International OCD Foundation | Books and Multimedia About OCD and Related Disorders

The following list is only a small percentage of all available books on OCD and related disorders, and is provided for informational purposes only.

Books with a check mark are self-help books written by professionals that meet the IOCDF Book Review Task Force criteria for evidence-based self-help books. The IOCDF does not review or provide this designation to self-help books and memoirs written by consumers or professional books written by professionals.

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self help

  • general
  • personal memories
  • trichotillomania
  • intrusive thoughts
  • impulse control
  • body dysmorphic disorder
  • perfectionism
  • conscientiousness
  • hoarding
  • hypochondriasis
  • asperger syndrome and ocd

for families

  • for family members of adults with OCD

for and about children and adolescents

for professionals

  • general
  • books for teachers
  • books for professional organizers
  • treatment of OCD in children and adolescents
  • treatment of hoarding
  • treatment of body dysmorphic disorder
  • treatment of conscientiousness
  • treatment of hypochondria
  • treatment of impulse control disorder
  • ocd treatment of asperger syndrome & knock

media

  • dvds
  • media kits

self help

general

        • Compulsive Acts: A Psychiatrist’s Tales of Rituals and Obsessions by Elias Aboujaoude, MD
        • Getting Over OCD: A 10-Step Workbook for Taking Back Your Life✔️ by Jonathan S. Abramowitz, PhD
        • The Anti-Anxiety Workbook: Proven Strategies to Overcome Worry Phobias Panic and Obsessions (The Guilford Self-Help Workbook Series)✔️ by Martin M. Antony, PhD and Peter J. Norton, PhD
        • The Imp of the Mind: Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts✔️ by Lee Baer, PhD
        • Getting Control: Overcoming Your Obsessions and Compulsions✔️ by Lee Baer, PhD, with a forward by Judith Rapoport, MD
        • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Demystified: An Essential Guide for Understanding and Living with OCD✔️ by Cheryl Carmin, PhD
        • The Obsessive-Compulsive Trap Real Help for a Real Struggle by Mark Crawford, PhD
        • Daring to Challenge OCD: Overcome Your Fear of Treatment & Take Control of Your Life Using Exposure & Response Prevention by Joan Davidson, PhD
        • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: The Facts by Padmal de Silva and Stanley Rachman
        • The Sky is Falling: Understanding and Coping with Phobias Panic and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Raeann Dumont
        • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder For Dummies✔️ by Charles H. Elliott, PhD and Laura L. Smith, PhD
        • Stop Obsessing!: How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions✔️ by Edna B. Foa, PhD and Reid Wilson, PhD
        • Freedom From Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Personalized Recovery Program for Living with Uncertainty✔️ by Jonathan Grayson, PhD
        • The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD (New Harbinger Self-Help Workbooks)✔️ by Jon Hershfield MFT
        • Coping With OCD: Practical Strategies for Living Well With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Bruce Hyman, PhD with Troy Dufrene
        • The OCD Workbook: Your Guide to Breaking Free from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder✔️ by Bruce M. Hyman, PhD and Cherry Pedrick, RN
        • Free yourself from OCD: CBT-based strategies to manage intrusive thoughts and compulsive behaviors by Jonah Lakin, PsyD
        • The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Conquering Obsessive Compulsive Behavior by Bruce Mansbridge, PhD
        • The OCD Answer Book: Professional Answers to More Than 250 Top Questions About Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder✔️ by Patrick B. McGrath, PhD
        • Overcoming Compulsive Checking✔️ by Paul R. Munford, PhD
        • Over and Over: Again Understanding Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Revised Edition by Fugen Neziroglu, PhD and Jose Yaryura-Tobias, MD
        • Tormenting Thoughts and Secret Rituals: The Hidden Epidemic of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder✔️ by Ian Osborn, MD
        • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders: A Complete Guide to Getting Well and Staying Well✔️ by Fred Penzel, PhD
        • Overcoming Obsessive Thoughts✔️ by Christine Purdon, PhD, CPsych and David A, Clark, PhD, LPsych
        • The Boy Who Couldn’t Stop Washing: The Experience and Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Judith L. Rapoport, MD
        • Why Does Everything Have to be Perfect? by Lynn Schackman, MD and Shelagh Ryan Masline
        • Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior by Jeffrey M. Schwartz, MD with Beverly Beyette
        • Understanding OCD: Skills to Control the Conscience and Outsmart Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by Leslie Shapiro
        • Deep Brain Stimulation: A New Treatment Shows Promise in the Most Difficult Cases by Jamie Talan
        • Conquer Your Fears and Phobias for Teens: How to Build Courage and Stop Fear from Holding You Back (Instant Help Solutions) by Andrea Umbach PsyD
        • Coping with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Step-by-Step Guide Using the Latest CBT Techniques (Coping with Oneworld) by Jan van Niekerk
        • Overcoming OCD✔️ by David Veale and Rob Willson
        • Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts: A CBT-Based Guide to Getting Over Frightening, Obsessive or Disturbing Thoughts✔️ by Sally Winston, PsyD & Martin Sief, PhD

        personal memories

        • The Man Who Couldn’t Stop: OCD and the True Story of a Life Lost in Thought by David Adam
        • The Boy Who Finally Stopped Washing: OCD From Both Sides of the Couch by John B.
        • Rewind Replay Repeat: A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Jeff Bell
        • When in Doubt Make Belief: An OCD-Inspired Approach to Living with Uncertainty by Jeff Bell
        • Obsessive-Compulsive Anonymous: Recovering from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Roy C.
        • It’s a Matter of Trust: Hope and Solutions for OCD and How I Got Better by James Callner
        • The Thing Inside My Head: A Family’s Journey Through Mental Illness by Lois Chaber
        • Exiting the Maze by Nathan Cole
        • OCD and Me: My Unconventional Journey Through Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by Bess Cunningham
        • Life in a Whirlwind of Numbers. 26 Years of OCD, 2nd Edition by David William Dahlberg
        • Battle for Control: A Memoir of Anorexia, Exercise Bulimia, and Other Compulsions by Doug Erlandson
        • Memoirs of a Born Shlepper Never Give OCD a Third Thought by Rod Fadem
        • Laid Bare by Jesse Fink
        • Obeying Conflicting Demands: Silencing the Voice of Obsessive-compulsive Disorder by Denise R. Folcik
        • Living With Severe Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by Marie Gius
        • The People You Meet in Real Life by Melissa Ann Hopely
        • I Chose Life: A Struggle With OCD, Anxiety, & Depression by Greg Horne
        • The Thought that Counts: A Firsthand Account of One Teenager’s Experience with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Jared Kant
        • I Hardly Ever Wash My Hands: The Other Side of OCD by J. J. Keeler
        • The Crazy and The Damned: An OCD Memoir: A Story of Hope & Victory by Robert Lanni
        • Saving Sammy: Curing the Boy Who Caught OCD by Beth Alison Maloney
        • An OCD Life by Fred Mletzko
        • From Tortured to Almost Free: A Psychiatric Therapist’s Life with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by Cathy Goldstein Mullin, LICSW
        • Fixation Pains …A True Struggle for Survival by John Michael Molinari, III
        • Life in Rewind: The Story of a Young Courageous Man Who Persevered Over OCD and the Harvard Doctor Who Broke All the Rules to Help Him by Terry Weible Murphy, Michael A. Jenike, and Edward E Zine
        • Check Mates: A Collection of Fiction Poetry and Artwork About Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by People with OCD by E.I. Muse and Jennifer Abrams
        • Is Fred in the Refrigerator?: Taming OCD and Reclaiming My Life by Shala Nicely, LPC
        • Desert Lily by Peter A. Pascaris
        • Contaminated: My Journey Out of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by Gerry Radano, MSW
        • “It’ll be Okay:” How I Kept Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) from Ruining My Life by Shannon Shy
        • Strivings Within – The OCD Christian: Overcoming Doubt in the Storm of Anxiety by Mitzi VanCleve
        • Triggered: A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Fletcher Wortmann

        trichotillomania

            • Help for Hair Pullers: Understanding and Coping with Trichotillomania by Nancy J Keuthen, PhD, Dan J. Stein, MD, and Gary A. Christenson, MD
            • The Hair-Pulling Problem: A Complete Guide to Trichotillomania✔️ by Fred Penzel, PhD

            intrusive thoughts

                • How to Overcome Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts: A CBT-Based Guide to Overcoming Scary, Obsessive, or Disturbing Thoughts by Sally Winston, Psyd & martin seif, doctorate

                impulse control

                    • The Habit Change Workbook: How to Break Bad Habits and Form Good Ones✔️ by James Claiborn, PhD, ABPP and Cherry Pedrick, RN
                    • Stop Me Because I Can’t Stop Myself: Taking Control of Impulsive Behavior by Jon E Grant, JD, MD and S.W. Kim, MD

                    body dysmorphic disorder

                        • The BDD Workbook✔️ by James Claiborn, PhD, ABPP and Cherry Pedrick, RN
                        • The Broken Mirror: Understanding and Treating Body Dysmorphic Disorder✔️ by Katharine A Phillips, MD
                        • Feeling Good About the Way You Look: A Program for Overcoming Body Image Problems✔️ by Sabine Wilhelm, PhD
                        • Overcoming Body Image Problems✔️ by David Veale, Rob Willson, and Alex Clarke
                        • Understanding Body Dysmorphic Disorder An Essential Guide by Katharine A Phillips, MD

                        perfectionism

                            • The Perfectionist’s Handbook: Take Risks Invite Criticism and Make the Most of Your Mistakes✔️ by Jeff Szymanski, PhD
                            • When Perfect Isn’t Good Enough: Strategies for Coping with Perfectionism✔️ by Martin M. Antony, PhD and Richard P. Swinson, MD

                            scrupulosity

                                • The Doubting Disease: Help for Scrupulosity and Religious Compulsions✔️ by Joseph W Ciarrocchi, PhD

                                hoarding

                                    • Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding by Fugen Neziroglu, PhD, ABPP, Jerome Bubrick, PhD, and Jose Yaryura-Tobias, MD
                                    • Buried in Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquiring Saving and Hoarding✔️ by David F Tolin, PhD, Randy O. Frost, PhD, and Gail S. Steketee, PhD
                                    • Digging Out: Helping Your Loved One Manage Clutter Hoarding and Compulsive Acquiring by Michael A. Tompkins, PhD, and Tamara L. Hartl, PhD
                                    • Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things✔️ by Randy O. Frost, PhD. and Gail S. Steketee, PhD
                                    • Conquer the Clutter: Strategies to Identify, Manage, and Overcome Hoarding by Elaine Birchall and Suzanne Cronkwright

                                    hypochondriasis

                                        • Overcoming Health Anxiety✔️ by Rob Willson and David Veale

                                        asperger syndrome and ocd

                                            • stuck asperger syndrome and obsessive-compulsive behaviors by jonathan hoffman, phd

                                            family

                                                • The Family Guide to Getting Over OCD: Reclaim Your Life and Help Your Loved One✔️ by Jonathan S. Abramowitz, PhD
                                                • Freeing your Child from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder✔️ by Tamar E Chansky, PhD
                                                • Helping Your Child With OCD✔️ by Lee Fitzgibbons, PhD and Cherry Pedrick, R.N.
                                                • Stolen Child: A Mother’s Journey to Rescue Her Son from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by Laurie Gough
                                                • When a Family Member Has OCD: Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Skills to Help Families Affected by Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder✔️ by Jon Hershfield MFT
                                                • Talking Back to OCD: The Program That Helps Kids and Teens Say “No Way” – and Parents Say “Way to Go”✔️ by John S. March, MD
                                                • What to do When Your Child Has Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Strategies and Solutions✔️ by Aureen Pinto Wagner, PhD
                                                • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Help for Children and Adolescents by Mitzi Waltz

                                                for relatives of adults with ocd

                                                    • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Guide for Family Friends and Pastors by Robert Collie, ThD
                                                    • OCD and Marriage: Pathways to Reshaping Your Lives Together by David Culkin and Michaela Culkin
                                                    • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: New Help for the Family by Herbert L. Gravitz, PhD
                                                    • Loving Someone with OCD: Help for You and Your Family✔️ by Karen J. Landsman, PhD, Kathleen M. Rupertus, MA, MS, and Cherry Pedrick, RN

                                                    children and adolescents

                                                        • You Do That Too? Adolescents and OCD by Jose Arturo and Rena Benson
                                                        • Adalyn’s Clare by Kari Dunn Buron
                                                        • Ten Turtles on Tuesday: A Story for Children About Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by Ellen Flanagan Burns
                                                        • Being Me with OCD: How I Learned to Obsess Less and Live My Life by Alison Dotson
                                                        • The ABC’s of OCD! by Kathleen Dunn
                                                        • Repetitive Rhonda by Jan Evans MA
                                                        • Not As Crazy As I Seem by George Harrar
                                                        • No One is Perfect and YOU Are a Great Kid by Kim Hix
                                                        • What to do When Your Brain Gets Stuck: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming OCD✔️ by Dawn Huebner, PhD
                                                        • Blink Blink Clop Clop: Why Do We Do Things We Can’t Stop? An OCD Storybook by E Katia Moritz, PhD and Jennifer Jablonsky
                                                        • Mr. Worry: A Story About OCD by Holly L. Niner
                                                        • The OCD Workbook for Kids✔️ by Anthony Puliafico, Ph.D. & Joanna Robin, Ph.D.
                                                        • Cookie Cutters and Sled Runners by Natalie Rompella
                                                        • Willow Wonders. Why do I Worry?
                                                        • by Wynne Radcliffe and Kristin Beckstrom Radcliffe
                                                        • Free from OCD: A Workbook for Teens with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder✔️ by Timothy A. Sisemore PhD
                                                        • The Ray of Hope: A Teenager’s Fight Against Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by Ray St John
                                                        • A Thought is Just a Thought A Story of Living with OCD by Leslie Talley
                                                        • Up & Down the Worry Hill: A Children’s Book about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and its Treatment✔️ by Aureen P Wagner, PhD
                                                        • Take Control of OCD: The Ultimate Guide for Kids With OCD by Bonnie Zucker
                                                        • Practice Being Brave: Owning My OCD by Molly Grambel
                                                        • Trudel the Schnoodle by Jane Buseck
                                                        • Anxious Annie by Cali Werner

                                                        professionals

                                                        general

                                                            • clinical handbook of obsessive-compulsive disorder and related problems edited by jonathan s. abramowitz, phd, dean mckay, and steven taylor
                                                            • obsessive-compulsive disorder: advances in psychotherapy (an evidence-based practice book) by jonathon s. abramowitz, phd
                                                            • concepts and controversies in obsessive-compulsive disorder edited by jonathon s. Abramowitz Ph.D. and Arthur C. houts
                                                            • cognitive behavioral therapy for ocd by david a. clark
                                                            • obsessive-compulsive disorder: pastoral care for the path to change by robert m. collie, thd
                                                            • mastery of obsessive-compulsive disorder: a cognitive-behavioral approach (therapist’s guide) by edna foa, phd and michael j. kozak, phd
                                                            • obsessive-compulsive disorder domain a cognitive-behavioral approach (client workbook) by edna foa, phd and michael j. kozak, phd
                                                            • the literary and linguistic construction of obsessive-compulsive disorder: no ordinary doubt (disability literary studies) by patricia friedrich, phd
                                                            • clinical obsessive-compulsive disorders in adults and children robert hudak, md (editor) and darin dougherty, md (editor)
                                                            • obsessive-compulsive disorders: practical management by michael jenike, md, lee baer, phd, and william minichiello, edd
                                                            • obsessive compulsive disorder: elements, history, treatments and research by leslie j. shapiro, licsw
                                                            • obsessive-compulsive disorder treatment by gail s. steketee, phd
                                                            • overcoming obsessive-compulsive disorder: a behavioral and cognitive protocol for treating ocd (therapist protocol) by gail s. steketee, phd
                                                            • overcoming obsessive-compulsive disorder: a behavioral and cognitive protocol for treating ocd (client manual) by gail s. steketee, phd
                                                            • obsessive-compulsive disorder (latest assessment and treatment strategies) edited by gail s. steketee, phd, teresa pigott, md, and todd schemmel, doctoral candidate li>
                                                            • treatment of ocd through storytelling: a strategy for successful therapy by allen weg
                                                            • cognitive therapy of obsessive-compulsive disorder: a practitioner’s guide by sabine wilhelm, phd and gail s. steketee, phd
                                                            • biobehavioral treatment of obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders by jose a. yaryura-tobias, md, and fugen neziroglu, phd

                                                            for teachers

                                                                • students with ocd: a handbook for school staff by gail b. Adams, Edd
                                                                • Teaching Children with Mental Health and Learning Disorders in the Regular Classroom: How to Recognize, Understand, and Help Challenged Students (and Challengers) Succeed by Myles L. Cooley, Phd
                                                                • Teaching the Tiger: A Handbook for Those Involved in Educating Students with Attention Deficit Disorder, Tourette Syndrome, or Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Marilyn P. Dornbush, Ph.D., and Sheryl K. pruitt, medicine

                                                                for professional organizers

                                                                    • what every professional organizer should know about hoarding by judith kolberg

                                                                    treatment of OCD in children & teenagers

                                                                        • ocd in children and adolescents: the “ocd is not my boss” handbook by katherine mckenney, phd, annie simpson, phd, s. evelyn stewart, md
                                                                        • odd in children and adolescents: a cognitive-behavioral treatment manual by john s. march, md, mph, and karen mulle, bsn, mts, msw
                                                                        • Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Childhood Ock: It’s Just a False Alarm (Therapist’s Guide) by John Piacentini, Audra Langley, and Tami Roblek
                                                                        • manual of obsessive-compulsive disorder in children and adolescents edited by eric a. Storch, Ph.D., Gary R. Geffken, PhD, and Tanya K. Murphy, MD
                                                                        • Treating OCD in Children and Adolescents A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Manual by Aureen Pinto Wagner, Phd
                                                                        • The Pregnancy and Postpartum Anxiety Workbook: practical skills to help you overcome anxiety worry panic attacks obsessions and compulsions by pamela s. Wiegartz, Ph.D., and Kevin L. gyoerkoe, psyd (2009)
                                                                        • family-based treatment for young children with ocd: a therapist’s guide (treatments that work) by jennifer freemand and abbe garcia
                                                                        • family-based treatment for toddlers with ocd (programs that work) workbook by jennifer freeman and abbe garcia

                                                                        hoarding treatment

                                                                            • compulsive hoarding and acquisition (therapist’s guide) by gail s. steketee, phd, and randy o. frost, phd
                                                                            • compulsive hoarding and acquisition (client workbook) by gail s. steketee, phd, and randy o. Frost, Phd
                                                                            • The Hoarding Handbook: A Guide for Human Services Professionals by Christiana Bratiotis, Phd, Lcsw, Cristina Sorrentino Schmalisch, Phd, and Gail Steketee, Phd

                                                                            body dysmorphic disorder treatment

                                                                                • the broken mirror: understanding and treating body dysmorphic disorder by katharine a. phillips, md
                                                                                • Body Dysmorphic Disorder: A Treatment Manual by David Veale and Fugen Neziroglu
                                                                                • Body Dysmorphic Disorder by Sony Khemlani-Patel, Phd and Fugen Neziroglu, Phd

                                                                                treatment of conscientiousness

                                                                                    • doubt disease helps conscientiousness and religious compulsions by joseph w. ciarrocchi, doctorate

                                                                                    treatment of hypochondriasis

                                                                                        • treatment of health anxiety and hypochondriasis: a biopsychosocial approach by jonathan s. Abramowitz, Ph.D., and Autumn E. braddock

                                                                                        treatment of impulse control disorders

                                                                                            • impulse control disorders elias aboujaoude, md (editor) and lorrin m. quran, md (editor)

                                                                                            asperger’s syndrome treatment & knock

                                                                                                • Stuck: Asperger Syndrome and Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors by Jonathan Hoffman, Phd

                                                                                                dvd

                                                                                                    • Getting Unstuck: A Children’s OCD Movement
                                                                                                    • Treating the Client with Severe OCD (Part of Strategic Treatment of Anxiety Disorders) 5-part video series) with reid wilson, phd
                                                                                                    • engaging the ambivalent client of ocd (part of the 5-part video series on strategic treatment of anxiety disorders) with reid wilson, phd
                                                                                                    • the touching tree

                                                                                                    multimedia equipment

                                                                                                        • information on compulsive hoarding (dvd) by renae reinardy, psyd, lp
                                                                                                        • treatment of ocd in children and adolescents: a manual behavioral therapy (cd-rom and manual) by aureen pinto wagner, phd
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