Bruce M. Hyman, PhD, LCSW, is a cognitive behavioral therapist in private practice in Hollywood, FL, and has been the director of the OCD Resource Center of Florida (www.ocdhope.com) since 1991. He specializes in the cognitive behavioral treatment of adults and children with OCD, OCD spectrum disorders, and anxiety disorders, and is coauthor of Coping with OCD.
Cherry Pedrick, RN, is a registered nurse and freelance writer in the greater Seattle, WA, area. She is coauthor of Loving Someone with OCD, Helping Your Child with OCD, The Habit Change Workbook, The BDD Workbook, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and Anxiety Disorders.
"A wealth of information and real help for people with OCD and
their families! The OCD Workbook is a great resource that is
practical and easy to understand, with the latest updates and
effective step-by-step strategies."
--Aureen Pinto Wagner, Ph.D., author of Up and Down the Worry Hill:
A Children's Book About OCD, What to Do When Your Child Has OCD,
and Treatment of OCD in Children and Adolescents
"Bruce Hyman and Cherry Pedrick's updated and expanded version of
their classic, The OCD Workbook, is one of the best self-help books
on OCD. Many sections have been expanded and new ones added.
Readers will find up-to-date information on their own particular
OCD concerns and how to conquer them."
--Bruce Mansbridge, Ph.D., author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to
Conquering Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior and clinical assistant
professor of psychology at the University of Texas, Austin
"More than just a workbook, this work by Hyman and Pedrick defines
and demystifies obsessive-compulsive disorder. In addition, it
offers therapists and patients a highly specific and useful
treatment program. The OCD Workbook should be an important addition
to your collection of OCD treatment literature."
--Robert H. Ackerman, MSW, clinical assistant professor in the
Department of Psychiatry at the State University of New York,
Health Science Center at Brooklyn
"There has long been a need for a workbook that puts concrete
instructions for doing therapy directly into the hands of people
with OCD and their families. Hyman and Pedrick have admirably
filled that need in this book. The OCD Workbook provides critically
important practical information on how to overcome a wide variety
of OCD symptoms."
--Jeffrey M. Schwartz, MD, research professor of psychology at the
University of California, Los Angeles, and author of Brain Lock and
The Mind and the Brain
"This book is exceptional in that it has practical benefits for
both obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) sufferers and for
clinicians. For sufferers, it serves as a self-help treatment guide
for understanding the disorder and using proven treatment
techniques to bring about symptom reduction. For clinicians, it
serves as a treatment manual that can assist in making the initial
diagnosis, identifying the particular OCD subtype, and developing a
successful treatment plan."
--Paul R. Munford, Ph.D., director of the intensive outpatient
treatment program at the Cognitive Behavior Therapy Center for OCD
and Anxiety in San Rafael, CA, author of Overcoming Compulsive
Washing
"This is an excellently organized, self-directed program to assist
sufferers of OCD. The examples of cognitive behavioral treatment
components for adults and children with OCD are very comprehensive.
Parents and family will find support and assistance in breaking the
patterns of enabling, and therapists will be able to implement
behavioral assignments that will decrease OCD suffering."
--Blanche Freund, adjunct professor of psychology and psychiatry at
the University of Miami School of Medicine
"While there are many self-help books for OCD sufferers, there are
few that are of the same caliber, in terms of completeness and
usefulness, as Hyman and Pedrick's The OCD Workbook. This is a
first-rate resource for those seeking to recover their lives from
this torturous disorder."
--Fred Penzel, Ph.D., licensed psychologist and executive director
of Western Suffolk Psychological Services in Huntington, NY, and
author of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
"The third edition of The OCD Workbook expands on the already
comprehensive second edition by adding new insights in areas
including mindfulness meditation, responsibility modification
techniques, and acceptance and commitment therapy. Here the reader
finds the most comprehensive survey of cognitive behavioral
treatment for OCD that is accessible to the layman. All is clearly
written, easily grasped, and laid out in a very user-friendly
manner. Every OCD sufferer should read this book!"
--Ian Osborn, MD, psychiatrist, assistant professor of psychiatry
at the University of New Mexico Health Science Center, and author
of Tormenting Thoughts and Secret Rituals: The Hidden Epidemic of
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
"This book is an extremely helpful step-by-step guide to overcoming
OCD. The authors are experienced in the treatment of this
debilitating disorder and provide an easy formula for understanding
and treating the symptoms of OCD and some spectrum disorders, such
as health anxiety and body dysmorphic disorder. It is a very
thorough book explaining the need to engage in therapy and how to
apply specific strategies for specific symptoms. Some helpful hints
are also provided for family members. I strongly recommend the book
for those combating OCD."
--Fugen Neziroglu, Ph.D., board-certified behavior and cognitive
therapist, director of the Bio-Behavioral Institute in Great Neck,
NY, and author of Body Dysmorphic Disorder
"This book offers a clear explanation of the modern treatment of
OCD. I personally expect to recommend it to many of my OCD
patients. It contains clear, step-by-step procedures for exposure
and ritual prevention that are fundamental parts of what we know to
be the most powerful treatment for OCD. In addition, I was pleased
to find step-by-step procedures and examples of how to use
cutting-edge cognitive techniques. The book offers clear
suggestions for working with a variety of forms of OCD, including
scrupulosity, hit and run, and hoarding problems. This book should
be helpful to people who need to do self-directed treatment as well
as to therapists who can use the examples and steps to treat OCD
effectively."
--James M. Claiborn, Ph.D., ABPP, psychologist and member of the
Scientific Advisory Board of the Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation
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