Getting Over OCD: A 10-Step Workbook For Taking Back Your Life (Guilford Self-Help Workbook)

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Just imagine: No more obsessional thoughts and compulsive behaviors. No more planning your day around avoiding certain situations. You can get over OCD--and join the thousands of people who are living freer, happier lives thanks to the clinically proven strategies in this book. Noted OCD specialist Dr. Jonathan Abramowitz provides the information, support, and practical tools you need to: *Understand your obsessions, compulsions, and rituals *Develop a customized action plan *Take gradual steps to safely confront--and master--the situations you avoid *Find relief from intrusive thoughts, no matter how distressing *Overcome compulsion urges *Reduce anxiety and improve your relationships Based on cognitive-behavioral therapy, the most effective treatment for OCD, the workbook’s carefully sequenced exercises are illustrated with detailed examples. Ready to get over OCD? Your journey starts here. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Self-Help Book of Merit

Series: Guilford Self-Help Workbook

Paperback: 307 pages

Publisher: The Guilford Press (April 29, 2009)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1593859996

ISBN-13: 978-1593859992

Product Dimensions: 8 x 0.9 x 10.4 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)

Best Sellers Rank: #149,305 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #25 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Addiction & Recovery > Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) #97 in Books > Textbooks > Medicine & Health Sciences > Medicine > Clinical > Mental Health #176 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Mental Health > Compulsive Behavior

Jonathan Abramowitz, Ph.D. has written a thoughtful, clear, well-organized and detailed, evidence based, self help workbook addressing Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). The book's engaging, direct manner should appeal to a broad range of people confronting Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in its many forms and dimensions. If the manual is used appropriately, I think it has the potential to become one of only a hand-full of such books commonly recommended to clients by professional psychologists in the treatment of OCD. Overall, based on my experiences form 30 years of practice as a clinical psychologist,and given the following caveats, I strongly recommend consideration of Dr. Abramowitz's workbook as a worthwhile resource in the treatment of OCD.The concerns and reservations that I do have about this treatment manual are those that I hold in general about the use of do-it-yourself mental health work books: 1. Self-help books, used in isolation, are difficult to effectively read and digest in their entirety, especially in focusing on the parts most applicable and beneficial to one-self. "Taking back your life" minimizes how truly difficult it is to cope with having OCD and to effectively change and then maintain the change. Ask yourself, "Do I really have the time, motivation and persistence to slowly and thoughtfully work my way through the book and persevere in its application? Consider obtaining assistance and support from an experienced and informed psychologist, and to incorporate the present workbook in this situation. 2. As a mental health professional, will you really read, study and become familiar with the workbook in its entirety?

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