| Acknowledgements | p. xi |
| How to Use This Book | p. xiii |
| What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder? | p. 1 |
| Obsessions | p. 3 |
| The Nature of Thoughts | p. 6 |
| The 'Cognitive Theory' of Emotion and Emotional Problems | p. 9 |
| Compulsions | p. 15 |
| Impairment and Distress | p. 18 |
| Self-assessment Section: So Do I Have OCD? | p. 19 |
| How Do You Know If Your Friend or Family Member Has OCD? | p. 27 |
| How Did I Develop OCD? | p. 32 |
| No Simple Answers: The Vulnerability-Stress Model | p. 33 |
| Biological Vulnerabilities | p. 36 |
| Psychological Vulnerabilities: The Special Role of Responsibility | p. 37 |
| Self-assessment: Do I Have Inflated Responsibility Ideas? | p. 40 |
| Triggering Events and Critical Incidents | p. 47 |
| Contamination… and More | p. 48 |
| Course of OCD | p. 48 |
| How Did My Problem Develop? | p. 50 |
| Summary | p. 51 |
| How Does OCD Take Hold and Keep Hold? | p. 52 |
| Responsibility Appraisals/Beliefs About Your Thoughts | p. 53 |
| Probability and 'Awfulness' | p. 59 |
| Superstition and Magical Thinking | p. 61 |
| Not Trusting Your Senses/Doing Something Until It 'Feels Right' | p. 62 |
| Impossible Criteria and the Need for Certainty | p. 64 |
| Avoidance | p. 66 |
| The Counterproductive Nature of Compulsions/Rituals/Neutralising or Safety-Seeking Behaviours and Avoidance | p. 67 |
| The 'Vicious Flower' | p. 77 |
| Troubleshooting: This Isn't How It Works for Me… | p. 79 |
| Goals: Getting Back What the Problem Has Been Taking From You, and More | p. 81 |
| Understanding Your Problem | p. 83 |
| Checking OCD | p. 83 |
| Contamination/Washing OCD | p. 94 |
| Rumination OCD | p. 106 |
| Religious OCD (or Scrupulosity) | p. 118 |
| Understanding Tour OCD: Your Own Vicious Flower | p. 129 |
| Starting to Tackle Your Problem | p. 133 |
| Theory A/B | p. 135 |
| Theory A and B-So How Do I Know Which is Right? | p. 151 |
| Challenging Your OCD | p. 155 |
| 'Taking the Risk' | p. 156 |
| Finding Out How the World Really Works: Behavioural Experiments | p. 158 |
| The Three Choices | p. 159 |
| Dealing With Responsibility Beliefs | p. 164 |
| Breaking Free From OCD | p. 171 |
| Letting Thoughts Go | p. 171 |
| Breaking Free From Checking | p. 172 |
| Breaking Free From Contamination Fears | p. 182 |
| Breaking Free From Intrusive Thoughts and Rumination OCD | p. 193 |
| Breaking Free From Religious OCD | p. 202 |
| Breaking Free From Other Types of OCD | p. 211 |
| Troubleshooting: Roadblocks to Making Progress | p. 212 |
| Choosing to Change | p. 217 |
| Problems That People Experience During Recovery and How These Can be Overcome | p. 220 |
| Finding a Therapist | p. 222 |
| How to Get the Best From the Help That You are Offered | p. 227 |
| When OCD is Not the Only Problem-Where to go With Other Difficulties | p. 233 |
| Families, Friends and OCD | p. 240 |
| Helping Your Family to Break Free From OCD | p. 246 |
| Parents with OCD | p. 252 |
| Helping Someone Break Free From OCD-Information for Family and Friends | p. 257 |
| Life After OCD | p. 261 |
| Reclaiming Your Life | p. 261 |
| Keeping OCD Away-Relapse Prevention | p. 262 |
| Epilogue | p. 267 |
| Resources | p. 269 |
| Appendix | p. 273 |
| Index | p. 280 |
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