EBOOK Mastery of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder:A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach Therapist Guide

This program has at its foundation the use of ritual prevention and prolonged        actual and imaginable exposure exercises. Therapists will learn the best methods for        assessing OCD and formulating a treatment program tailored to their client's        particular OCD symptoms. Sample lists of exposure items are provided for fear of        contamination, fear of supernatural harm, and fear of causing harm to self and        others by acts of negligence.This Therapist Guide is designed to help        psychotherapists in assessing and treating obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). It        is divided into three sections. In the first section, a summary of the symptoms of        OCD and methods for assessing the disorder are presented. In the second section, the        relative efficacy of the available treatments and how to arrive at treatment        recommendations for individuals with OCD who seek treatment are discussed. In the        third section, a guide to cognitive-behavioral treatment by exposure and ritual        prevention is provided. Also in this section, the components of the treatment        procedures whose efficacy has been experimentally documents are described and        illustrated, as well as those aspects of their practical application that inhabit        experimentally uncharted territory of clinical wisdom and artistry.