The I-CBT and ACT Integration Guide for OCD Recovery: Stop Intrusive Thoughts and Compulsions Using Reality-Based Reasoning and Acceptance Skills - Softcover

Herring, Alfreda Lucian ; Thomas, Bennet Rufina

9781923646780: The I-CBT and ACT Integration Guide for OCD Recovery: Stop Intrusive Thoughts and Compulsions Using Reality-Based Reasoning and Acceptance Skills

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ISBN 10: 1923646788 ISBN 13: 9781923646780

Publisher: ReasonPath Clinical Press, 2025

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This comprehensive integration guide combines two powerful evidence-based approaches—Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)—to help you break free from OCD's grip.

What makes this guide different: While traditional OCD treatment focuses solely on exposure, this workbook teaches you to identify the reasoning errors that fuel obsessions while building psychological flexibility to respond differently when intrusive thoughts appear.

Inside this complete recovery program:

Understanding how obsessions develop through imagination-based reasoning rather than reality

Six-phase integration protocol combining I-CBT reality-based awareness with ACT psychological flexibility

Specific protocols for contamination fears, harm obsessions, scrupulosity, relationship OCD, symmetry concerns, and pure obsessional presentations

Reality-checking techniques to distinguish sensory evidence from manufactured doubt

Acceptance and defusion practices for holding disturbing thoughts without compulsive responses

Values clarification exercises to build meaningful life beyond symptom management

Comprehensive assessment tools, progress tracking systems, and emergency response protocols

Personalization strategies for creating your customized treatment plan

Relapse prevention skills and post-recovery thriving guidance

For each OCD subtype, you'll learn:

How inferential confusion creates doubt specific to your presentation

Reality-based reasoning alternatives to imagination-based fears

Acceptance practices for uncomfortable thoughts and feelings

Cognitive defusion techniques for creating distance from intrusive content

Values-based action strategies for living fully despite anxiety

This workbook provides detailed case examples, practical exercises, skill-building protocols, and step-by-step integration sequences. The comprehensive approach addresses both the content of obsessions (through I-CBT reasoning work) and your response to obsessions (through ACT flexibility training).

Ideal for:

Individuals with OCD seeking self-guided treatment resources

Therapy clients wanting structured homework between sessions

People who've tried exposure therapy but need additional tools

Those experiencing multiple OCD subtypes requiring integrated approach

Clinicians seeking comprehensive workbook for OCD treatment

If you're dealing with contamination fears, harm obsessions, religious scrupulosity, relationship doubts, symmetry compulsions, or distressing intrusive thoughts, this integration guide provides evidence-based tools for lasting recovery. Move beyond managing symptoms to building resilient, values-based life where OCD no longer controls your choices.

Start your journey from obsessive doubt to psychological freedom today.

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