Take Control of OCD: A Kid's Guide to Conquering Anxiety and Managing OCD

by Bonnie Zucker

Overview

Take Control of OCD: A Kid's Guide to Conquering Anxiety and Managing OCD is a must-have guide for kids and teens ages 10-16 with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder to help them take control and use their strengths to find success in school and in life. This fully updated second edition:

Uses a cognitive-behavioral therapy and exposure/response prevention method to stress gradual exposure to obsessive thinking patterns.

Provides a step-by-step ladder-based process to help readers conquer their fears and demolish their worries.

Helps kids change their obsessive thoughts, tolerate uncertainty, and develop positive self-talk and stress management.

Also helps kids advocate for their needs in school and build successful relaxation procedures.

Includes workbook-style pages for readers to complete.

By interviewing kids with OCD from across the country, the author offers tons of advice, information, and ideas for students, by students just like them. Readers will find themselves in this book, as it normalizes and validates the often hidden and undisclosed thoughts, urges, and images, and accompanying rituals and compulsions that so many children and teens with OCD struggle with.

Ages 10-16

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781646321193
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/01/2021
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	222
Sales rank:	546,057
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	10 - 16 Years

About the Author

Bonnie Zucker, Psy.D., is a licensed psychologist with a background and expertise in psychotherapy with children, adolescents, and adults.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix

A Note for Parents xi

Introduction How to Use This Book 1

Chapter 1 What Is OCD? 3

Chapter 2 How to Overcome OCD 23

Chapter 3 Developing Your Ladder 39

Chapter 4 Learning How to Relax 73

Chapter 5 Challenging Obsessive Thoughts and Worries, Part 1 93

Chapter 6 Challenging Obsessive Thoughts and Worries, Part 2 Loop and Imaginal Exposure Recordings 113

Chapter 7 Tolerating Uncertainty 131

Chapter 8 OCD and Other Conditions 139

Chapter 9 Facing Your Fears Exposure/Response Prevention 145

Chapter 10 Becoming Resilient to OCD Going the Extra Mile With Exposures 161

Chapter 11 Stress Management 167

Chapter 12 Congratulations! Celebrate Yourself and Your Accomplishments 181

Conclusion Best Wishes for Continued Success 189

Resources 191

References 199

About the Author 203