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Getting Over OCD, First Edition Jonathan S. Abramowitz

Getting Over OCD, First Edition By Jonathan S. Abramowitz

Getting Over OCD, First Edition by Jonathan S. Abramowitz


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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.

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Getting Over OCD, First Edition Summary

Getting Over OCD, First Edition: A 10-Step Workbook for Taking Back Your Life by Jonathan S. Abramowitz

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 compulsive 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

Getting Over OCD, First Edition Reviews

OCD can make you feel alone, misunderstood, and trapped. With Getting Over OCD, all that will change. Dr. Abramowitz, a world renowned expert, coaches you through a program that can free you from your struggle with obsessions and compulsions. He doesn't soft-pedal the work required--you're up against a powerful challenger. But his warm and reassuring voice, coupled with a comprehensive, scientifically proven, step-by-step format, will keep you supported and motivated.--Reid Wilson, PhD, author of Don't Panic


A top clinician has drawn on his extensive research to produce this first-rate self-help book. The techniques and steps clearly outlined here can help you significantly decrease your OCD symptoms. Dr. Abramowitz offers himself as your coach, and his positive, encouraging style will serve you well.--Michael A. Jenike, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School


OCD can make you feel alone, misunderstood, and trapped. With Getting Over OCD, all that will change. Dr. Abramowitz, a world renowned expert, coaches you through a program that can free you from your struggle with obsessions and compulsions. He doesn't soft-pedal the work required - you're up against a powerful challenger. But his warm and reassuring voice, coupled with a comprehensive, scientifically proven, step-by-step format, will keep you supported and motivated. - Reid Wilson, author of Don't Panic

It is now well documented that cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is the most effective treatment for OCD, and Abramowitz is one of our most distinguished researcher-clinicians in the field. This first-rate book presents CBT principles and techniques in a self-help format that will be invaluable to OCD patients. Following the steps outlined here can help readers experience a significant decrease in their symptoms. Abramowitz's positive and motivating style will serve patients well; clinicians and researchers also will find this book a 'must read.' - Michael A. Jenike, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, USA

Abramowitz uses his vast knowledge of the subject and years of clinical experience to gently but firmly take the reader by the hand and lead them into battle against their OCD....He has written a workbook that is meaningful, yet explains complex topics in an easy-to-understand manner. Abramowitz has also sprinkled in just the right amount of humor in just the right places throughout his book. Everything someone needs to learn to overcome OCD is provided in the workbook. Nothing is missing....All of the basics are provided in this workbook and taught by one of the leading experts in the field. - Brad Riemann, OCD Newsletter, Winter 2011

About Jonathan S. Abramowitz

Jonathan S. Abramowitz, PhD, is Professor and Associate Chair of Psychology, Research Professor of Psychiatry, and Director of the Anxiety and Stress Disorders Clinic at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Abramowitz founded and directed the OCD and Anxiety Disorders Program at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. An award-winning researcher, he serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of the International Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Foundation and is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders. He lives in Chapel Hill with his wife and two daughters.

Table of Contents

Introduction

I. Getting to Know Your Enemy

Step 1. OCD 101: Learning about the Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments

Step 2. Analyzing Your Own OCD Symptoms

Step 3. Understanding OCD's Battle Plan

II. Getting Ready

Step 4. Customizing Your Action Plan

Step 5. Strengthening Your Resolve to Move Forward

III. Your Treatment Program

Gathering Your Forces

Step 6. Attacking OCD at Its Foundation: Thinking Errors

Step 7. Defeating Avoidance Behavior

Step 8. Defeating Obsessional Thoughts, Doubts, and Images

Step 9. Defeating Your Compulsive Urges

Putting It All Together

Step 10. Ending Your Program and Staying Well

Additional information

CIN1593859996VG
9781593859992
1593859996
Getting Over OCD, First Edition: A 10-Step Workbook for Taking Back Your Life by Jonathan S. Abramowitz
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Guilford Publications
20090609
307
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