Narrative/CBT Approach to OCD in children

I am working with a young girl with OCD (contamination fears) and am using narrative therapy combined with CBT. I have two main questions:

1. Is there any research which evaluates the addition of narrative therapy ie. externalising, in CBT approaches? It seems to be helpful in this case, if only to foster therapeutic engagement with a very anxious child but I can't find any specific evidence.

2. The client says that she does not know exactly what her obsession is. She describes it as a fear that something bad will happen but cannot operationalise this further. I am not sure whether to push this or whether she is genuinely unable to describe her fear - is this common in children?

Replies:

Re:Narrative/CBT Approach to OCD in children, by Joop Meijers, 04/21/02 Re:Narrative/CBT Approach to OCD in children, by Jim Pretzer, 04/23/02 Re:Narrative/CBT Approach to OCD in children, by Michael Simons, 06/13/02 "Such research wouldn't make sense?", by Jim Pretzer, 06/13/02 Re:, by Michael Simons, 06/15/02 Re: The value of research, by Jim Pretzer, 06/19/02

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