Cognitive Therapy for OCD
Basis ofCT
Given the challenges of ERP (that is, high levels of anxiety
produced during exposure), some clinicians and researchers
have turned to CT approaches that incorporate less prolonged
exposure to fear cues and that have led to advances in the treatment
of other anxiety disorders. The basis of CT is the rational
and evidence-based challenging and correction of faulty and
dysfiinctional thoughts and beliefs thought to underlie obsessional
fear (25), Specifically, cognitive models of OCD begin
with the well-established finding that intrusions (thoughts,
images, and impulses that intrude into consciousness, such as
unwanted thoughts of harming a loved one) are experienced
by most people (normal obsessions) but can develop into
obsessions when appraised as posing a threat for which the
individual is personally responsible (10), For example, an
OCD patient might think that "Having thoughts about harming
Mother means I'm a dangerous person who must take
extra care to ensure that I don't lose control," Such appraisals
evoke distress and motivate the individual to try to suppress or
remove the unwanted intrusion (for example, by replacing it
with a "good" thought) and to try to prevent any harmful
events associated with the intrusion (for example, by avoiding
driving).
Cognitive Therapy for OCDBasis ofCTGiven the challenges of ERP (that is, high levels of anxietyproduced during exposure), some clinicians and researchershave turned to CT approaches that incorporate less prolongedexposure to fear cues and that have led to advances in the treatmentof other anxiety disorders. The basis of CT is the rationaland evidence-based challenging and correction of faulty anddysfiinctional thoughts and beliefs thought to underlie obsessionalfear (25), Specifically, cognitive models of OCD beginwith the well-established finding that intrusions (thoughts,images, and impulses that intrude into consciousness, such asunwanted thoughts of harming a loved one) are experiencedby most people (normal obsessions) but can develop intoobsessions when appraised as posing a threat for which theindividual is personally responsible (10), For example, anOCD patient might think that "Having thoughts about harmingMother means I'm a dangerous person who must takeextra care to ensure that I don't lose control," Such appraisalsevoke distress and motivate the individual to try to suppress orremove the unwanted intrusion (for example, by replacing itwith a "good" thought) and to try to prevent any harmfulevents associated with the intrusion (for example, by avoidingdriving).
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