Resources
Books worth reading.
A starting list for OCD, panic, phobias, health anxiety and BFRBs. Books can be a great companion to therapy, but they're not a replacement for it.
OCD
Getting Over OCD: A 10-Step Workbook for Taking Back Your Life
Jonathan S. Abramowitz. A step-by-step ERP workbook.
The OCD Workbook
Bruce M. Hyman and Cherry Pedrick. A practical guide to understanding and treating OCD with CBT and exposure.
Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts
Sally Winston and Martin Seif. Focuses on intrusive thoughts and how to respond to them differently.
Freedom from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Jonathan Grayson. An accessible introduction to ERP.
The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD
Jon Hershfield and Tom Corboy. Mindfulness skills alongside ERP.
Stop Obsessing!
Edna Foa and Reid Wilson. A classic, practical guide to ERP for obsessions and compulsions.
The Imp of the Mind
Lee Baer. Normalizes unwanted violent, sexual and blasphemous thoughts, with real stories and treatment.
Panic, anxiety and phobias
Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic
Michelle G. Craske and David H. Barlow. A CBT workbook for panic disorder and agoraphobia.
Don't Panic: Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks
R. Reid Wilson. A well-known guide to understanding and responding to panic.
Mastering Your Fears and Phobias
Martin M. Antony, Michelle G. Craske and David H. Barlow. A workbook for specific phobias using exposure.
Health anxiety
Overcoming Health Anxiety
David Veale and Rob Willson. A CBT-based self-help guide to health anxiety.
Perfectionism
When Perfect Isn't Good Enough: Strategies for Coping with Perfectionism
Martin M. Antony and Richard P. Swinson. A CBT workbook on perfectionism. It isn't an OCD treatment book, but it can help when “just right” standards and fear of mistakes take over.
Hair pulling, skin picking and other BFRBs
The Hair-Pulling Problem: A Complete Guide to Trichotillomania
Fred Penzel. A comprehensive guide to hair pulling.
The Habit Change Workbook
James Claiborn and Cherry Pedrick. Strategies for breaking habits, including BFRBs.
Overcoming Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors
Charles S. Mansueto, Sherrie Mansfield Vavrichek and Ruth Goldfinger Golomb. A step-by-step CBT program for hair pulling and skin picking.
A note on reading. With OCD and health anxiety, reading can turn into another way of seeking reassurance. If you notice you're reading to feel certain instead of to practice, that's worth bringing up in therapy.
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