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Climbing Above OCD: A 12-Week Exposure and Response Prevention Workbook

Written by Dr. Victoria Wacha, PhD, Climbing Above OCD is a practical, step-by-step workbook designed to help individuals apply the principles of Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)—the gold-standard behavioral treatment for OCD—to their everyday lives.

The 12-week program guides readers through identifying obsessions and compulsions, understanding the OCD cycle, developing personalized exposure exercises, gradually facing feared situations and thoughts, and practicing response prevention rather than relying on compulsions for temporary relief.

The workbook is designed to turn ERP concepts into concrete, structured practice. Readers are encouraged to actively challenge OCD, tolerate uncertainty and discomfort, and build confidence in their ability to move forward without performing rituals or seeking reassurance.

Climbing Above OCD can be used alongside treatment with an ERP therapist to provide additional structure and practice between sessions. It can also serve as a self-help and maintenance resource for individuals who have completed ERP treatment, helping them continue practicing their skills, address new OCD triggers, and protect the progress they have made.

Created from Dr. Wacha’s extensive clinical experience treating OCD and anxiety disorders, the workbook reflects the same active, evidence-based approach used at Summit OCD & Anxiety Therapy: less time accommodating OCD and more time learning how to face fear, tolerate uncertainty, and reclaim your life.