Intrusive Thoughts and Compulsions in Adolescent OCD: A Psychoanalytic Framework for Treatment

This comprehensive and clinically-focused volume offers a therapeutic framework for understanding and treating intrusive thoughts and compulsions in adolescents with OCD.By bridging theory and practice, it provides clinicians with the tools to explore the emotional and symbolic dimensions of OCD, fostering deeper therapeutic engagement. Grounded in post-Kleinian and Bionian theory, the book offers a structural reading of obsessive-compulsive symptoms, shifting focus from surface content to the psychic architecture beneath.Through vivid clinical vignettes, annotated transcripts and practical interventions, Marcus Lewton equips clinicians with the skills to recognise and address the unique emotional stances adolescents take toward their OCD symptoms.The book integrates psychoanalytic insights with structured cross-modal approaches such as Exposure Response Prevention and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, emphasising patience, attunement and the symbolic meaning behind compulsions.Alongside