The Obsessive-compulsive Personality Disorder Workbook: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Skills to Overcome Rigidity, Embrace Imperfection and Improve Your Relationships-and Your Life

Get unstuck from procrastination and perfectionism, improve your relationships, and find deeper meaning in your life with this evidence-based workbook.  

If you have obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD), you may struggle with debilitating self-judgment, doubt and indecision, perfectionism, and an inability to finish tasks. You may fear situations where you don’t have complete control. And you may feel chronically frustrated and “stuck.” If OCPD has negatively affected your life and your relationships, there are tools you can use to find balance. This workbook can help you get started.

Written by two leading experts in OCPD and based in proven-effective cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), this workbook offers empowering skills to help you overcome rigidity, embrace imperfection, and thrive. You’ll learn to make the most of your strengths―such as attention to detail and a strong work ethic―while also identifying and managing negative behaviors associated with OCPD. In addition, you’ll find strategies to regulate your emotions, conquer procrastination, and move past doubt and indecision.

The evidence-based skills in this workbook will help you:

• Move past the need to be “perfect”
• Make the most of your core strengths and abilities
• Live a more balanced and values-driven life
• Cultivate kindness and compassion for yourself and others

Anthony Pinto, PhD, is senior director of the Northwell Health OCD Center, a specialized outpatient program at Zucker Hillside Hospital in New York that treats obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD), and associate professor of psychiatry at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. He has published extensively on OCD and related conditions, and is a leading authority on OCPD. He is coeditor of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder.

Pinto has been active in raising awareness about OCPD among both clinicians (through conference presentations and clinical trainings) and the general public (through media interviews). He is lead author of the Pathological Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Scale (POPS), a questionnaire for assessing the severity of OCPD and its component traits. He serves on the Scientific and Clinical Advisory Board of the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF), is a faculty member for the IOCDF’s Behavior Therapy Training Institute, and is a founding member and advisor to the OCPD Foundation.

Michael Wheaton, PhD, received his PhD in clinical psychology from UNC-Chapel Hill, and completed his postdoctoral training in the Center for OCD and Related Disorders at the New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University Medical Center. He is currently assistant professor of psychology at Barnard College. His research has received grant funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), IOCDF, America Psychological Foundation, and Association for Psychological Science.

Wheaton has previously worked as a study therapist in National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded clinical trials utilizing cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for OCD, and also runs a small private practice focused on OCD and related disorders (including OCPD) in New York, NY.

Foreword writer Jon Hershfield, MFT, is director of The Center for OCD and Anxiety at Sheppard Pratt in Towson, MD. He specializes in the use of mindfulness and CBT for OCD and related disorders. Jon is a member of the Scientific and Clinical Advisory Board of the IOCDF, and is on the faculty of their Behavioral Therapy Training Institute. He is author of Overcoming Harm OCD, When a Family Member Has OCD, and The OCD Workbook for Teens, and coauthor of The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD and Everyday Mindfulness for OCD.