MENTAL HEALTH & COUNSELING SERVICES IN CONNECTICUT AND ONLINE
Terence Ching, MS
Therapist
Terence H. W. Ching is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at the University of Connecticut with strong clinical and research interests in the development, maintenance, and treatment of anxiety-related conditions, such as PTSD and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Terence has published extensively on mental health, and interweaves his academic knowledge into his clinical work in accordance to the scientist-practitioner model.
Clinical Specialties
Psychedelic-assisted therapies
In his clinical work with patients with OCD, Terence utilizes evidence-based approaches to treating the condition, namely cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT), and specifically, exposure and response prevention (Ex/RP). Terence has experience treating a wide range of presentations of OCD, including the more common forms of contamination and harm concerns, as well as typically misunderstood and taboo forms such as sexual obsessions and other types of unacceptable thoughts. Terence approaches his clinical work with compassion and a strong belief in clients' potential for behavioral change. In order to maximize treatment adherence and success, Terence also infuses manualized OCD treatment with elements of other evidence-based third-wave approaches, such as acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and functional analytic psychotherapy (FAP). Additionally, Terence views psychopathology, including OCD, as the product of various biopsychosocial factors, including issues related to cultural diversity, and as such, incorporates cultural sensitivity and humility in the assessment, conceptualization, and treatment process.
Representative Publications
Ching, T. H. W., Williams, M. T., Russell, S., & Chasson, G. S. (in press). Should OCD be recognized as a differential diagnosis for separation anxiety disorder? The Behavior Therapist.
Ching, T. H. W., Moritz, S., & Jelinek, L. (2019). Association splitting – A cognitive technique for reducing obsessions. In M. T. Williams & C. T. Wetterneck (Eds.), Treating sexual obsessions in obsessive-compulsive disorder. New York: Oxford University Press.
Ching, T. H. W. & Williams, M. T. (2019). The role of ethnic identity in OC symptom dimensions among Asian Americans. Journal of Obsessive Compulsive & Related Disorders, 21, 112–120.
Williams, M. T., Ching, T. H. W., Tellawi, G., Siev, J., Dowell, J., Schlaudt, V., Slimowicz, J., & Wetterneck, C. T. (2018). Assessing sexual orientation symptoms in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Development and validation of the Sexual Orientation Obsessions and Reactions Test (SORT). Behavior Therapy, 49 (5), 715-729 doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2017.12.005
Ching, T. H. W. & Williams, M. T. (2018). Association Splitting of the Sexual Orientation-OCD-Relevant Semantic Network. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 47 (3), 229-245. doi: 10.1080/16506073.2017.1343380
Bruce, S. L., Ching, T., & Williams, M. T. (2018). Pedophilia-themed obsessive compulsive disorder: Assessment, differential diagnosis, and treatment with exposure and response prevention. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 47(2), 389-402. doi: 10.1007/s10508-017-1031-4
Ching, T. H. W., Williams, M. T., Olatunji, B. O., & Siev, J. (2018). Responsibility/threat overestimation moderates the relationship between contamination-based disgust and obsessive-compulsive concerns about sexual orientation. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 47 (4), 1109–1117. doi: 10.1007/s10508-018-1165-z
Ching, T. H. W., Williams, M. T., & Siev, J. (2017). Violent obsessions are associated with suicidality in an OCD analogue sample of college students. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 46(2), 129-140. doi: 10.1080/16506073.2016.1228084
Williams, M. T. & Ching, T. (2017). Obsessive-compulsive disorder in ethnoracial minorities: Symptoms, barriers to care, and cultural considerations for treatment. In C. Pittenger (Ed.), Obsessive-compulsive Disorder: Phenomenology, Pathophysiology, and Treatment (pp. 703-714). Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780190228163
Williams, M. T., & Ching, T. H. W. (2016). Transgender anxiety, cultural issues, and cannabis in obsessive-compulsive disorder. AACE Clinical Case Reports, 2(3), e276-e277. doi: 10.4158/ep161356.co
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