Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric disorder, which makes it a real disease. It is mainly characterized by the presence of obsessions, which can generate anxiety or other unpleasant emotions that generally lead those afflicted by it to put compulsions in place to alleviate these feelings.

THE VOLUME

The Exercise workbook for overcoming obsessions proposes a self-help programme in 16 steps to help those suffering from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder to identify, understand and manage their symptoms in a conscious and functional way.  The effective advice and numerous exercises will guide readers to describe their symptoms, recognize emotional beliefs and dysfunctional thoughts and work on the protective and avoidance behaviours that fuel “their OCD”. The goal is to relieve symptoms and the suffering associated with them, learning to reduce self-criticism and take care of yourself, in order to improve your quality of life.

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STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK

Thanks to the use of charts, lists and a detailed insight box, the first section of the book synthetically and effectively describes the Obsessive-Compulsive complex.

In the second section, an intervention programme is developed, divided into 16 steps and full of effective advice and numerous exercises:

THE 16 STEPS OF THE INTERVENTION PROGRAMME:

1. Identify obsessions and compulsions
2. Cope with unpleasant emotions and emotional beliefs
3. Identify avoidance and protective behaviours
4. Self-evaluate your OCD
5. Recognize dysfunctional thoughts
6. Describe the OCD
7. Reduce self-criticism
8. Distinguish obsessions and normal worries
9. Tolerate an excessive sense of responsibility
10. Increase risk tolerance and uncertainty
11. Learn to tolerate anxiety
12. Reassess emotional beliefs
13. Reduce problematic behaviours
14. Reinterpret obsessions
15. Accept the obsessions
16. Preventing relapses.

Leaf through some pages of the book which have been translated into English to facilitate your evaluation of the product.

THE SERIES – SELF-HELP EXERCISE BOOKS

Self-help exercise books is a new series of exercise workbooks designed to address personal psychological disorders through specific and structured exercises that allow you to independently implement strategies and techniques used in cognitive-behavioral therapy. The workbooks can be used by those who do not want to, or cannot, face a therapeutic program, but also by clinicians to provide exercises for their patients.

Each notebook of the series introduces the topic and explains the symptoms from a psychological point of view and suggests a programme of exercises and questionnaires to allow for self-intervention.

The other workbooks in the series:

Exercise workbook for overcoming social anxiety

Exercise workbook for overcoming depression

THE AUTHORS

Irene Castellani
She is a psychologist and cognitive-behavioural psychotherapist, trained in Schema Therapy and Compassion Focused Therapy. A lecturer at the Quadrennial School of Specialization in Psychotherapy of the Institute of Psychology and Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy (IPSICO) in Florence, she primarily deals with psychodiagnosis, personality disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, relationship difficulties, perfectionism and hypercontrol in adolescents and adults.

Andrea Galleschi
He is a clinical and health psychologist, trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ACT, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy DBT and an EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapist. He deals with obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, trauma and stress related disorders and personality disorders.

Antonella Lebruto
She is specialized in clinical and forensic psychodiagnostics, clinical sexology, and the diagnosis and treatment of emotional dependence and developmental age disorders. Trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ACT and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy DBT (first level), her main areas of intervention concern psychodiagnosis, emotional dependence, sexual dysfunction, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder and relationship problems in adolescents and adults.

Camilla Puccetti
She is trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ACT and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy DBT (first level). Her main areas of intervention concern anxiety disorders, mood disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, eating disorders and relationship problems in adolescents and adults.

Gabriele Melli
He is a psychologist and psychotherapist. President of the Institute of Psychology and Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy (IPSICO, Florence), the Quadrennial School of Psychotherapy recognized by MIUR, he also has his own clinic. He is the National Secretary of the Italian Society of Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy, President of the Italian Association of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (AIDOC) and Member of the Scientific Direction of the Cognitive and Behavioural Psychotherapy Journal.