Completely Free of Compulsions?

Carmen Oelkers / Christine Schink

Completely Free of Compulsions?

How persons affected and their relatives can free themselves from compulsions

1st ed. published 2010. 196 pages All rights available

Completely Free of Compulsions?

How persons affected and their relatives can free themselves from compulsions

This guidebook provides information on the disorder, where it comes from and methods of treatment. It can also be used to accompany a therapy: with tips, check lists, dialogue examples for the phases before, during and after the therapy for the affected people themselves, but also for their relatives.

Everyone has checked at some stage whether he has locked the door or whether the iron is switched off. However, this is nothing compared with the restrictions that a compulsive disorder brings with it: those affected wash their hands up to a hundred times a day, check doors and windows so often that it is practically impossible to keep relationships going in everyday life.

This guidebook provides information on the disorder, where it comes from and methods of treatment. It can also be used to accompany a therapy: with tips, check lists, dialogue examples for the phases before, during and after the therapy for the affected people themselves, but also for their relatives.


From the contents
I. Everything you should know about compulsions
II. What people suffering from compulsive disorders can do alongside a therapy
III. The important role relatives play