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. In The OCD Workbook for Teens, therapist and OCD expert Jon Hershfield offers proven-effective mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) skills to help teens with OCD symptoms stay present in the moment, tolerate and accept obsessive thoughts, and move forward joyfully in life without being slowed down by compulsions. Jon Hershfield, MFT, is director at The Center for OCD and Anxiety at Sheppard Pratt in Towson, MD. He specializes in the use of mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for obsessive-compulsive disorder and related disorders. He is author Overcoming Harm OCD, When a Family Member Has OCD, and The OCD Workbook for Teens; and coauthor of The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD and Everyday Mindfulness for OCD. Hershfield resides in Hunt Valley, MD (Baltimore County).
