Who We Are: Mental Health Professionals
About Dr. Eda Gorbis
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Eda Gorbis, Ph.D., M.F.C.C. , is in private practice, an Assistant Clinical Professor at the UCLA School of Medicine, Consultant for the Center for Cognitive Therapy's OCD Program in Beverly Hills, and Vice-President of OCSDA. Her dissertation work, supervised by Dr. Joseph Wolpe, among others, focused on OCD complicated by Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and other co-morbid conditions. Dr. Gorbis' education included training by Dr. Edna Foa, author of Stop Obsessing! and an internationally recognized authority who pioneered the protocols for Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) behavioral treatment of OCD. Dr. Gorbis has been active in applying cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to the treatment of patients with severe OCD at UCLA. Over the past seven years, she has treated more than 150 in- and out-patients with OCD while working closely with their families. Her method, synthesizing and blending successful treatment modalities for OCD and PTSD, has yielded a high rate of success. More about Dr. Gorbis (pdf) |
