OCD Workbook for Teens
About this book
Don't let OCD symptoms stand in the way of living your life!
If you're a teen with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), you may have intense, unwanted thoughts and behaviors that interfere with school, your social life, and just having fun. The good news is there are ways you can minimize these thoughts and behaviors, so you can get back to being a teen. This workbook will show you how!
In The OCD Workbook for Teens, therapist and OCD expert Jon Hershfield offers proven-effective mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) skills to help you deal with your worst OCD symptoms. You'll learn how to stay present in the moment, manage obsessive thoughts, make peace with uncertainty, and live your life joyfully—without being slowed down by compulsions.
This isn't just a workbook to help you survive OCD. It's a workbook to help you thrive—in all aspects of life.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- A Letter to Teens
- 1. Who’s Super Jazzed About Having a Mental Health Issue?
- 2. Soooo … OCD?
- 3. Why Me?
- 4. The Deal with Intrusive Thoughts
- 5. The Deal with Compulsions
- 6. Mental Rituals: Having Thoughts vs. Messing Around with Thoughts
- 7. Mindfulness: Boss Level Boredom
- 8. Making Your Own Meditation Games
- 9. Challenging the Way You Think
- 10. Cool Story, Bruh: Responding to Unwanted Thoughts
- 11. Electronic Rap Punk (ERP)
- 12. You’re a Better Writer Than OCD
- 13. Let’s Get Physical (Eww, Sorry Not Sorry)
- 14. Using Brutal, Savage, Ruthless Self-Compassion
- 15. Being Awesome at Not Knowing
- 16. Sure, Right, Whatevs: Why Reassurance Makes You Less Confident
- 17. Dear Parents, If I Have To Do ERP, then We All Do!
- 18. Why Care about Self-Care
- 19. Fighting the Stigma Inside And Out
- 20. One Activity To Rule them All: Your Basic Plan for Tackling Any Obsession
- One More Thing …
- About the Author