Pick Up Talking Back To OCD: The Program That Helps Kids And Teens Say No Way -- And Parents Say Way To Go Articulated By John S. March Issued As EPub

treatment book. Excellent with parent vs children chapters, Still feel like the chapters for kids need a bit more polish to keep kids attention, But good book for intervention with OAcD Well, this was very cute!

I think it'd be a wonderful tool for any parent with an OCD kid, and it's certainly a good source of helpful techniques for anyone with OCD, whether they beor.


Here were the reading notes I took:

“Obsessivecompulsive disorder OCD is a brain illness, Kids and teenagers with OCD have mental “hiccups” obsessions that make them feel anxious or uncomfortable, and their illness tricjs them into trying to eliminate that feeling by performing certain rituals over and over compulsions.
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They advocate that the child be in charge of controlling the urges,

“A shift in perspective works wonders, OCD is not about good or bad behavior, When you understand that OCD is a true brain illness, you realize that having it is not a matter of choice and resolving it is not a matter of willpower, tough it does require good intentions.
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“Children have incredible powers of imagination, and fantasizing is a critical tool they use to understand and adapt ot a large and sometimes scary world, ”

They identify OCD as an “imposter” and “moustachetwirling villain”

“If you dont play with OCD, it gets bored and goes away, but only if you dont play with it.
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Classifications of OCD
, Washing
. Checking
. ordering / arranging / symmetry
. counting / repeating
. scrupulosity intrusive sexual thoughts or urges, excessive religious or moral doubt,

a need to tell, ask, confess
, hoarding

“Thinking of OCD as being triggered by something like someone pushing over the first domino in a row is a helpful way to undersand the way OCD works.
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“Believe it or not, hundreds of years ago OCD was thought to be the result of demonic possession, to be cured by some type of exorcism or by repenting ones sins.
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“Think of yourself as the point guard, the captain, the quarterback, the admiral, the pilot, or whatever appeals to you, ”

They describe a mental toolkit, including a “map” for OCD
They suggest giving OCD a funny nickname
Amazing helpful audiobook on Amazon, It comes with a workbook to help the child and the parents, It was absolutely great to read it and see that as part of the family we can help our little ones, I also understood what to say and do, Helped us immensely to understand OCD and how to approach dealing with it, It was a game changer for my daughter, This book changed my life and my relationship with OCD, It contains fantastic coping techniques and creative ideas for dealing with obsessions, Such an answer to prayer, It is so informative. The steps to walk out are a bit complex, I would say the steps and homework are definitely better for teens than young kids,.stars. There is so much good information here, I especially appreciated the chapters on how both SSRIs and ERP exposure response prevention improve OCD symptoms, but in different ways, I had never read anything that detailed before, I also LOVED the chapter on treating OCD as an illness, something the child cannot help, I would never get angry with a child for having an asthma attack, so I should never get angry with a child for having an OCD attack, My favorite sentence from the whole book: We tend to think of patience as “grin and bear it” endurance, but really its the willingness and ability to accept with kindness what cant for the moment be fixed.


The reason I knocked off half a star is because the book presents itself as something the child reads on his/her own with every other chapter being for the parents to read.
Then the child sets up the ERP program with occasional checkins from the parents, I cant imagine any child younger thanactually doing this independently, especially a child caught in OCD, The program itself also seems needlessly complex, I learned quite a bit more about the nitty gritty of ERP from Natasha Daniels ecourse on parenting kids with OCD, Of course if this book had been my first introduction to this technique, perhaps I would hold it as my standard instead, One other complaint is that the examples given are heavily focused on contamination and “just right” OCD themes, A person with moral OCD or another type might not recognize herself readily in this text, This is a really great program that can remind people w/ OCD that they are not alone, and give them tools / steps to resist and conquer OCD,

This book / program is geared toward OCD in children / teenagers, I read this a couple of years ago to help my daughter who was struggling with minor OCD, While I didn't follow through the entire program with her, what I did read was immensely helpful in teaching her skills and ways to manage her own OCD tendencies, She barely struggles with them anymore, so I owe a lot to this little book! Highly recommended if you or your children experience OCD in any form! A fantastic resource for parents, kids, teachers and mental health workers.
Usable, realistic strategies combined with attainable goals, A great and informative book for anyone of any age suffering from OCD, I do highly recommend, if you have the means, getting a therapist trained in ERP to work with you through the material outlined, as the book alone may not necessarily suffice.
I do think this is a very very important start, however, Very helpful, clear and concise program for helping parents of children and teens with OCD, I picked this up on a whim, knowing that it's intended for children and parents, I was diagnosed with OCD at age, though, looking back, I'd had symptoms since early childhood, My OCD is "pureO" purely obsessions, no outward compulsions, This is a less stereotypical presentation, and probably explains why I wasn't diagnosed for so long, I wasn't washing too much or spending hours arranging things, just obsessing quietly to myself about bad things happening!

I had mixed feelings about this book, Having learned these techniques as a child, instead of as an adult, would have saved me a lot of heartache and time over the years, However, there's a lot of stuff in this book that wouldn't have been helpful to me, I'd say aboutof the content is focused on elimination of physical compulsions, with occasional lip service paid to those of us who just obsess,

It's not until pagethat the author spells out that his definition of "getting rid of OCD" means "getting to the point where no one but the child knows that OCD is still lurking in the background.
" This is NOT AT ALL helpful for those of us whose struggles have been entirely internal, Further, I think that labeling this as "getting rid" oversells it a bit, It seems clear that this book is largely focused on making OCD less difficult for parents to deal with, I can appreciate the struggle parents must face, but lack of outward struggle doesn't equal lack of struggle!

While I was reading this book, I wondered to myself whether "hubristic" was a word.
Turns out it is, so I can use it to describe this author! The author spends A LOT of time in the first half of this book talking about how this method is THE MOST effective method for treatment of OCD, and most effective for making it disappear FOREVER.
I brought this up to my therapist, who was as dubious as I was, She brought up that it's more likely that extinguishing one obsession will just make another pop up, WhackAMole style, This was addressed ONCE, in the latter half of this book, in comparison to at least a dozen brags about how this program will likely end it forever,

A lot of the techniques in this book seem to assume that OCD symptoms are constant, that worries are the same all of the time, This has not been my experience, I've worried about different things at different times, at different intensities, Phases come and go for me, and I'd imagine I'm not alone, There would be times that I'd thought I "conquered" an obsession, only for it to return in weeks or months,

This book assumes that the parents and siblings! are both able and willing to support the child, which isn't always true, The child does most of the work, but I can see a lot of parents being illequipped to help, I'm glad that the author strongly suggested involving a therapist at least once every chapter, because I can't imagine going this alone,

In short, there's some good and helpful stuff in here, but not necessarily useful to everyone, and don't expect it to be a perfect, permanent cure, Excellent resource for families dealing with OCD, I actually only read to pagebecause the second half of the book is a workbook for the individual dealing with OCD and I was slogging through it and gave up on finishing.
So first off, I have usually mild OCD and two of my children have OCD, Oh, and my dad has it, One of the descriptions given couldve been written about my son or me, I think there are a lot of good ideas in this book,

There were a couple of things I disliked, Some of the ex/rp examples given seemed to go too far to me, like encouraging a child who had unwanted sexual thoughts to get to the point where they can look at porn without feeling guilty.
Im not ok with that on many levels, And seems to replace one obsession with another the author actually warns against replacing one ritual with another later in the book, which is another reason it seems out of place.
So that part was disappointing,

But theres a lot of other parts of the book that are good, I was always going to have to modify it anyway since my child has both autism and OCD, .