OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE NEUROSIS - COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL FORMULATION AND APPROACH TO TREATMENT

Drawing upon the literature from cognitive and behavioral formulations as wall as psychoanalytic theory, a cognitive behavioral model for conceptualizing and treating obsessive-compulsive neurosis is presented. The proposed model is contrasted with traditional psychoanalytic and behavioral conceptualizations. A variety of cognitive and behavioral treatment techniques are described that attempt to help clients modify their unrealistic cognitive appraisals of threat, test the validity of their fears, and realize resources more effective than symptoms for coping with uncertainty and anxiety. © 1979 Plenum Publishing Corporation.