Ocd Workbook for Dummies

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-394-43178-6
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 201 mm x 252 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

Break free from OCD with practical exercises and evidence-based strategies

OCD Workbook For Dummies is your hands-on guide to managing obsessive-compulsive disorder. This easy-to-use workbook gives you the practical exercises, worksheets, and action plans you need to help you identify triggers, challenge distorted thinking, and reclaim your life. Clinical psychologist Laura L. Smith, PhD, shows you effective therapeutic approaches that work in the real world in one accessible format you can start using right away.

OCD Workbook For Dummies delivers step-by-step Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) exercises alongside cognitive restructuring worksheets. You'll find self-assessment tools to uncover your OCD patterns, distress tolerance and mindfulness strategies, and sample treatment plans for contamination, checking, and symmetry concerns. It’s also filled with practical guidance for overcoming obstacles, building support, and preventing relapse. You’ll find: - Self-assessment questionnaires that help identify your specific OCD triggers and patterns
- Step-by-step ERP exercises designed to gradually reduce compulsive behaviors
- Cognitive restructuring worksheets that challenge and reframe distorted thoughts
- Mindfulness and distress tolerance techniques drawn from ACT and DBT approaches
- Customizable treatment plans for contamination fears, checking rituals, symmetry obsessions, and other common OCD presentations

Perfect for people living with OCD who want practical symptom management tools, as well as family members and mental health professionals, OCD Workbook For Dummies combines proven tools from ERP, CBT, ACT, and DBT to help you make real progress today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Laura L.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

INTRODUCTION 1

PART 1: THE INS AND OUTS OF OCD 5
CHAPTER 1: Dissecting Obsessions and Compulsions 7
CHAPTER 2: Digging Deeper into OCD 15
CHAPTER 3: Taking a Look at the Associates of OCD 35
CHAPTER 4: Sifting through the Causes of OCD 45

PART 2: STARTING DOWN THE TREATMENT TRAIL 57
CHAPTER 5: Sorting through OCD Obstacles to Change 59
CHAPTER 6: Overcoming OCD's Obstacles Blocking Change 67
CHAPTER 7: Looking at Treatment Options 77

PART 3: FIRST CHOICE: EXPOSURE AND RESPONSE PREVENTION 89
CHAPTER 8: Exploring Exposure and Reviewing Response 91
CHAPTER 9: Warming Up to Exposure and Response Prevention 103
CHAPTER 10: Moving On with Exposure and Response Prevention 115

PART 4: CLEARING UP OBSESSIONAL THINKING 127
CHAPTER 11: Detailing the Doubting Disorder 129
CHAPTER 12: Debriefing Distortions 139
CHAPTER 13: Building Distress Tolerance 153

PART 5: EXPLORING ADDITIONAL TREATMENTS 165
CHAPTER 14: Accepting, Committing, and Getting Better 167
CHAPTER 15: Biological Treatments 175

PART 6: LOOKING AT SAMPLE TREATMENT PLANS 185
CHAPTER 16: Combatting Contamination 187
CHAPTER 17: Curbing Checking 199
CHAPTER 18: Messing with Symmetry 209
CHAPTER 19: Responding to Revolving Thoughts 217

PART 7: THE PART OF TENS 225
CHAPTER 20: Ten (or So) Ways to Respond to Relapse 227
CHAPTER 21: Ten Strategies to Reduce Stress 231

INDEX 237

Über Autor(innen)

Laura L. Smith, PhD, is a clinical psychologist with extensive experience treating adults and children with OCD. She has authored many For Dummies mental health titles, including Anxiety & Depression Workbook For Dummies and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder For Dummies.