List Books » Freedom from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Personalized Recovery Program for Living with Uncertainty
Authors: Jonathan Grayson
ISBN-13: 9780425199558, ISBN-10: 042519955X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Date Published: September 2004
Edition: Reprint
Freedom from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder reveals Dr. Jonathan Grayson's revolutionary program to help sufferers make sense of their own compulsions through frank, unflinching self-evaluation-providing the tools, instructions, and knowledge for changing their cycles of overwhelming fear and endless rituals, as well as the courage to do it.
This indispensable book includes:
- Self-assessment tests that guide readers in identifying their specific type of OCD and help track their progress in treatment
- Case studies from Dr. Grayson's revolutionary and profoundly successful treatment program
- Blueprints for programs tailored to particular manifestations of OCD
- Therapy scripts to help individuals develop their own therapeutic voice, to motivate themselves to succeed
- "Trigger sheets" for identifying and planning for obstacles that arise in treatment
- Information on building a support group
Author Biography: Jonathan Grayson, Ph.D., is the director of the Anxiety and Agoraphobia Treatment Center in Philadelphia, and an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Temple University Medical School. A nationally recognized expert who has worked with OCD sufferers for more than two decades, Dr. Grayson organized the first OCD support group in the country.