Getting Over OCD, First Edition

Jonathan S. Abramowitz, PhD, is Professor and Associate Chair of Psychology, Research Professor of Psychiatry, and Director of the Anxiety and Stress Disorders Clinic at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Abramowitz founded and directed the OCD and Anxiety Disorders Program at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. An award-winning researcher, he serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of the International Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Foundation and is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders. He lives in Chapel Hill with his wife and two daughters.

Introduction

I. Getting to Know Your Enemy

Step 1. OCD 101: Learning about the Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments

Step 2. Analyzing Your Own OCD Symptoms

Step 3. Understanding OCD’s Battle Plan

II. Getting Ready

Step 4. Customizing Your Action Plan

Step 5. Strengthening Your Resolve to Move Forward

III. Your Treatment Program

Gathering Your Forces

Step 6. Attacking OCD at Its Foundation: Thinking Errors

Step 7. Defeating Avoidance Behavior

Step 8. Defeating Obsessional Thoughts, Doubts, and Images

Step 9. Defeating Your Compulsive Urges

Putting It All Together

Step 10. Ending Your Program and Staying Well