Books (for individuals)
  • Abramowitz, J.S. (2018). Getting over OCD: A 10-step workbook for taking back your life (2nd ed.). Guilford Press.
  • Grayson, J. (2014). Freedom from obsessive-compulsive disorder: A personalized recovery program for living with uncertainty(updated edition). Berkley Publishing Group.
  • Hershfield, J.(2018). Overcoming harm OCD: Mindfulness and CBT tools for coping with unwanted violent thoughts. New Harbinger Publications.
  • Hershfield, J., & Corboy, T. (2020). The mindfulness workbook for OCD: A guide to overcoming obsessions and compulsions using mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy (2nded.). New Harbinger Publications.
  • Seif, M.N., & Winston, S.M. (2019). Needing to know for sure: A CBT-based guide to overcoming compulsive checking and reassurance seeking. New Harbinger Publications.
Books (for families)
  • Abramowitz, J.S. (2021). The family guide to getting over OCD: Reclaim your life and help your loved one. Guilford Press.
  • Hershfield, J.(2015). When a family member has OCD: Mindfulness and cognitive behavioral skills to help families affected by obsessive compulsive disorder. New Harbinger Publications.
  • Lebowitz, E. (2021). Breaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCD: A Scientifically Proven Program for Parents. Oxford University Press.
Websites
  • International OCD Foundation – https://iocdf.org/
  • OCD Peers – https://ocdpeers.com/
  • CBTschool – https://www.cbtschool.com/
  • OCD UK – https://www.ocduk.org/
  • Made of Millions – https://www.madeofmillions.com/
  • BeyondOCD – https://beyondocd.org/
  • OCD Canada – http://ocdcanada.org/
Podcasts
  • The OCD Stories
  • Your Anxiety Toolkit
  • FearCast Podcast
Apps
  • GGOC: OCD Relief
  • OCD Challenge
  • nOCD
  • MoodTools
  • Liberate OCD Fighter
Youtube Channels
  • International OCD Foundation
  • Reid Wilson PhD
  • OCD and Anxiety
  • Natasha Daniels
  • My OCD Care
Accounts to follow on social media
  • ocddoodles
  • ocdandanxietyonline
  • ocdnashville
  • ocdbaltimore
  • iocdf
  • the.ocd.diary
  • ocdmassachusetts
  • beingpositivelyanxious
  • ocdpeers
  • jenna.overbaugh
  • anxietyocdmaryland
Resources for Subtypes of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Please note: All of the resources included in the general OCD resource list are beneficial for all subtypes of OCD. The general resources also include information about OCD subtypes.

To learn more about treating the processes in OCD (instead of the specific content of each thought), please see Kimberly Quinlan’s podcast episode #49 of Your Anxiety Toolkit

The following subtypes of OCD are addressed in the pages of this document:

  • Contamination Obsessions
  • Existential Obsessions
  • Harm-Based/Violent Obsessions
  • Health-Based Obsessions
  • Just Right Obsessions
  • Postpartum/Perinatal OCD
  • Real Event Obsessions
  • Relationship/Sexual Orientation and Identity Obsessions
  • Scrupulosity (Moral) Obsessions
  • Scrupulosity (Religious) Obsessions
  • Sensorimotor Obsessions
  • Sexual Obsessions

Please reach out if there’s something you’d like to see added to this list!

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