As a therapist who treats clients with OCD, I could not be happier with Hershfield & Grayson's book, Overcoming Harm OCD. I did not actually know until I saw this book, and was granted the ability to read it thanks to Netgalley, that there was a name for this variety of OCD. I certainly knew how it tore my clients apart, and how difficult it was to help them with this issue.

What do you do when your own mind is telling you that you are capable of doing harm to yourself or others, when you never felt this way before? This book will answer this question in a very clear, easy to understand way, and will provide you with tools to use, so you can better handle the struggle you are having, The tools are explained well and are relatively easy to practice. Will this completely take these thoughts away? Not necessarily. However, it will teach you how to live with the thoughts you cannot get rid of, and how to live your life, without having to do compulsory actions, to deal with the thoughts.

If you want to take your life back, and not be held hostage by your harm OCD thoughts, I would highly recommend you read this book.

As a clinical psychology PhD student, I read this book with the intention to critique it as if I were giving it to patients. I would definitely recommend this, because it is heavily evidence based (CBT). Useful tips an recommendations were provided with good description of the disorder.

i was actually surprised at how harmful my OCD really was! I have taken ideas from this book and how to change my ways to be better. It was very unhealthy