Breaking Free from OCD

A CBT Guide for Young People and Their Families

Jo Derisley, Isobel Heyman, Sarah Robinson and Cynthia Turner
Illustrated by Lisa Jo Robinson

Paperback: £13.99 / $21.95

2008, 246mm x 173mm / 10in x 7in, 224pp
ISBN: 978-1-84310-574-9, BIC 2: JM MBPK VFJD

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Part A: Understanding Your OCD. 1. About this Book. 2. What is OCD? 3. Can I Get Better from OCD? 4. What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy? 5. Understanding My OCD. Part B: How To Recover from Your OCD. 6. How to Use this Book to Change Your OCD. 7. Understanding the Role of Anxiety. 8. What Does My OCD Look Like? 9. Designing Exposure and Response Prevention Exercises. 10. Making Progress with Exposure and Response Prevention Exercises. 11. Overcoming Difficulties. 12. What is the Role of My Thoughts? 13. How Can I Challenge My Thoughts? 14. How Can I Test Whether My Thoughts Will Come True? 15. How to Maintain the Gains I Have Made. Part C: OCD and the Bigger Picture. 16. OCD and My Family. 17. OCD, School and Friends. 18. Where to Go for More Information. Appendix: Questionnaire. Subject index. Author index.

Author information

• Jo Derisley
• Isobel Heyman
• Sarah Robinson
• Cynthia Turner
• Lisa Jo Robinson

Subject areas

• Asperger Syndrome, Autism and other Syndromes
• Health, Social Work and Social Care
• Psychiatry and Psychology

Keywords

• child psychiatry,
• child psychology,
• children,
• cognitive behavioural therapy,
• mental health,
• obsessive compulsive disorder,
• occupational therapy,
• pastoral care,
• psychiatry,
• youthwork

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