Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
In this collection of articles, clinicians address the complexities of OCD treatment across symptom themes including contamination, responsibility, harm, morality, and identity. Our expert contributors dig into the entrenched reassurance cycles and family accommodations that can worsen symptoms. They also illustrate how we can best support clients--and manage our own anxieties and doubts as therapists along the way. Learn more about helping clients relate differently to intrusive thoughts, loosen their reliance on compulsions, and reorient their lives around what they value most.
Andrew has started showing symptoms of OCD. He’s struggled with anxiety for a while, but the pandemic seems to have been a tipping point for him. His... Read more
In this genuinely hazardous COVID-19 environment, how can therapists help kids and families reject their OCD safety rituals? Read more
It’s now clear that much of what therapists do for people suffering from OCD actually worsens the problem. Providing empathic reassurance, rational... Read more
An OCD sufferer describes the frustrating stops and starts and misdirections of her circuitous search for help in escaping the maze of her family of origin and... Read more
OCD in children can operate like a kind of cult leader, demanding acceptance of an extreme view of a perilous reality and offering solutions that can’t be... Read more
Review: The Man Who Couldn’t Stop: OCD and the True Story of a Life Lost in ThoughtFinding an exit from the bewildering maze of a disorder that confounds... Read more
Enduring recovery from obsessive compulsive disorder means riding out the demands of an inner bully. Read more
Therapists helping children confront OCD face a formidable obstacle: helping their young clients get beyond their immediate terror in the hope of reaping... Read more
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