Ranked as one of the 10 most severely disabling medical conditions by the The World Health Organization, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a terrifying condition striking millions of children and adults. While sufferers are as "normal" as you or me, unwanted thoughts intrude into their awareness promising horrifying outcomes if certain rituals are not performed. Fortunately, for those willing to work hard in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), high levels of recovery can usually be achieved. The first step in the CBT process is differentiating OCD "error messages" from one's own true thoughts....

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a bewildering, confusing, paradoxical, torturous, and very, very uncomfortable neurobiological disorder which can wreak havoc not just on the individual sufferer, but also on their relationships, home life, school and work. Indeed, if you do have someone with OCD in your life you are probably wondering, ?How did I get into this or even more likely ?How do I get out of this? ? You want to know how to best assist them, but don't want to get sucked into the rituals and just downright weirdness that goes with OCD. You?d like everybody to be able to go on with...

With the goal of reclaiming our natural spontaneity and aliveness, OCD and Other Gods presents a multifaceted approach to healing from obsessive and compulsive lifestyles. While acknowledging the importance of traditional interventions such as SRI medication and exposure and response prevention behavior therapy (ERP), the reader is provided with nine additional interlocking elements essential to OC-Spectrum recovery including: Unique complementary and alternative medicine tools Preventive self-care and lifestyle skills Stress and anxiety management techniques Obsession-inoculation and...

Now known to be a relatively common (2-3% prevalence), genetically determined disorder of the cortical- thalamic-striatal (CTS) circuitry of the brain, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) can be a devastating brain illness which continues to place a heavy burden on the healthcare system in spite of the development of 5HT reuptake blocking medications which are partially effective (roughly 30% improvement in 60% of patients without placebo effect) in reducing the symptoms of OCD. The serotonergic hypothesis has come under challenge from an array of more contemporary invitro and invivo studies...

If generations of wise men and women have given us the keys to life fulfillment and peaceful coexistance on the Earth, why aren't things getting better? Perhaps it is because we have lacked a common ground where together we can practice those skills of love, perseverance, friendship, and peaceful coexistance "Driving Ourselves Sane" will show you how to transform the mundane task of driving a car into a vehicle for self-actualization, social transformation and Earth preservation. Along the way you will also learn research-based and road-tested techniques for making yourself and your loved...

Often misunderstood, Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum Disorders are now thought to be genetically determined disorders aggravated by immune, hormonal and life stress events. While research into these fascinating mind/body disorders has made great advances, treatment innovations have lagged far behind. Many OC patients go undiagnosed. Even those patients fortunate enough to receive attention find there are few practitioners with the expertise to provide high quality treatment or understand the subtle effects the disorder has on the individual's lifestyle, learning abilities, relationships, career...

Dr. Christian R. Komor is a born innovator and nationally recognized OCD expert. Thinking outside the box while relying on his experience with hundreds of OCD patients, thousands of student trainees, and exhaustive review of the professional literature Dr. Komor has developed a series of articles unique in the OCD field. This special collection includes insights and treatment strategies found nowhere else. From an in-depth look at the "special characteristics" of people with OCD to alternative healthcare options for the OCD sufferer Dr. Komor will take you on a journey that is both valuable...

Beautiful but mysterious, the high-desert town of Sedona, Arizona has attracted the strange and miraculous for more than a century. Called by admirers the "real Northern Exposure with actual Twin Peaks" Sedona has been voted the second most likely place in America for an alien landing. (A sign on the airport fence reads "Area 52.") Gonzo writer Dr. Christian R. Komor brings true stories from this most unique of towns to light for the first time in this unforgettable (you wish ) collections of articles even Dave Barry would find strange.

In spite of millions of research dollars expended, the only consistently successful treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) continues to be Exposure to the feared stimulus while maintaining Awareness of the irrationality of the obsession and Preventing the normal ritual Response (or ERP for short). Based on his experience training thousands of counselors in optimal methodology for treating OCD and treating hundreds of OCD patients internationally-recognized OCD Spectrum Disorders expert Dr. Christian R. Komor has prepared this handy, step-by-step guide to what he calls "ERP+." The...

People everywhere are feeling overwhelmed and disillusioned with an increasingly complex and demanding world. We do our best to adapt, we rush and multitask - yet the enjoyment, peace and love we long for is somehow missing from our everyday lives. We have and do more, but are less and less satisfied - and more and more alarmed by increasing rates of stress-related illness. In The Power of Being, nationally acclaimed psychologist Dr. Christian R. Komor provides specific exercises for regaining control over our high-pressure lives and finding our inner peace. This how-to book is jammed with...