The document outlines a brief about the case study of Bess, a 27-year-old woman with OCD, emphasizing the applicability of the cognitive behavioral approach in clinical psychology. It details Bess's background, her struggles with perfectionism and intrusive thoughts, and her experience with cognitive behavioral therapy that involved exposure techniques and learning to control her thoughts. The document highlights the role of a therapist in facilitating this intervention and the focus on psychological factors underlying OCD.

1. Please a answer the highlited section in 300 word
PARAGRAPH... No Plagiarism or grammor errors. It is based of
the case study of bess which is posted at the bottom. This is a
very simple assignment.
Use your selected case which is OCD study to explain why
cognitive behavorial approch would be appropriate in the field
of clinical psychology and provide the following:
Case Study is OCD.
Cognitive behavorial Aprraoch is the treatment
The rationale for selecting
Cognitive behavorial approach
for the intervention
What would be done with Cognitive behavorial approach for
OCD
Who would be involved with Cognitive behavorial approach for
OCD
In what setting the intervention would occur with Cognitive
behavorial approach for OCD
Which area is
Cognitive behavorial approach
targeting, such as biological, psychological, or social factors
pertaining to OCD
The Case Study of Bess
Bess was a 27- year old upper middle class women
she lived alone in an apartment in the city and had few friends
she is a perfectionist and an accountant at a manufacturing firm
she often
takes sleeping pills
or
drinks alcohol
to

2. fall asleep quickly
raised by a single mother
divorced parents
mother was always nagging and searching for ways to better
oneself
mother was very strict about cleanliness and neatness and would
nag when things weren't to her standards
as a child told mother she felt unhappiness, mother dismissed
this and asked how she could be unhappy when she loved her so
much
very good in school
mother was very religious, Bess constantly worried weather she
was saved or if she was a sinner, to avoid these thoughts she'd
through herself into her school work.
as she became older Bess was intruded by unwanted sexual
thoughts
in attempt to rid herself of these thoughts she would do jig-saw
puzzles
when Bess was a senior in high school she became pregnant and
mother forced her to have an abortion
as she grew older she became anxious about dating, having kids
and getting married so she dedicated herself to her job
Bess would sometimes feel contaminated so she went through
the routine of laying her clothes down on specific parts of the
bed then taking a shower using several different washcloths
she would do this 4 or 5 times a day until she felt the
contamination was gone
when Bess could no longer do her job anymore (the only thing
in life that satisfied her) she began to see a therapist
she went to a cognitive behavioral therapist
he had her raise her hand when she felt obsessed and he would
yell stop
later he gave her a small box that she could use to slightly
shock her when she had an obsession or compulsion and she
would yell stop
eventually Bess learned she could control her thoughts and

3. began to think more positively than negatively