The Christian’s Guide to Overcoming OCD
Struggling with unwanted intrusive thoughts or repetitive compulsions? This definitive guide offers a compassionate and practical roadmap for Christians seeking healing from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Learn the nuts and bolts of evidence-based treatment, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), while growing your faith.
Discover why OCD is a treatable illness, not a lack of faith.
Through a Christ-centered approach, this book helps you understand the OCD cycle and its subtypes, including scrupulosity, where faith concerns become obsessions. With practical exercises and biblical insights, learn to change your relationship to fear, doubt, and uncertainty.
Stop the cycle of shame and isolation. Find hope and lasting recovery by embracing a whole-person approach that addresses the mind, body, and spirit. This book is an essential resource that invites anyone with OCD—or those who love them—to embrace a life of freedom, purpose, and a deeper connection with God.
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Blessings in Christ,
~Justin
Advance Praise
Over the course of clinical practice and ministry, I’ve seen the damage that can occur when OCD in Christians is misunderstood. Well-meaning believers sometimes offer advice that unintentionally deepens shame and isolation of OCD sufferers. Likewise, therapists unfamiliar with a Christian worldview may, in the course of OCD treatment, ask clients to do things that violate their consciences, leading to spiritual distress and dropout from treatment. But, I’ve also seen the beauty and freedom that emerge when faith and evidence-based treatment work hand in hand. Justin’s book is a bridge. It’s a guide. And it’s a source of comfort for those who feel alone in their struggle.
In The Christian's Guide to Overcoming OCD, Justin Hughes provides a cogent integration of evidence-based strategies and Biblical principles to help believers who struggle with OCD. Romans 8:1 (NKJV) notes that ‘there is therefore now no condemnation to those who walk according to the spirit, not according to the flesh,’ and Justin does a masterful job providing hope for the believer who struggles with OCD by destigmatizing these symptoms that often leave many Christians feeling condemned. If you are a Christian who struggles with symptoms of OCD, this is a must-have treatment guide.
I’ve been waiting a lifetime for a book like The Christian’s Guide to Overcoming OCD. You will be left feeling seen, heard, and empowered.
This is more than a book—it’s a must-have resource for Christian mental health professionals and anyone on an OCD journey! Justin brilliantly weaves clinical insights and an abundance of practical tools with a rich understanding of Scripture. This is one of the best resources I’ve come across for Christians seeking to overcome anxiety with spiritual life that really makes sense—rooted and grounded in truth, freedom, and tangible grace.
This book offers a rare integration of faith and evidence-based practice, giving Christians with OCD both practical tools and spiritual guidance. With clarity and compassion, it lights a path toward freedom, hope, and lasting change in ways that can improve your life.
Justin Hughes has written a thoughtful and compassionate book sure to resonate with any Christian struggling with OCD. His book provides valuable, up-to-date information on this disabling condition, all through the lens of a devout Christian. Facts about OCD and its treatment are punctuated by relevant quotes from scripture, opportunities for reflection and prayer, vignettes from his work with Christian patients, and tips for navigating through misconceptions and barriers commonly experienced by Christians with OCD. I urge any OCD sufferer, perhaps especially those who question the compatibility of medical science and Christianity, to read this book.
Behind the Scenes
For the last six years, I’ve been trying to “practice what I preach”—but it wasn’t easy. While writing The Christian’s Guide to Overcoming OCD, I faced some of the same “what-ifs” my clients do. What if I misrepresent God? What if I’m not good enough? What if this fails? I want to help bring hope and freedom for those who suffer deeply from fear. I had to face my own first.
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