Description:
From foremost authorities, this book provides fresh insights and practical tools for using cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) in treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The authors explain the rationale for a cognitive approach focused on the meaning of intrusions and show how to use it as an alternative to or in conjunction with exposure and response prevention. Vivid clinical material illustrates assessment, case formulation, and intervention with frequently encountered OCD presentations (doubting and compulsive checking, classic obsessions) as well as less common presentations (mental contamination, moral scrupulosity, perfectionism). User-friendly features include boxed clinical tips, frequently asked questions, and reproducible/downloadable handouts and forms.
Review Quotes:
"An invaluable resource for any therapist seeking to advance their clinical skills beyond the limitations of manualized OCD treatments. Whittal and colleagues present a well-articulated case formulation framework that enables therapists to tailor CBT to the specific needs of each individual. Case presentations elegantly demonstrate how the authors' model can be applied to contamination fears, harm obsessions, scrupulosity, and a range of other OCD presentations. This book embodies solid research masterfully tempered by clinical wisdom, and represents a fitting tribute to the authors' mentor, Jack Rachman."--C. Alec Pollard, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Family and Community Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine; Founding Director, Center for OCD and Anxiety-Related Disorders, Saint Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute
"OCD: A CBT Guide for Clinicians is an outstanding and authoritative work from a world-leading team of clinicians and scientists. Comprehensive, practical and fully up to date, this book brings together the latest research with exceptionally clear guidance on assessment and treatment of the full range of OCD presentations. Detailed descriptions of cognitive and behavioral procedures are complemented by valuable assessment tools and worksheets and richly developed case examples. This is an essential guide to the complexities and nuances of delivering effective CBT for people with OCD."--Ross G. Menzies, PhD, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney; President, Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy