Upside of OCD

Using vivid case examples, practical exercises, personal anecdotes, and inspiring stories, The Upside of OCD integrates the best of what's already out there for OCD treatment with a new relational twist that will take your treatment to a whole new level.

Michael Alcée, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in Tarrytown, NY, and mental health educator at the Manhattan School of Music. He is the author of Therapeutic Improvisation: How to Stop Winging It and Own It as a Therapist and 2019 winner of the American Psychological Association's Division 39 Schillinger Memorial Award. Alcée has been a TEDx speaker and organizer and regular contributor at Psychology Today along with contributions to NPR, The Chicago Tribune, and The New York Times, among others.

Introduction: Claiming The Hidden Upside Chapter 1: OCD Reimagined Chapter 2: Mapping the Heart of OCD Chapter 3: All This Good Inside: Masterminding OCD Chapter 4: OCD Does Your Dirty Work Chapter 5: Caring for Your Wildness Chapter 6: Making Meaning in the Face of Death Chapter 7 Freeing the Muse Within the Critic Chapter 8: Becoming Yourself With and Beyond Your OCD Bibliography Index About the Author