Healthy Compulsive

People with Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder have a need for control, yet they are also capable, conscientious, and driven. The Healthy Compulsive offers understanding of personality style, inspiring stories of change, and clear steps to cultivate the talents and passions that are the truly compelling sources of the driven personality.

Gary Trosclair, DMA, LCSW, is a psychotherapist and Jungian analyst in private practice in New York City and Westchester County, New York. He is President of the New York Association for Analytical Psychology and serves on the faculty of the Jung Institute of New York, the Jung Foundation of New York, and the New York Center for Jungian Studies. He is the author of I'm Working On It In Therapy: How To Get The Most Out Of Psychotherapy, and of the blog The Healthy Compulsive Project. He lives in Tuckahoe, New York with his wife and two daughters.

Dedication Preface Introduction Part I: The Driven Personality: What It's Like and How It Got That Way Chapter 1: Identifying the Driven Personality Chapter 2: How Did I Get This Way? The Tree Grows Where It Can Part II: Realizing Your Driven Potential Chapter 3: Four Steps to Becoming a Healthier Compulsive Chapter 4: Step 1: Identify Your Story to Develop Insight Chapter 5: Step 2 Engage Emotionally with Deeper Layers of Feeling and Parts of Yourself Chapter 6: Step 3: Cultivate Meaning: Clarify Your Aspirations and Set Your Priorities Chapter 7: Step 4: Take Action: Commit to Behavior That Honors Your Aspirations Part III Dangers and Opportunities on the Road Ahead: Applying the Tools of Change to Fulcrum Issues Chapter 8: Body Chapter 9: Time & Money Chapter 10: Work and Career Chapter 11: People, Partners, and Parenting Chapter 12: Rest and Play Chapter 13: Psychological Growth: Vicissitudes of The Inner Game Part IV Support for The Road Ahead Chapter 14 Support for the Compulsive's Journey Chapter 15 Support and Suggestions for Partners of Compulsives Afterword Acknowledgements About the Author Bibliography