The following list is just a small percentage of all the books out there on OCD and related disorders. Books with a checkmark (✔️) have been reviewed and approved by the IOCDF Book Review Task Force as evidence-based self-help books.

However, please note that this list is provided for informational purposes only. The IOCDF listing of self-help books does not specifically recommend or endorse any book or its author, and the reader should not view the material in the books as a substitute for care from a professional.

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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 Memoirs

      • 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
      • 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

  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's Syndrome and OCD

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

  Family

  • • • 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
      • 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

  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
      • 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)
      • 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

  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 Asperger's 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