OCD & Anxiety Resources
Here are some books about OCD I often recommend to clients. These books are intended to be a supplement to treatment with a qualified mental health professional. I do not receive any benefit from promoting these books.
The OCD Workbook: Your Guide to Breaking Free from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Bruce M. Hyman, PhD & Cherry Pedrick, RN
I use this OCD workbook with clients often. Check it out for helpful education and exercises to treat specific subtypes of OCD!
Buy it here.
Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts: A CBT-Based Guide for Getting Over Frightening, Obsessive, or Disturbing Thoughts
Sally M. Winston, PsyD & Martin N. Seif, PhD
This book offers insight on the why and the how behind intrusive thoughts, as well as concrete tools to help you get unstuck from these thoughts.
Buy it here.
An OCD Exposure Coloring Book
Amanda Petrik-Gardner, LCPC
This coloring book is a great way to make ERP exposures fun, with coloring pages for harm OCD, moral scrupulosity, relationship OCD and more. Buy it here.
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD
This book has helped so many people recognize patterns in themselves that stem from childhood experiences. I often see overlap between OCD and adverse childhood experiences, such as growing up with emotionally immature parents. Lindsay Gibson’s book is easy to read and full of excellent information.
Buy it here.