The Efficiency of a Cognitive Behavioral Group Counseling Program in the Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

The aim of this study was to examine the efficiency of a cognitive behavioral group-counseling program in the treatment of obsessivecompulsive disorder among a sample of university students. The population consisted of undergraduate students from the faculty of education at Al al-Bayt University. The sample of the study consisted of (20) individuals randomly who had degree obsessivecompulsive disorder distributed to two groups, experimental and control. The experimental group composed of (10) students (4 males and 6 females) while the control group composed of (10) students (7 males and 3 females). The experimental group received cognitive behavioral training program, whereas the control group did not receive any kind of training programs. The training program consisted of twelve-hour sessions spread over six weeks, aimed at developing their skills by using cognitive? behavioral strategies that deal with obsessive-compulsive disorder. To identify statistically significant differences between the two groups, analysis of covariance-ANCOVA was using. Results indicated that there were statistically significant differences between the experimental and control group in subscales of the obsessive disorder scale. Finally, it was concluding that the cognitive behavioral group counseling training program was effective in treating obsessivecompulsive