Exposure And Response (Ritual) Prevention For Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (Second Edition): Therapist Guide

OCD can be one of the most debilitating mental health conditions (Mathers & Loncar, 2006) and affects approximately 1% of individuals during their lifetime (Fawcett et al., 2020). Symptoms of OCD include obsessions (repetitive and distressing thoughts, images, or urges) and compulsions (repetitive behaviors, including mental acts, that are performed in response to obsessions). Obsessions and compulsions are often time consuming and can have a significant impact on people’s relationships, work, and ability to function. Exposure and Response (Ritual) Prevention for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is a comprehensive program which assists clinicians in delivering effective ERP for OCD. The program includes two books:

• Exposure and Response (Ritual) Prevention for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Therapist Guide details the step-by-step treatment of OCD using ERP, including common obstacles.
• Treating Your OCD with Exposure and Response Prevention: Workbook is the companion to this therapist guide. It will help your patients to become active participants in their treatment and

Each Treatments That Work® title is published in two volumes:

• Clients use the Workbooks which contain elements of psychoeducation, skills development, self-assessment quizzes, homework exercises, and record forms.
• Therapists use the Therapist Guides which contain step-by-step instructions for teaching clients’ skills, overcoming common difficulties.

Although written for the client, the exercises in the workbook are intended to be carried out under the supervision of a mental health professional. The authors suggest that the most effective implementation of these exercises requires an understanding of the principles underlying the different procedures, and that mental health professionals should be familiar with both the Treating Your OCD with Exposure and Response Prevention: Workbook, as well as this therapist guide. Therapists with an active subscription to a Psychology Tools ‘Complete’ plan are licensed to use Treatments That Work® titles, and to download and share chapters with their clients.

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• American Psychiatric Association (2007). Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. https://psychiatryonline.org/pb/assets/raw/sitewide/practice_guidelines/guidelines/ocd.pdf.
• Fawcett, E. J., Power, H., & Fawcett, J. M. (2020). Women are at greater risk of OCD than men: a meta-analytic review of OCD prevalence worldwide. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 81, 19r13085. Doi:10.4088/JCP.19r13085.
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• National Institute for Clinical Excellence (2005). Obsessive-compulsive disorder: Core interventions in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder and body dysmorphic disorder (Clinical guideline CG31). https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg31.