OCD - Tools to Help You Fight Back! (Paperback)

Cynthia Turner

ISBN 10: 1849054029 / ISBN 13: 9781849054027

Published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London, 2019

About this Item

Paperback. This workbook is intended to be used in conjunction with the clinical manual for this title, OCD - Tools to Help Young People Fight Back.Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) affects approximately one in a hundred young people, and often makes it difficult to lead the life they want to live. Structured as a flexible 14-session programme, this guide and its accompanying manual set out an evidence-based treatment for young people with OCD using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Exposure and Response Prevention techniques. Designed to be employed in a clinical setting, it uses simple diagrams and illustrations to explain ways to cope with OCD thoughts and behaviours, and provides activities for use both within sessions and at home. The fun and engaging exercises are designed to encourage young people to fully involve themselves in the recovery process and overcome their OCD.An essential resource for clinicians treating young people affected by OCD, this workbook brings together the patient, the therapist and the patient's family to fight OCD as a team. This workbook is for patients undergoing an evidence-based 14-session programme to treat OCD in young people which was pioneered by the Maudsley Hospital. It's to be used in conjunction with the Manual for Therapists OCD - Tools to Help Young People Fight Back! Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: OCD - Tools to Help You Fight Back! (Paperback)
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849054029
• ISBN 13: 9781849054027
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Robinson, Lisa Jo
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This workbook is for patients undergoing an evidence-based 14-session programme to treat OCD in young people which was pioneered by the Maudsley Hospital. It's to be used in conjunction with the Manual for Therapists OCD - Tools to Help Young People Fight Back!

About the Author

Cynthia Turner, PhD, MClinPsych, is Honorary Lecturer at the King's College Institute of Psychiatry, London and Senior Clinical Psychologist at the national and specialist OCD clinic for children and young people, Maudsley Hospital, UK. She specialises in the treatment of OCD and anxiety disorders in young people, and has written treatment programs for these disorders, as well as book chapters and scientific articles.