Living Well with OCD

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This book provides problem-solving strategies and support that people prone to OCD can turn to any time, any place. Offering keys to navigating relationships, structuring everyday routines, enhancing productivity, coping with intrusive thoughts and urges, and more.

Over decades, noted authority Jonathan S. Abramowitz has helped thousands of people use the best science-based strategies to overcome obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). But if you have OCD--whether in treatment or not--you know that some days are harder than others. If you are looking for empathic support to navigate the rough patches when OCD disrupts your life, this book is for you! Get step-by-step ideas and downloadable practical tools for coping with lingering obsessional thoughts and doubts, riding out compulsive urges, and staying on track at work or in school. Dr. Abramowitz offers tips for navigating relationships and solving problems with family members, friends, and romantic partners. In short, engaging chapters, this book helps you cultivate resilience, replace self-criticism with self-compassion, and build the life you want--even with OCD.

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Introduction
1. Charting a Path to Living Well
2. Replacing Shame and Guilt with Self-Compassion
3. Quieting Obsessional Fears and Doubts
4. Riding Out Compulsive Urges
5. Taking Control of Your Time
6. Finding a Balance between Privacy and Disclosure
7. Getting the Healthy Support You Deserve
8. Maintaining Family Harmony
9. Thriving in Romantic Relationships
10. Navigating Work and School
11. Surviving a Crisis
12. Rethinking Treatment
Index