Treatment Plans and Interventions for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Simon A. Rego

Feb 2016 · Guilford Publications

About this ebook

Providing clinicians with evidence-based therapeutic techniques that they can tailor to the needs of individual clients, this state-of-the-art treatment planner is filled with case examples and clinical tools. Simon A. Rego presents the latest thinking on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and explains how it has been reclassified in DSM-5. He shows how to combine exposure and ritual prevention therapy with other cognitive and behavioral interventions--based on a comprehensive case formulation--and describes proven strategies for enhancing motivation and overcoming common obstacles in treatment. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, the book includes 10 reproducible handouts and forms. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.

About the author

Simon A. Rego, PsyD, ABPP, is Chief Psychologist, Director of Psychology Training, and Director of the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Training Program at Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Board certified in Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology, he is a Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, a Founding Clinical Fellow of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA), and a recipient of the Jerilyn Ross Clinician Advocate Award from the ADAA. Dr. Rego has authored numerous journal articles and book chapters on the treatment of OCD and panic disorder and is a frequent presenter at national and international conferences.