Re: What books should I buy?

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Hi, Annie. These are some books we found really helpful.

What to do when your Child has Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Aureen

Pinto Wagner Ph.D.

Freeing Your Child from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Tamar E. Chansky

Helping Your Child With Ocd: A Workbook for Parents of Children With

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Lee Fitzgibbons and Cherry Pedrick

Talking Back to OCD by March

The last two are workbooks that walk you through CBT and ERP

BJ

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> My 7 year old son has been recently diagnosed with OCD. He's had 2

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> of CBT so far. I see some people listing " ERP " - can someone tell me what

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[Guest guest]

I believe ERP (Exposure Response (or Ritual?) Prevention) is a form of CBT

(Cognitive Behavioral Therapy). In our case the therapist never used either

term but that is exactly what he did with our daughter (and taught us to do with

her). It is simply deliberately exposing the child to something that triggers

their anxiety . . . and then preventing the child from engaging in rituals which

relieve the anxiety.

Kate was terrified of " germs " but only in specific situations or from specific

individuals (fortunately!). It was to the point that she had a hard time being

in the same classroom with him. One time she picked up a water bottle that had

rolled under her desk and read his last name on it. She totally lost it . . .

wanted to come home and take a bath but her teacher (who also has OCD) told her

she could go wash her hands ONE TIME and come back. That was a form of ERP for

Kate.

The more formal ERP for her took the form of wearing her coat (the one that this

boy might have touched). Later she was encouraged to approach this boy . . .

get within arms length of him. And, finally, she was able to actually touch him

but that pretty much did her in!

The important thing for Kate to realize was that the anxiety will eventually go

away on it's own . . . without engaging in the ritual. She used to change

clothes the second she walked in the door after school but now she is able to

wait until after her homework is doen. When it gets bad we hold her on our lap

and calmly say, " That scared feeling will go away . . . give it time . . . "

All these techniques are in " What to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck. " It helped

her SO much! I hope it works as well for your son!

Beth

What books should I buy?

I have " What to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck " in my Amazon shopping cart

and am looking for suggestions on other resources.

My 7 year old son has been recently diagnosed with OCD. He's had 2 sessions

of CBT so far. I see some people listing " ERP " - can someone tell me what

that is?

Thanks,

Annie

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