Living Beyond OCD Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: A Workbook for Adults

This workbook provides adults with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) with the tools they need to move beyond their disorder using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Exposure Response Prevention (ERP). It offers hands-on skills for taming disturbing obsessions and developing consistent patterns of values-based behavior. Written from the office of a full-time therapist, it is useful for all clients suffering from OCD and therapists who work with them.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 326 pages
\n Publication date: 28 January 2021
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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This user-friendly workbook is designed to provide adults with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) with the necessary tools to overcome their condition using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). It serves as a compact text for clinicians and practitioners to use with OCD clients at any stage of treatment. The workbook offers practical ACT and Exposure Response Prevention (ERP) skills to help individuals manage distressing obsessions and bridge the gap between their current situation and their desired goals. Dr. Zurita incorporates evidence-based exercises to guide adults through the ACT process. This includes learning to step back from thoughts and memories, embracing all types of unwanted thoughts and feelings, focusing on the present moment, observing thoughts and feelings, removing barriers to living based on values, and developing consistent patterns of values-based behavior.

Written in a simple, uncomplicated, and unpretentious style, this workbook is highly valuable for all OCD clients and therapists alike. It offers practical guidance and exercises to assist individuals in achieving a greater sense of control and well-being in their lives.

\n Weight: 796g\n
Dimension: 214 x 277 x 24 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780367178475\n \n