Upcoming Workshop

Do you struggle with persistent intrusive thoughts and doubts about health conditions that distress you? And then misinterpret physiological sensations of anxiety, from being worried about a health condition, as symptoms of the feared condition? Does your brain turn everyday bodily sensations (like chills or a racing heart or a headache) into something disastrous (like cancer or a heart attack or neurodegenerative disease)?

Is Dr. Google your best friend (when you just need that reassurance) and worst enemy (when it inevitably tells you that your headache means that you will die in seven days)? Do you seek consults with multiple doctors for the same thing and find it hard to believe the results presented to you? Are you consistently worried about your health in the now and/or future?

If so, this is the workshop for you!

In the thirty-minute presentation, I will address:

  • Health OCD & Health Anxiety - Similarities and Differences

  • Evidence-based Treatment for Health OCD & Anxiety

  • Tools to manage Health OCD & Anxiety

  • Common health obsessions and compulsions

  • Psychoeducation about Health OCD & Anxiety

  • And more!

This workshop is 1 hour of presentation and 30 minutes of a live Q&A.

If you cannot attend live, you can purchase a ticket and receive a copy of the workshop recording. Everyone who purchases a ticket will receive the recording.

The Zoom link will be sent to your email one hour prior to the workshop on Saturday, March 29.

Promotional flyer for "Ask Alegra: Unpacking Health OCD & Anxiety" workshop on March 29, 2025, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm EST. The session covers topics like Health OCD vs. Health Anxiety, treatments, management tools, and psychoeducation. Hosted by Alegra Kastens, founder of the Center for OCD, Anxiety, and Eating Disorders. Event cost is $50, with live and recorded access available. Website and social media handles provided for more information.