Loving Someone with OCD: Help for You and Your Family - Softcover

Karen J. Landsman; Kathleen M. Rupertus; Cherry Pedrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572243295 ISBN 13: 9781572243293

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications, 2005

Synopsis

People who suffer from mental illness rarely do so alone. Their families and loved ones face their own set of unique challenges—problems that deserve their own resources and sources of support. This is the first book written specifically to the loved ones of people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). It helps readers examine how OCD affects their lives and offers a straightforward system for building a healthier, more constructive relationship with OCD sufferers.

The book contains basic information about OCD—its definition, cause, and symptoms—and a brief overview of treatments available for the disorder. After these introductory sections, the book focuses on ways readers can foster a healthy relationship with someone with OCD. It includes tips for increasing family involvement, making accommodation for the disorder in daily life, and creating an action plan for change using family contracts. The book also covers relational topics such as parenting and marriage, self-care, and support networking. Throughout, the book illustrates important points with the real-life stories of families living with OCD.

About this title

About the Authors

Karen J. Landsman, PhD, is a psychologist specializing in the cognitive-behavioral treatment of children, adults, and families with obsessive-compulsive disorder and other anxiety disorders. She is currently in private clinical practice in Westfield and Chatham, NJ. Previously, she specialized at The Anxiety and Agoraphobia Treatment Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She received her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Maryland at College Park and completed her pre-doctoral internship and post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD.

Cherry Pedrick, RN, is a freelance writer with over twenty year's experience as a nurse who is dedicated to helping people make positive changes in their physical, mental and spiritual lives. In 1994 she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, which began an intensive search for knowledge, effective treatment, and management of OCD. She has coauthored many books for people with obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, including the first edition of The OCD Workbook, The Habit Control Workbook, The BDD Workbook, and Helping Your Child with OCD. She lives in North Las Vegas, NV. You can read many of her articles and learn more about her books at www.cherrypedrick.com.

From the Back Cover

If your loved one has a psychological disorder, you want to do everything you can to help them feel loved, supported, and safe. However, it’s also important for you to establish personal boundaries so that you can avoid becoming overwhelmed.

New Harbinger’s Loving Someone Series was developed to help readers like you truly understand a loved one’s disorder, the medication or treatments that are available, and how to take care of your own needs so that you don’t lose yourself in the process. As the family member or partner of someone with mental illness, you face your own set of unique challenges. Our books can provide powerful, evidence-based tools to help both you and your loved one live happier, healthier lives.

For a complete list of books in this series, visit newharbinger.com

Edition details

• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1572243295
• ISBN 13: 9781572243293
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 174