Freeing Your Child from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Powerful, Practical Program for Parents of Children and Adolescents

We only realized that our 15yo son has OCD this year. It has been such a learning experience, and not easy. This book has been so encouraging and helpful.Encouraging: from the first page, it reassures us that OCD is very manageable. We really needed to know this. It feels so hopeless and overwhelming on many days. And our son needs to hear this, too.Helpful: the book is very detailed with explanations about what our son is going through, and practical help that we can give him.I first started listening to the Audible version, but quickly realized I needed a hard copy to highlight and take notes. This book is our new reference manual, and I predict it will be well-worn.

This book tells you what OCD is, what’s going on inside your child’s brain, and how to work with them to help them manage it. This is what I needed as a parent. I was confused, angry, frustrated, and sad. I’m only 60 pages in and can’t stop highlighting. Now I feel informed, empowered, and in control! If your child has been diagnosed, reading this book should be mandatory homework!

Book came in timely manner and was in great condition.

This is a great book for parents who are struggling with how to help a child with OCD. I give it 4 stars instead of 5 only because the author is not critical of her own field's obsession with disorders (DO - "Disorder Obsession": a disorder suffered by many psychologists and all psychiatrists in which the practitioner is obsessed with finding, labeling, and medicating behaviors that depart from their notion of "normal." This disorder can be successfully treated with heavy doses of not taking themselves so darn seriously.)

When our 13 year old daughter, nearly overnight, came down with an intense case of OCD we were clueless - on every front. We had no family history of OCD or any mental illness, we were living in a foreign country where they speak a foreign language, and we did not know what to do or where to turn. Fairly quickly we understood that our daughter had OCD but we will still trying to sort through how to get her proper help for the condition which was devastating her life and the life of our entire family. That is when I found this book. In the terrible months before we found the right doctor to help our daughter, this book was the big hug, the shoulder to lean on, the wise counselor. This book was everything to me. Very few mental health professionals who do not truly specialize in OCD really understand the disorder. This book was our guiding light until we found an OCD specialist. And on that note, I will say, please, when looking for help for your child with OCD, follow the author's advice and find someone who specializes in OCD and ERP therapy.

Lots of good info, got this book to gain some insite on the disorder for my general knowlage in hopes of being a help if needed!!

This is a MUST-HAVE book for any parent who has a child with OCD. It gives you a clear understanding of practical ways to support your child while increasing your awareness of the complexities of his/her diagnosis. It also includes a wealth of resources for both you and your child.

This has been a great book to help me understand what my son has been going through. The book does an excellent job of breaking the concepts down and putting them in easy to understand language. I’ve found so many helpful strategies to help me help my son. I highly recommend this book!

Excellent read

Extremely informative and easy to read book. Very thorough in its description of ocd. A must if you are on a journey with someone who has ocd, or if you wish to gain knowledge of this condition.

I read this book when it looked like nothing would help us. This book did. It gave me an insight into how an OCD mind works and just how to combat and cope with it. We've had many small but significant break-throughs since adopting the techniques outlined in this book. Most importantly I now know we can break it.

Very informative, full of helpful advice and things to say when you don't know how to make things better. If you think your child has OCD, this is essential reading.

Excellent book by a very knowledgeable writer. Gives loads of information plus lots of case histories. Best of all you feel you are not alone and there is hope....