Breaking free from OCD: Overcoming obsessive compulsive disorder with CBT PDF
Preview Breaking free from OCD: Overcoming obsessive compulsive disorder with CBT
CONTENTS Cover About the Book About the Authors Title Page Dedication How to Use This Book 1. What is Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder? Obsessions The Nature of Thoughts The ‘Cognitive Theory’ of Emotion and Emotional Problems Compulsions Impairment and Distress Self-assessment Section: So Do I Have OCD? How Do You Know If Your Friend or Family Member Has OCD? 2. How Did I Develop OCD? No Simple Answers: The Vulnerability–Stress Model Biological Vulnerabilities Psychological Vulnerabilities: The Special Role of Responsibility Self-assessment: Do I Have Inflated Responsibility Ideas? Triggering Events and Critical Incidents Contamination … and More Course of OCD How Did My Problem Develop? Summary 3. How Does OCD Take Hold and Keep Hold? Responsibility Appraisals/Beliefs About Your Thoughts Probability and ‘Awfulness’ Superstition and Magical Thinking Not Trusting Your Senses/Doing Something Until It ‘Feels Right’ Impossible Criteria and the Need for Certainty Avoidance The Counterproductive Nature of Compulsions/Rituals/Neutralising or Safety- Seeking Behaviours and Avoidance The ‘Vicious Flower’ Troubleshooting: This Isn’t How It Works for Me … Goals: Getting Back What the Problem Has Been Taking From You, and More 4. Understanding Your Problem Checking OCD Contamination/Washing OCD Rumination OCD Religious OCD (or Scrupulosity) Understanding Your OCD: Your Own Vicious Flower 5. Starting to Tackle Your Problem Theory A/B Theory A and B – So How Do I Know Which is Right? Challenging Your OCD ‘Taking the Risk’ Finding Out How the World Really Works: Behavioural Experiments The Three Choices Dealing With Responsibility Beliefs 6. Breaking Free From OCD Letting Thoughts Go Breaking Free From Checking Breaking Free From Contamination Fears Breaking Free From Intrusive Thoughts and Rumination OCD Breaking Free From Religious OCD Breaking Free From Other Types of OCD Troubleshooting: Roadblocks to Making Progress 7. Choosing to Change Problems That People Experience During Recovery and How These Can be Overcome Finding a Therapist How to Get the Best From the Help That You are Offered When OCD is Not the Only Problem – Where to go With Other Difficulties 8. Families, Friends and OCD Helping Your Family to Break Free From OCD Parents with OCD Helping Someone Break Free From OCD – Information for Family and Friends 9. Life After OCD Reclaiming Your Life Keeping OCD Away – Relapse Prevention Epilogue Resources Appendix Index Acknowledgements Copyright About the Book Are you worried by obsessive thoughts, rituals or routines? Would you like regain control over your behaviour and cast your fears aside? Whether you are compelled to clean more and more thoroughly, are plagued by ‘bad’ thoughts or feel the need to keep checking you’ve turned off appliances, obsessive worries can become a drain on daily life. However, you don’t need to suffer any more. This practical guide, written by three leading cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) experts, enables you to make sense of your symptoms, and gives a clear plan to help you conquer OCD. Includes: Detailed information on the main types of OCD, including rumination OCD Clear, step-by-step information on treating your individual problem using CBT True-to-life case studies and examples Advice and support for friends and family of OCD sufferers How to keep OCD out of your life now and in the future Whether your condition is mild or severe, this definitive resource will help you reclaim your life and keep OCD away for good. About the Authors Dr Fiona Challacombe MA (Cantab), DClinPsy, CPsychol, MBPS is a research fellow and clinical psychologist working at King’s College London and the Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma at the Maudsley Hospital, London. She is part of a national specialist service treating individuals with severe and complex OCD. Her research focuses on the impact of OCD on parenting and families, and investigating the delivery and refinement of cognitive behaviour therapy for OCD. Dr Victoria Bream Oldfield MA (Oxon), DClinPsy, CPsychol, MBPS is a clinical psychologist working at the Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma, Maudsley Hospital, London. She is part of a national specialist service treating individuals with severe and complex OCD. She studied experimental psychology at the University of Oxford, clinical psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, and trained in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy at the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre at the University of Oxford. Her research interests are in the phenomenology and treatment of OCD. Professor Paul Salkovskis BSc, MPhil (Clin Psy), PhD, CPsychol, FBPS is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Applied Science and Programme Director of the forthcoming Doctorate programme in Clinical Psychology at the University of Bath. He is editor of the scientific journal Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. He has published over 250 scientific papers and recently received the Aaron T Beck award for contributions to cognitive therapy. To Isabella, Seraphina, Cora and Duncan HOW TO USE THIS BOOK This book is a guide to self-help for people who already know or think they have obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). There are special sections aimed at friends and families who may want to read further into the book to gain knowledge of the problem and how to help (see here and here). OCD can come in many forms – if you have OCD we recommend reading about all the types of OCD described in this book. By gaining a really good understanding of how OCD works, you will get the best understanding of your own problems and how to beat them. We will move through thinking about the impact and the mechanics of the problem, and will use this information to help you both know how to and choose to change.
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