Therapy of obsessive-compulsive disorder: psychology and religion

Abstract

This article is an integral part of a series of publications in which, based on specific cases of child-parent relations, the positive dynamics of psychological work on the basis of Ingush culture and religious values is shown. It describes the culture of providing psychological assistance, taking into account the spiritual heritage of the client and the whole paper refers to a specific case as the example.The article includes a brief description of obsessive-compulsive disorder, diagnostic criteria, the course of the disease, its epidemiology. OCD is considered from the standpoint of various theories. The process of short-term therapy is described in detail. The strength of the work is the presence of a step-by-step description of the techniques used.The results of the experience accumulated by the author show that the multicultural competence of the therapist provides him not only a high level of trust from the client, but also a professional approach based on the use of ethno-religious resources in therapeutic work.