The Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

The Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Pastoral Care for the Road to Change is a provocative and stimulating discussion of obsessive compulsive disorder that is meant to inspire new areas of inquiry on this subject. Written for obsessive-compulsive disorder sufferers and mental health care givers including pastoral counselors and social workers, readers will explore the connection between religion and obsessive compulsive disorder.

Robert Collie, ThD, is a Pastoral Counselor and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in private practice in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Acknowledgments

xi

Take the ``On Ramp''

1

(10)

The Making of the Map

3

(4)

Clearing the Mind: Not a Bad Joke

7

(1)

But...But...But

8

(3)

The Disorder of Paradox

11

(12)

Tourist from Jupiter

11

(1)

The OCD Group: A Study in Poles Apart?

12

(3)

Starting to Sort It Out

15

(2)

We Mammals

17

(6)

OCD: Hunting for the Disorder of the Thinking Animal

23

(18)

The Solution

24

(1)

Seeing the Problem

25

(1)

The Scent of the Hunt

25

(1)

The Hunt

26

(3)

In the Beginning: Cause and Effect

29

(1)

As It Might Have Been

30

(9)

Summary

39

(2)

OCD and Homo Religiosus---Religious Man

41

(32)

The Emergence of Religious Feelings

41

(7)

Now We Are in Recorded History

48

(2)

For Christians, the Dividing Line of History Occurs

50

(6)

The Jewish Track of History

56

(2)

The Christian Track of History

58

(1)

Three History-Bending Saints

59

(9)

Implications for Today

68

(3)

Summary

71

(2)

Now It Is Our Turn

73

(50)

Humility

73

(2)

Nancy: A Chain of Three

75

(4)

Marie: The Girl Gang-Tackled by OCD

79

(3)

Nanette Joyce: A Love of Beauty and a Compulsion to Hoard

82

(4)

Anne: Wrestling with Shame and Guilt---and Perfection

86

(2)

Mary: The Little Girl Who Wanted to Marry Jesus

88

(3)

Lou: Thirty-Five Years in the Dark

91

(4)

Pual: Poet Laureate of OCD

95

(19)

What We Can Learn from OCD

114

(7)

Summary

121

(2)

Homo Sapiens Sapiens: We Have Found the Enemy and It Is Us

123

(22)

The Old Brain

125

(2)

The Midbrain

127

(6)

The New Brain

133

(4)

Adding It All Up

137

(8)

Theory Made Practical

145

(36)

Differential Diagnosis

146

(1)

Rethinking Diagnosis

147

(7)

Symptom Selection

154

(3)

Progression and Regression

157

(1)

Bagging the Game: Implications of Evolutionary Thinking

158

(3)

Personality, OCD, and Symptom Creep

161

(5)

Personal Development

166

(5)

Pathways to Change

171

(10)

Learning from Effecting Change

181

(30)

We Have Much Experience with What Does Not Work

181

(3)

We Now Have Some Experience with What Works and Why

184

(5)

Clean, Clean, Clean Your Carpet, Gently Down Life's Stream

189

(9)

Step Ahead

198

(3)

Theory into Scenario

201

(2)

Planning for Practice

203

(1)

We Climbers Now Have a Good Foothold

204

(4)

Gaining Wisdom from OCD

208

(3)

OCD and the Quality of Life

211

(18)

Loving with Your Heart

214

(2)

Loving with All Your Mind

216

(5)

Loving with All Your Strength

221

(1)

Loving with All the Soul

222

(3)

Quality of Life: The Need for a Role Model

225

(4)

Theologizing in a Neurobiological Age

229

(18)

Our Past Continues into Our Present

230

(4)

Implications for Living in the Present

234

(5)

What Then Can We Affirm?

239

(4)

The Direction of Human Potential

243

(4)

Appendix: Available Resources

247

(2)

Notes

249

(8)

Index

257

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