Open AccessUnderstanding Therapeutic Considerations While Using Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Case Study
Author(s) -
Divya Baveja,
Nikhil Goel
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of indian psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2349-3429
pISSN - 2348-5396
DOI - 10.25215/0404.080
Subject(s) - exposure and response prevention , obsessive compulsive , psychotherapist , psychology , cognition , psychological intervention , intervention (counseling) , cognitive behavioral therapy , presentation (obstetrics) , cognitive restructuring , cognitive therapy , compulsive behavior , clinical psychology , psychiatry , medicine , radiology
Obsessive thoughts and compulsive urges are part of the normal feedback and control loop between our thoughts and our actions. It is only when these obsessive thoughts become so intense and frequent and these compulsive rituals become so extensive that they interfere with an individual’s functioning that the diagnosis of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is made. The mainstays of treatment of OCD includes Serotoninergic antidepressant medications, particular forms of Behavior Therapy (Exposure and Response Prevention and some forms of CBT), education and family interventions. Because they are aware of how irrational their behavior is, many sufferers are ashamed of their actions and go to great lengths to hide their symptoms. It is extremely important that as a therapist, one is able to build a safe and accepting therapeutic environment and also structures therapy based on the unique presentation of illness where sometimes symptoms themselves may cause non compliance to therapy process. The author presents and discusses a case where Cognitive Behavior Therapy was used.