Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Understanding Sexual Obsessions

2. Assessing Clients with Sexual Obsessions

3. Step-by-Step Treatment Manual (with John Hart, Eric Lee, & Street Russell)

4. Association Splitting (Terence Ching, Steffen Moritz, & Lena Jelinek)

5. Treating Sexual Orientation Obsessions (with Jen Viscusi)

6. Treating Pedophile Obsessions (with Erin Nghe)

7. Relationship Issues (with Jen Viscusi)

8. Troubleshooting Common Problems, Issues, & Resources (with Erin Nghe & John Hart)

References

Appendices

A. Materials for Clients

B. Measures

C. Session Notes

About the Author

Monnica T. Williams, Ph.D., ABPP, is a board-certified clinical psychologist and Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa in the School of Psychology, where she serves as Canada Research Chair in Mental Health Disparities. Her clinical work and research focus on OCD, trauma, culture, and ethnic minority mental health. Dr. Williams has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and her work has been featured in several major
media outlets, including NPR, CNN, and the New York Times.

Chad T. Wetterneck, PhD is a clinical director and supervisor at Rogers Memorial Hospital (RMH). Over the past four years, he has served at the Co-Director of Research at the Houston OCD Program and served on the training and research committee for Obsessive Compulsive Foundation of Texas. Dr. Wetterneck has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters focused on OCD and OC-spectrum conditions and presented at many peer-reviewed national/international
conferences (over 150 paper/poster presentations).

Reviews

"Williams and Wetterneck, both highly respected clinical psychologists, have produced what is arguably the magisterial volume on approaching sexual obsessions in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)... One of the strengths of the volume is precisely its open approach to a multitude of practices without sacrificing the depth required to guide practitioners who must work with a challenging population of clients. There is currently no better book on the sexual
obsessions specific to OCD, and this definitive volume serves as an indispensable resource for students and practitioners of psychology, psychiatry, and social work, as well as those employed in allied
mental health fields." -- CHOICE
"There are two very important reasons for this book. First, there is just too much shame about this type of OCD and if this book can decrease that stigma it is a major win for the OCD community. Second, it is disturbing that there are therapists who do not understand this very common presentation of OCD, so I hope that this text will become a standard read for new graduates to help them fully understand the complexities of OCD. Most excellent work Monnica and
Chad." -- Patrick B. McGrath, PhD, Executive Director of the AMITA Health Foglia Family Foundation Residential Treatment Center, President, Anxiety Centers of Illinois
"This is an exceptionally impressive and comprehensive book! Specific examples of hierarchies, step-by-step treatment descriptions for sexual obsessions are well written. Adding "third wave" treatments- ACT and Association Splitting provides richness to standard ERP/CBT approaches. Sexual obsessions are confusing for most clinicians. This book is among those considered a seminal resource for OCD practitioners and will receive high acclaim." -- Barbara Van
Noppen, PhD, LCSW, Vice Chair for Faculty Development, Associate Professor, President, OCD Southern California, an affiliate of the International OCD Foundation
"Finally, a book dedicated to understanding sexual obsessions in OCD! Williams and Wetterneck, two leaders in the field of OCD assessment and treatment, have compiled an expert cast of authors who intimately examine how to conceptualize, assess, and treat sexual obsessive-compulsive symptoms. This valuable text belongs on the shelf of any clinician specializing in OCD and related disorders." -- Eric Storch, PhD, Professor and McIngvale Presidential Endowed
Chair, Vice Chair & Head, Psychology, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine