Claire Sanders

Parenting Ocd: Down to Earth Advice from One Parent to Another

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A unique account of the feelings and difficulties of parenting someone with OCD, to help those in the same situation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 137mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9781849054782
• ISBN-10: 1849054789
• Artikelnr.: 41217947

Autorenporträt

Claire Sanders is the mother of a teenage son who has had severe OCD since the age of 6. She had no previous interest in medicine or mental health and worked as an advertising and website copywriter until everything changed and she involuntarily became an expert in dealing with an OCD child. Claire now provides 24 hour care to her son and lives in Hampshire, UK with her family.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. About the Book. Introduction. 1. OCD Warning Signs and
Getting a Diagnosis. 2. Therapy - Different Types, What Happens in Therapy
and Beyond. 3. Medication. 4. When Initial Treatments Don't Help. 5. School
- Educating the Educators. 6. The Changing Nature of OCD. 7. Tears,
Tantrums and Other Outbursts. 8. The Rest of the Family. 9. Things I've
Learned to Help Me Cope. 10. Common and Not so Common Obsessions. 11.
Related Conditions - Other Nasties in OCD's Gang.