When OCD Treatment Doesn't Work: A Flexible, Creative, Somewhat Unorthodox Toolkit to Help You Manage Obsessions and Compulsions

by Andrew Triska LCSW

Overview

Find your own path to healing with this engaging guide—packed with both evidence-based and unconventional approaches to help you manage OCD and take back your life!

If you have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), you may become frustrated with inflexible and overly complicated treatments, and struggle with feelings of failure when these treatments don’t work. You aren’t alone. If you’re tired of “therapy speak” and dense, clinical treatment sessions, maybe it’s time to think outside the box.

With this engaging toolbox, you’ll be able to pick and choose what works for you—including techniques drawn from Buddhism, existential therapy, and even stand-up comedy! When OCD Treatment Doesn't Work also offers a comprehensive set of skills grounded in evidence-based exposure and response prevention (ERP) therapy, internal family systems therapy (IFS), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) that you can use as needed to find lasting relief from intrusive thoughts, compulsions, and mental obsessions.

If you’ve tried traditional OCD treatment but still haven’t found relief, this book provides a customizable approach to help you manage your specific symptoms and improve your life. Why not pick it up and discover what works best for you?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781648485961
Publisher:	New Harbinger Publications
Publication date:	12/01/2025
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.37(d)

About the Author

Andrew Triska, LCSW, is a psychotherapist, writer, and director of Triska Psychotherapy—a teaching practice focused on training early-career therapists and treating obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety, and hoarding, with a special focus on queer and trans clients with anxiety and OCD. He is author of five mental health and self-help books, including The Gender Identity Workbook for Teens, Parenting Your Transgender Teen, Sexuality and Intellectual Disabilities, and The Gender Deck, a therapeutic card deck.

Triska has dedicated his career to working with underserved clients and disseminating evidence-based information to therapists and the public. In addition, he consults and trains on OCD treatment, queer inclusion, and other topics. His engaging, colorful, inclusive mental health and self-help books have received wide press coverage from both mainstream and niche outlets, including Lambda Literary, PopSugar, and Scarleteen. He is a member of the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF), where he was a 2022/2023 conference speaker, as well as a member and USPATH Education Committee member of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). He can be found online at www.triskapsychotherapy.com.