Getting Over OCD: A 10-Step Workbook for Taking Back Your Life

Course overview

Clinicians will find the 10 step treatment program presented in this book invaluable in the diagnosis and treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD). This well researched, proven approach has helped many move beyond the anxiety that was keeping them stuck. In addition to clinicians, clients will benefit from reading and completing the numerous and helpful exercises. There are three parts to this book. Part 1, discusses (step by step) the symptoms of OCD, the causes, and available treatments. Clinicians will become conversant in the various OCD subtypes, enabling the tailoring of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) strategies relevant to client needs. Part 2, Outlines (step by step) how to construct treatment and action plans for battling obsessions and compulsive rituals. Exercises are illustrated and explained to facilitate client movement and motivation. Part 3, provides (step-by-step) instructions in the application of efficacious CBT techniques. These steps assist clients in changing the thinking, feelings, and behavioral patterns that keep OCD alive. The worksheets and forms will help clinicians enable clients to resolve OCD and steps for maintaining that improvement are included.