  Relapse Prevention consists of a four step process: Recognizing the new thought as an obsession Understanding what OCD is Comparing this new obsession to others you've handled with success and trusting yourself - taking the risk and just ignoring it. The Relapse-Prevention skill can be learned in just a few weeks - it is not as lengthy as ERP Behavioral Therapy. Once you learn it, you can let go of any new obsession in about 5 minutes! You can ONLY do this if you remember your past successful recovery work over OCD, with ANY Behavioral Therapist, (not just with Warren Barlowe) using Exposure-and-Response-Prevention (ERP) behavioral therapy - a special form of Cognitive-Behavioral therapy (CBT). IMPORTANT NOTE: This technique is NOT used as primary OCD therapy. It ONLY works if you have successfully completed ERP behavioral therapy. |
