Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Institute in Massachusetts. At Mclean Hospital, Dr. DiLoreto worked as a behavioral therapist in a residential program for individuals with severe OCD. Prior to receiving his doctorate in clinical psychology, he completed a Master’s degree in Community Psychology from the University of New Haven. He conducts trainings and assists with peer-supervison.

At New England OCD Insititure you will learn about the many types, symptoms, signs, and forms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and related OC Spectrum Disorders. OCD is a brain disorder that can cause repeated washing, compulsive cleaning, obsessions about harming others, anxiety, and depression. Take a self-test for OCD, find a treatment program, and get online help for OCD.