Board of Directors:President - Carla Kenney, MA, LMHCVice President - Ryan Glode, MA, LMHCDirector - Barbara-Ann Borden, MADirector - Jena Lerch, MSN, PMHNP‑BC, APRN

Founded in 2017, OCD Rhode Island is a non-profit affiliate of the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF).The mission of OCD Rhode Island is to help individuals affected by obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and related disorders to live full and productive lives.Our goal is to raise awareness, increase access to effective treatment, end the stigma associated with mental health issues, and foster a community for those affected by OCD and the professionals who treat them.OCD Rhode Island is a donor-supported nonprofit organization.OCD Rhode Island was founded in 2017 by a small group of professionals who specialize in the treatment of OCD.The Organization serves a broad community of individuals with OCD and related disorders, their family members, loved ones, and mental health professionals and researchers.The Organization aims to improve outcomes for individuals with OCD and related disorders by:Providing resources and support for those affected by OCD, including individuals with OCD and related disorders, their family members, friends, and loved ones.Increasing access to effective treatment.Educating mental health professionals about evidence based treatments.Providing a forum for professional collaboration and networking.Supporting research into the causes of and treatments for OCD and related disorders.Promoting awareness about OCD and related disorders to the OCD community and the general public.Board of Directors:President and Founder - Ryan J. Glode, MA, LMHCVice President - Carla Kenney, MA, LMHCTreasurer - Jayme M. Valdez, MA, LMHCScientific and Clinical Advisory Board:Jennifer B. Freeman, PhDAbbe M. Garcia, PhDBrady Case, MDMaria Mancebo, PhDBenjamin D. Greenberg, MD, PhDWebsite: www.ocdri.org

Ryan J. Glode, M.A., LMHC is a Cognitive Behavior Therapist at Massachusetts General Hospital who specializes in the treatment of children, adolescents and adults with severe OCD and related disorders.

Ryan J. Glode, M.A., LMHC is a Behavior Therapist at the Child and Adolescent OCD Institute who specializes in the treatment of children and adolescents with severe OCD and related disorders.

I worked on the Adolescent Inpatient Unit providing support, structure, repetition and consistent expectations to ensure a safe and supportive milieu leading the group towards self-management and the Intensive Program for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder facilitating exposure and response prevention (EPR) within the hospital milieu and home environment. My primary duties consisted of maintaining a safe and therapeutic environment by documenting level of patient observation, identifying, reporting, and actively resolving potential/actual problems on the unit, co-leading therapy groups and other program specific groups, and actively participating in diagnostic conferences, treatment team, rounds, and shift report.

I completed my internship for pre-masters hours for licensure as a Mental Health Counselor at Butler Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. I worked on the Adult General Treatment Unit (D4), an inpatient psychiatric facility, providing one-to-one and group psychotherapy. My primary duties consisted of leading a men's psychotherapy group, a coed discussion group, a cognitive-behavioral therapy group, and one-to-one sessions with patients diagnosed with mood disorders, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, personality disorders, and substance abuse disorders. In conjunction with psychotherapy I provided assessments to assess the clients presenting problems/symptoms and to account for the efficacy of the psycho-social interventions utilized.

I worked as a research assistant for the Laboratory for Cognitive and Affective Science at Assumption College where I assisted Dr. Sarah Cavanagh on a variety of studies on attentional bias for emotion and its implications for psychological functioning, the relationship between mirth and well-being, the nature of risk and resilience in vulnerability for depression, and the effects of nostalgia on emotion regulation.I defended a thesis addressing the impact of nostalgic experiences on the regulation of emotion and co-authored a study on the effects of nostalgia versus ordinary event memory on recovery from a sad mood induction with Sarah Rose Cavanagh, PhD and Erin Fitzgerald, BA, which we presented at the 25th Annual Convention for the Association of Psychological Science in Washington, D.C. I have worked with Excel, Clearview (an analytic program for eyetracking data), SPSS, and E-Prime. I have conducted experimental sessions involving informed consent, implementing protocols, and collecting psychophysiological data (skin conductance, electromyography).

While interning at the Robert H. Goddard Academy I worked with adolescents affected by social, emotional, cognitive, and academic challenges providing one-on-one/group interventions, de-escalation during high stress situations, and the facilitation of emotional and cognitive processing with the goal of re-integration into the classroom setting and a future goal of re-integration into a traditional school setting.

Encoded Attentional Bias task pre and post mood inductions of happy, sad, neutral (NAT), Cognitive Reappraisal of emotional photographs (GDR) and RACER Questionnaires. Coded video clips of participants facial responses to mirthful mood clips based on pre-post mood ratings, SCR/HR/blood pressure to predict concurrent or future levels of depression, anxiety and well-being.