Enhancing the Acceptability of Psychological Treatments for Obsessive-compulsive Disorder

Empirically-supported psychological intervention for various mental health concerns including obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Twelve treatment sessions include components to foster cognitive (i.e. thinking) and behavioural changes.

Exposure therapy in which individuals confront their fears and discontinue their escape response. Twelve treatment sessions implementing exposure which is prolonged and repeated, requiring clients/patients to engage in a series of exposures to feared stimuli (e.g., contaminants, doubts, intrusive thoughts), and to refrain from engaging in compulsive behaviour until their anxiety subsides.