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

Books with a checkmark () are self-help books written by professionals which meet the IOCDF Book Review Task Force’s 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.

The IOCDF does not specifically recommend or endorse any book or its author. Readers should not view the material in the books as a substitute for care from a professional.

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Self-Help

General

• • • • Helping Children and Teens with Difficult-to-Treat OCD: A Guide to Treating Scrupulosity, Existential, Relationship, Harm, and Other OCD Subtypes by Karen Cassiday, PhD
      • 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 ACT Workbook for OCD: Mindfulness, Acceptance, and Exposure Skills to Live Well with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder ✔️                                                              by Marissa Mazza, PsyD
      • 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 Memoirs

      • These Dreams of You: A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and Resilience by Ann McCloskey
      • 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

• • • Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts: A CBT-Based Guide to Getting Over  Frightening, Obsessive or Disturbing Thoughts
      by Sally Winston, PsyD & Martin Seif, PhD
    • The Pregnancy and Postpartum Anxiety Workbook: Practical Skills to Help You Overcome Anxiety Worry Panic Attacks Obsessions and Compulsions
      by Pamela S. Wiegartz, PhD and Kevin L. Gyoerkoe, PsyD (2009)
    • Hello Baby, Goodbye Intrusive Thoughts: Stop the Spiral of Anxiety and OCD to Reclaim Wellness on Your Motherhood Journey
      by Jenny Yip, PsyD, ABPP (2024)

  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
      • The Hoarder in You: How to Live a Happier, Healthier, Uncluttered Life by Robin Zasio, Psy.D, LCSW

  Hypochondriasis

  • • • Overcoming Health Anxiety
        by Rob Willson and David Veale

  Autism and OCD

  • • • Stuck Asperger’s 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 Family Members 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
      • Finding Perfect
        by Elly Swartz
      • Just Roll with It: (A Graphic Novel)
        by Veronica Agarwal
      • OCDaniel
        by Wesley King

  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. PhD and Arthur C. Houts
      • Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for OCD
        by David A. Clark
      • The Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Pastoral Care for the Road to Change
        by Robert M. Collie, ThD
      • Mastery of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach (Therapist Guide)
        by Edna Foa, PhD and Michael J. Kozak, PhD
      • Mastery of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 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 (Literary Disability 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
      • Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
        by Gail S. Steketee, PhD
      • Overcoming Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Behavioral and Cognitive Protocol for the Treatment of OCD (Therapist Protocol)
        by Gail S. Steketee, PhD
      • Overcoming Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder A Behavioral and Cognitive Protocol for the Treatment of OCD (Client Manual)
        by Gail S. Steketee, PhD
      • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (The Latest Assessment and Treatment Strategies)
        Edited by Gail S. Steketee, PhD, Teresa Pigott, MD, and Todd Schemmel, PhD candidate
      • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Theory Research and Treatment
        Edited by Richard P Swinson MD Martin M Antony PhD Stanley Rachman PhD and Margaret A Richter MD
      • OCD Treatment Through Storytelling: A Strategy for Successful Therapy
        by Allen Weg
      • Cognitive Therapy of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Guide for Professionals
        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 Personnel
        by Gail B. Adams, EdD
      • Teaching Kids With Mental Health and Learning Disorders in the Regular Classroom: How to Recognize Understand and Help Challenged (And Challenging) Students Succeed
        by Myles L. Cooley, PhD
      • Teaching the Tiger: A Handbook for Individuals Involved in the Education of Students with Attention Deficit Disorders Tourette Syndrome or Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
        by Marilyn P. Dornbush, PhD and Sheryl K. Pruitt, MEd

  For Professional Organizers

  • • • What Every Professional Organizer Needs To Know About Hoarding
        by Judith Kolberg

  Treatment of OCD in Children & Adolescents

  • • • OCD in Children and Adolescents: The "OCD Is Not the Boss of Me" Manual
        by Katherine McKenney, PhD, Annie Simpson, PhD, S. Evelyn Stewart, MD
      • OCD 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 OCD: It's Only a False Alarm (Therapist Guide)
        by John Piacentini, Audra Langley, and Tami Roblek
      • Handbook of Child and Adolescent Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
        Edited by Eric A. Storch, PhD, Gary R. Geffken, PhD, and Tanya K. Murphy, MD
      • Treatment of OCD in Children and Adolescents A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Manual
        by Aureen Pinto Wagner, PhD
      • Family Based Treatment for Young Children With OCD: Therapist Guide (Treatments That Work)
        by Jennifer Freemand and Abbe Garcia
      • Family-Based Treatment for Young Children with OCD Workbook (Programs That Work)
        by Jennifer Freeman and Abbe Garcia

  Treatment of Hoarding

  • • • Compulsive Hoarding and Acquiring (Therapist Guide)
        by Gail S. Steketee, PhD and Randy O. Frost, PhD
      • Compulsive Hoarding and Acquiring (Client Workbook)
        by Gail S. Steketee, PhD and Randy O. Frost, PhD
      • The Hoarding Handbook: A Guide for Human Service Professionals
        by Christiana Bratiotis, PhD, LCSW, Cristina Sorrentino Schmalisch, PhD, and Gail Steketee, PhD

  Treatment of Body Dysmorphic Disorder

  • • • 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 Scrupulosity

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

  Treatment of Hypochondriasis

  • • • Treatment of Health Anxiety and Hypochondriasis: A Biopsychosocial Approach
        by Jonathan S. Abramowitz, PhD and Autumn E. Braddock

  Treating Impulse Control Disorders

  • • • Impulse Control Disorders
        Elias Aboujaoude, MD (Editor) and Lorrin M. Koran, MD (Editor)

  Treatment of Autism Syndrome & OCD

  • • • Stuck: Asperger’s Syndrome and Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors
        by Jonathan Hoffman, PhD

  Multimedia

  DVDs

  • • • UNSTUCK: An OCD Kids Move
      • Treating the Severe OCD Client (part of the Strategic Treatment of Anxiety Disorders 5-part video series)
        with Reid Wilson, PhD
      • Engaging the Ambivalent OCD Client (part of the Strategic Treatment of Anxiety Disorders 5-part video series)
        with Reid Wilson, PhD
      • The Touching Tree

  Multimedia Kits

  • • • Information About Compulsive Hoarding (DVD)
        by Renae Reinardy, PsyD, LP
      • Treatment of OCD in Children and Adolescents: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Manual (CD-ROM and Manual)
        by Aureen Pinto Wagner, PhD
      • Breaking the Rules: a Clinician's Guide to treating OCD
        by Dr Celin Gelgec and Dr Victoria Miller