Recommendations for intervention
The CBT model (particularly, the use of exposure and response prevention – ERP) has shown positive effects for the treatment of OCD (Franklin, Goss, & March, 2012). Through the exposure to situations that trigger compulsive behaviours without performing conditioned rituals, the Client has the opportunity to learn to stay in the uncomfortable situation long enough and logically evaluate what is happening in the situation. Sitting long enough and allowing the fear to dissipate and inaccurate