Stuff That's Loud: A Teen's Guide to Unspiraling When OCD Gets Noisy (The Instant Help Solutions Series)

An OCD book just for you--full of fun, engaging illustrations and powerful tools to help you turn the volume down on your worst symptoms. Do you have thoughts that seem loud? Do your worries spiral out of control and then suck you in? Do intrusive thoughts show up and make you scared of doing certain things--or not doing things--a certain way? Do you ever get a feeling like something bad might happen? Does this loud stuff make you feel alone, or worse--crazy? First, you aren't alone--even if it sometimes feels that way. And second, you are not crazy. You're a teen with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). And while OCD can be difficult to manage, you can manage it. In fact, you can do more than just manage it. You can live a life full of meaning, great relationships, and joy with the help of this book. In Stuff That's Loud, you'll find fun and proven-effective exercises and tools based in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help you break free from loud, spiraling OCD thoughts and behaviors. In this book, you'll find: Mindfulness skills to help you unspiral when OCD gets loud Tips for dealing with anxiety, depression, shame, and avoidance Inspiration to live a life according to your own values Information on sleep and stress--and how they affect your OCD You don't have to be defined by your OCD. With practice, you can learn to master your OCD, find relief from symptoms, and live a full and meaningful life.

Ben Sedley, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) practitioner with over fifteen years of experience working with adolescents and adults facing mental health difficulties. Sedley’s research and practice has focused on examining children and young people’s understanding of mental health, which has helped guide him on the best ways to explain mental health concepts and ACT to young people. He is author of the teen self-help book, Stuff That Sucks.

Lisa W. Coyne, PhD, is founder and senior clinical consultant of the McLean OCD Institute for Children and Adolescents (OCDI Jr.), and assistant professor in the department of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She also founded and directs the New England Center for OCD and Anxiety, and is coauthor of The Joy of Parenting (with Amy Murrell) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Clinician's Guide for Supporting Parents with ACT (with Koa Whittingham). She lives near Boston, MA, with her family and two therapy dogs, Doog and Peach.

Ben Sedley, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) practitioner with over fifteen years of experience working with adolescents and adults facing mental health difficulties. Sedley's research and practice has focused on examining children and young people's understanding of mental health, which has helped guide him on the best ways to explain mental health concepts and ACT to young people. He is author of the teen self-help book, Stuff That Sucks.

Lisa W. Coyne, PhD, is founder and senior clinical consultant of the McLean OCD Institute for Children and Adolescents (OCDI Jr.), and assistant professor in the department of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She also founded and directs the New England Center for OCD and Anxiety, and is coauthor of The Joy of Parenting (with Amy Murrell) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Clinician's Guide for Supporting Parents with ACT (with Koa Whittingham). She lives near Boston, MA, with her family and two therapy dogs, Doog and Peach.