Treating Your OCD With Exposure And Response (Ritual) Prevention (Second Edition): Workbook
Exposure and Response (Ritual) Prevention for Obessssive-Compulsive Disorder comes in two volumes. This page is for the Client Workbook. Click on the following link to access the Therapist Guide. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), including Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), is an effective treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). It is recommended by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). The Exposure and Response (Ritual) Prevention for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (Second Edition) is written by Edna B. Foa, Elna Yadin, and Tracey K. Lichner, and provides therapists with all the tools they need to deliver effective, evidence-based psychological treatment for OCD. Part of the Treatments That Work™ series, it provides step-by-step instructions for helping clients manage and overcome their OCD, as well as the challenges that can arise during treatment.
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Is This Program Right for You?
Chapter 3: Session 1
Chapter 4: Session 2
Chapter 5: Session 3
Chapter 6: Session 4
Chapter 7: Intermediate Sessions
Chapter 8: Final Sessions
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Introduction & Theoretical Background
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 behaviours, 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 is the companion to this workbook. It details the step-by-step treatment of OCD using ERP, including common obstacles.
- Treating Your OCD with Exposure and Response (Ritual) Prevention: Workbook will help your patients to become active participants in
Therapist Guidance
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: Therapist Guide, as well as this workbook.
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.
References And Further Reading
- Abramowitz, J. S. (2006). The psychological treatment of obsessive—compulsive disorder. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 51, 407-416. DOI: 1177/070674370605100702.
- 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.
- Ferrando, C., & Selai, C. (2021). A systematic review and meta-analysis on the effectiveness of exposure and response prevention therapy in the treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 31, 100684. DOI: 1016/j.jocrd.2021.100684.
- Mathers, C. D., & Loncar, D. (2006). Projections of global mortality and burden of disease from 2002 to 2030. PLoS Medicine, 3, e442. Doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0030442
- 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.