The ACT Workbook for Teens with OCD
Unhook Yourself and Live Life to the Full
Published on 19. December 2019
272 pages
978-1-78775-084-5 (ISBN)
Description
This workbook, based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Exposure Response Prevention (ERP), teaches teens with OCD new skills to handle the stream of pesky obsessions that show up in their mind.
It presents the Choice Point - a tool to help teens choose how to handle those tricky moments when dealing with unwanted thoughts. Chapter by chapter, teens learn powerful skills to unhook from their obsessions, including exposure exercises and strategies for accepting their emotions, and complete activities to help them overcome their compulsions, avoidant behaviors, and requests for accommodations.
With real-life examples and tons of fun activities, this workbook shows that fears, worry and nervousness are a part of life and gives teens the skills to choose how to respond to their obsessions and move towards the stuff they really care about. Making applying ACT and ERP skills fun, it encourages them to face their fears and live life to the full.
It presents the Choice Point - a tool to help teens choose how to handle those tricky moments when dealing with unwanted thoughts. Chapter by chapter, teens learn powerful skills to unhook from their obsessions, including exposure exercises and strategies for accepting their emotions, and complete activities to help them overcome their compulsions, avoidant behaviors, and requests for accommodations.
With real-life examples and tons of fun activities, this workbook shows that fears, worry and nervousness are a part of life and gives teens the skills to choose how to respond to their obsessions and move towards the stuff they really care about. Making applying ACT and ERP skills fun, it encourages them to face their fears and live life to the full.
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 12 to 18 years
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
25 b&w cartoons
File size
4,10 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78775-084-5 (9781787750845)
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Patricia Zurita Ona Psy.D
The ACT Workbook for Teens with OCD
Unhook Yourself and Live Life to the Full
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12/2019
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
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Patricia Zurita Ona, aka "Dr. Z" is a clinical psychologist based in California, and has worked with children, adolescents and adults struggling with anxiety, perfectionism, procrastination, emotion regulation problems and OCD for over sixteen years. Her newsletter and podcast 'Playing it Safe' features interviews with well-known figures in ACT and CBT. She is the author of several books, including The ACT Workbook for Teens with OCD and The ACT Workbook for the Anxious Procrastinator.
Content
- Intro
- THE ACT WORKBOOK FOR TEENS WITH OCD
- Contents
- Foreword by Stuart Ralph
- Letter to Teens
- Letter for Parents
- Letter for Therapists
- Tips for Using This Workbook
- Section 1: The Beginning
- 1. The Basics about OCD
- 2. The Basics of Treatment and This Workbook
- 3. Why Do I Have to Deal with OCD?
- 4. Why Do I Have to Deal with Fear?
- Section 2: The Choice Point Meets OCD
- 5. Getting to Know Your OCD
- 6. Getting Familiar with the Choice Point!
- Section 3: Meeting the "Annoying Obsessions"
- 7. Unwanted Annoying Thoughts
- 8. Unsolicited Bizarre Images
- 9. Uninvited Urges
- Section 4: Are You Hooked?
- 10. Buying Tickets to Compulsion City!
- 11. Running as Fast as You Can to Avoidance City
- 12. Asking for Accommodations
- 13. Checking the Costs of Getting Hooked
- Section 5: Choosing to Live Your Life!
- 14. Choosing the Stuff You Care About!
- 15. Doing the Stuff You Care About!
- 16. Checking Your "Fightonometer" When Doing Stuff You Care About
- Section 6: Getting Unhooked!
- 17. Picturing and Naming Your Obsessions
- 18. Watching Your Obsessions in Front of You
- 19. Putting Your Obsessions-in-Action!
- 20. Saying Your Obsessions
- 21. Singing Your Obsessions
- 22. Writing Down Your Obsessions
- 23. Teasing Your Obsessions
- 24. Scrambling Up Your Obsessions
- 25. Refocusing Your Attention
- 26. Hanging In There with Those Awful Feelings!
- 27. Agreeing to Get Out of Your Safety Country
- 28. Messing Around with Compulsions
- Section 7: Specialized Unhooking Skills: Exposure
- 29. A Word about "Values-Guided Exposures"
- 30. Creating Your Values-Guided Exposures Dashboard
- 31. Using a Situation for Values-Guided Exposures
- 32. Using Your Imagination for Values-Guided Exposures
- 33. Using Your Body for Exposures
- 34. Mixing Up Your Values-Guided Exposures!
- Section 8: Moving Forward with Your Life
- 35. Discovering Values-Guided Exposures "On-the-Go"
- 36. Tracking Your Progress towards Living Your Life to the Full
- 37. Finding an Ally!
- 38. Treating Yourself with Kindness!
- 39. Getting Out of Your Mind and into Your Life
- 40. Finding Your Choice Point in Life
- The End!
- Appendix 1: Choice Point Graphic
- Appendix 2: Values-Guided Exposure Step-by-Step Form
- Appendix 3: Unhooking Log
- Appendix 4: Values-Guided Exposure Reflection Form
- Appendix 5: Values-Guided Exposure Form: Using Your Imagination
- Appendix 6:Values-Guided Exposure On-The-Go Tracker!
- Appendix 7: Answers to Activities
- Appendix 8: Further Resources from Dr. Z.
- Acknowledgments
- Blank Page
