S3E143: Water Cooler Chats: The 30th IOCDF Conference Recap with Madison Di Silvio & Angela Henry
Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she recaps the 30th Annual International OCD Foundation Conference in Chicago with guests Madison Di Silvio and Angela Henry. They share highlights, laughs, dance floor injuries, and deep reflections on lived experience, shame, self-compassion, and growing the OCD treatment community. It's a candid and heartfelt look at what made this year's conference so special—and where it can grow. So join the conversation!
Resources:
To learn more about Madison Di Silvio, check out Chicago Counseling Center by clicking here.
To follow Madison’s social media:
IG: @obsessivelystrong
TikTok: @obsessivelystrong
Check out other episodes of OCD Family Podcast with Madison, @obsessivelystrong:
S1E42: Ginger Ails: Two Redheads Taking on Fiery Topics & OCD
S2E89: Two Truths & A Lie: OCD Edition (Nobody Puts Taylor In A Corner)
S3E108: Walking For Change: How One Million Steps for OCD Breaks Stigma For Our Warriors
To grab your own copy of Taylor Newendorp’s The Perfectionism Workbook as mentioned in this episode, click here.
Listen to Taylor share more with the fam on OCD Family Podcast: Click here.
Check Out Madison’s co-group leader, Say With Sarah, to learn more about Self Compassion, OCD, shame, treatment options and more: @saywithsarah
To learn more about the self compassion work of Dr. Kristin Neff, click here.
To listen to Practical Psych with Kyrie Russ and Mike Heady on Detoxifying Shame, click here.
And, if you want to check out Mike’s time addressing toxic shame with the fam, click here.
To learn more about Angela Henry, LCSW, and the Center for Collaborative Healing, LLC, click here.
To learn more about Angela’s next training on I-CBT for Clinicians if you’re interested in learning more:
*Scan the QR code to learn more!
Check out other episodes of OCD Family Cast with Angela Henry, LCSW:
S2E67: OCRD Series II, Part III: PANS, PANDAS & Lyme, Oh my!
S2E93: From Desperation To Hope: Questions & Answers For Families Battling PANS & PANDAS
S3E108: Walking For Change: How One Million Steps for OCD Breaks Stigma For Our Warriors
For more information on Angela Henry’s community resource in Canva, regarding PANS & PANDAS, click here.
If you want to learn more about I-CBT, check out I-CBT’s website by clicking here.
Aaaand, you can check out the following books and/or podcasts with Dr. Frederick Aardema, Ph.D.:
Resolving OCD: Understanding Your Obsessional Experience (Part 1)
Resolving OCD: Advanced Strategies for Overcoming Obsessional Doubt (Part II)
The Clinician’s Handbook for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Inference-Based Therapy by K. O’Connor and F. Aardema
My chat with Fred & the fam: Click here.
If you want to learn more about Uma Chatterjee, MA, and her sharing with the fam, see below:
S3E128: Part I: Inside the OCD Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Perspective with Uma Chatterjee
S3129: Part II: Inside the OCD Brain: From Stigma to Science with Uma Chatterjee
Or, check out Uma’s podcast, A Chat with Uma: Click here.
Upcoming OCD Walks from OCD-Midwest:
Chicagoland, IL: Saturday, August 23, 2025
*Scan the QR Code to learn more!
Ann Arbor, MI: Saturday, September 27, 2025
Click here to learn more!Zionsville, IN: Sunday, October 4, 2025
Zionsville, IN: Saturday, October 4, 2025
*Scan the QR Code to learn more!
Want to join a walk near year? Or looking to lay some international roots!? Check out IOCDF.org to learn more!
International Resources:
To check out resources and support from OCD-UK, click here.
For an Australian-based support, click here for OCD Bounce.
For support in Canada, click here.
