In episode 553 I chat with Ashley Ordway and Victoria Schweiger. Ashley is a licensed mental health counselor and acting President of the Board at JACK MHA. Ashley’s work at the University of Florida Health was foundational in developing the University of Florida’s Fear Facers Camp, one of the first in the nation, which provides treatment to children ages 7- 15 with OCD. Ashley also runs her private practice at Magnolia Behavioral Health. Victoria is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor at the Anxiety and OCD Treatment Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. Ashley and Victoria are part of a team that runs JACK’s Plant A Camp initiative.  

We discuss their therapy backgrounds, their kids summer camps through JACK, the Plant A Camp initiative, what the camps look like, making exposure engaging for the kids and teens, helping kids feel connected to other kids, shame in OCD, exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP) games, community, and much more. Hope it helps.

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Find out more about Ashley and Victoria:

Find out more about Ashley and Victoria: https://jackmha.org/team/  

JACK: https://jackmha.org/  

JACK initiatives: https://jackmha.org/programs-initiatives/  

Ashley’s private practice: https://www.magnoliabhealth.com/ashley 

Victoria’s private practice: https://www.anxietyandocdtreatmentcenter.com/our-team 

Resources:

Kim Vincenty episode and her episode with her son

The OCD Camp (UK): https://www.integrativecentreforocd.co.uk/the-ocd-camp 

University of Florida Fear Facers camp: https://coard.psychiatry.ufl.edu/fear-facer-summer-camp/  

IOCDF: https://iocdf.org/ 

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Stuart