"Finally! This is a simple and effective guide for anybody who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder. Munford translates complex scientific discoveries into a step-by-step manual that will help you get your life back.

- Emanuel Maidenberg, Ph.D., Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California, Los Angeles

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"I would like to wholeheartedly endorse Munford's book. This book is written by one of the experts in the field of behavioral treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Munford brilliantly uses more than 30 years of experience in the treatment of this disorder. The book is written in simple language and gives excellent practical examples that can help patients and their therapist achieve success in fighting this terrible illness. This book can be used as a treatment manual or self-help tool. I consider it to be a great contribution to the field."

- Alexander Bystritsky, M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, director of the Anxiety Disorders Clinic and director of the Partial Hospitalization Program for Treatment Resistant Anxiety and OCD at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital

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"This book is invaluable to anyone who wants to stop checking and living with fear and avoidance. Not only does Munford explained clearly and crisply what exposure, ritual prevention, and awareness therapy is and how to use it to fight OCD, he also prepares readers for the inevitable pitfalls and roadblocks they will encounter and provides them with the tools and strength needed to surmount them."

- Patricia B. Perkins, J.D., executive director of the Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation

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"Munford has written a much-needed book to help people who suffer from obsessive- compulsive checking. His many years of clinical experience in working with patients with OCD is apparent as he guides the reader to develop his or her treatment program. Through the use of many actual case examples, he guides the reader through understanding, assessing, and treating a very common form of OCD."

- Gerald Tarlow, Ph.D., Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles and director of psychological services at the UCLA obsessive-compulsive disorder program

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