As the fourth-highest mental health condition, it’s high time we opened up honest, authentic conversations about OCD and its many hidden forms. I pray this book serves as a long-overdue bridge of wisdom and compassion between the sufferer and the helper, within your church, community, and family. 

For the Sufferer: 

I know right now you feel deeply misunderstood and dismissed. Being told to “pray more” or “have faith” only deepens the agony. Alone and ashamed, you constantly battle intrusive thoughts about God, your safety, loved ones, or your identity. 

This book is your roadmap, showing you how to understand the dreadful loop of OCD and get your life back. I uncover hidden varieties of OCD, like scrupulosity/religious OCD, relationship OCD, harm OCD, and more. 

You’ll finally have a name for your struggles and feel understood, seen, and appreciated for everything you’re going through. You’ll learn exactly WHY your brain does what it does, how it affects your whole self, and practical steps to long-lasting relief and freedom. 

For the Helper: 

If you’re a parent, spouse, friend, or pastor already walking alongside someone with OCD and feel confused or wonder if you’re just making things worse, I’m SO glad you’re here! This book is your long-awaited solution. 

This book finally gives you the language to understand what your loved one is going through and build your confidence in supporting them. As you read, you’ll become aware of ways you may unintentionally reinforce their “stuckness,” and learn how to help in a way that truly HELPS.

Friend, I’m a living, walking example that no matter how lost or confused you feel, healing IS possible! As you journey through these pages, the Shepherd will meet you in your mess and show you the way to freedom. I can’t wait for you to experience it! 

• Christians silently battling hidden forms of OCD, religious OCD or scrupulosity 

You obsess over salvation, sin, confession, or “right faith.” Instead of giving you life, your walk with God feels like a prison closing in around you. 

• People stuck in shame, confusion, or compulsive spiritual patterns 

You love Jesus, but you can’t get control over your anxious thoughts. You feel trapped in a cycle of guilt, doubt, and endless inner checking. 

• Those wrestling with “hidden” forms of OCD 

This includes harm OCD, relationship OCD, pedophilia OCD, or taboo thoughts you’d NEVER dare say out loud, even in counseling or prayer. You fear what they mean about you. 

• Supporters and helpers who love someone with OCD 

Pastors, parents, spouses, friends – I know you just want to help, but you’re scared of making it worse. Or maybe you’ve boldly offered advise that seems to make them further stuck. You feel helpless and confused around them. 

• Anyone desperate to know if healing is actually possible 

You’ve prayed. You’ve Googled. You’ve asked ChatGPT. You just want someone to explain what’s really going on and show you the way to freedom. 

If any of that hits home, I wrote this book with you in mind. There IS hope and a way out!

You put this book down knowing how to: 

• Finally name and understand your battle. What is OCD? Is it OCD? How is that different than just “anxiety”? What are intrusive thoughts? Is this a “spiritual” issue?

• Recognize OCD patterns, cycles, and triggers, and how they differ from healthy spiritual conviction 

• Untangle shame from your view of God, self, and others

• Practice clinical techniques that align with Biblical truth 

• Heal from OCD’s impact on your life as a whole – spiritually, physically, mentally, and emotionally 

• Open up honest conversations to learn from each other 

• Build a bridge of empathy and understanding between the sufferer and the helper

• Place OCD as part of the bigger Biblical narrative of Creation, Fall, Redemption, & Consummation

• Be captivated by Jesus as the Ultimate Gap Filler 

• See and understand your loved one who suffers from OCD 

• Offer practical, well-informed support to the sufferer 

I wrote this book to let you know you’re NOT crazy, remove the mystery of OCD, and give you a step-by-step guide to the freedom you so desperately crave. 

Obviously, there’s no shortage of mental health books out there. And if you walk into any bookstore, you’ll find rows and rows of Christian devotional books, too. 

The only issue is – some clinical resources ignore the spiritual torment, while some Christian resources oversimplify or dismiss physiological functions. 

• Secular books treat the brain but ignore the soul. 

You get great grounding techniques based on hard evidence, but your walk with God is completely left out of it. Although those habits are practical, how do you translate that mental and physical behavior into your spiritual intimacy with God? It’s helpful, up to a point. 

• Christian books often dismiss the clinical reality of OCD. 

These resources feed your soul nourishing Scripture and theology. But what do you do with your actual, physical and mental compulsions? Taking every thought captive isn’t working. (It won’t!) Though these resources offer sound advice, the OCD brain translates it as shame, unintentionally fueling STRONGER compulsions. This is where most OCD sufferers feel misunderstood, blamed, and ostracized from the church. 

That’s why I wrote this book! Its unique power comes from its strong combination of evidence-based OCD treatment AND the unshakeable truth of God’s Word.