{"product_id":"try-not-to-think-of-a-pink-elephant-stories-about-ocd-paperback","title":"Try Not to Think of a Pink Elephant: Stories about OCD - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKimberley Quinlan\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eMartin Ingle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePatrick Marlborough\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTry Not to Think of a Pink Elephant\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of real-life stories about living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Contributors are Martin Ingle on OCD and sexual intimacy; Dani Leever on contamination-based OCD; Patrick Marlborough on living with OCD in NYC; Katharine Pollock on over-achievement and control of food and body; and Sienna Rose Scully on the untimely death of her mother, an event that actualised her most persistent OCD obsession.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKimberley Quinlan\u003c\/b\u003e is a licensed marriage and family therapist who has a private practice in Calabasas, California, specialising in anxiety, OCD and related disorders, and eating disorders. Kimberley is the founder of CBTschool.com, an online psycho-education platform that provides online courses for those with obsessive compulsive disorder and body-focused repetitive behaviours. Kimberley is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Self-Compassion Workbook for OCD: Lean into Your Fear, Manage Difficult Emotions, and Focus on Recovery\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the host of \u003ci\u003eYour Anxiety Toolkit \u003c\/i\u003epodcast.\u003cb\u003e Martin Ingle\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, filmmaker, actor, and obsessive-compulsive worrywart who lives and works on Yuggera land. \u003cb\u003ePatrick Marlborough\u003c\/b\u003e is a neurodivergent nonbinary writer, comedian, journalist, critic, and musician based in Walyalup (Fremantle), Whadjuk Boodja. They have been published in \u003ci\u003eVICE, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, Junkee, Noisey, Meanjin, Overland, Crikey, The Lifted Brow, Cordite, Going Down Swinging, The Betoota Advocate\u003c\/i\u003e, and beloved other. They are a passionate mental health and disability advocate, regularly writing about their experiences with depression, suicide, bipolar, high functioning autism, and OCD.\u003cb\u003e Dani Leever \u003c\/b\u003eis a genderqueer nonfiction writer from Naarm. They're a staff writer at MTV and they're currently the Online Deputy Editor at \u003ci\u003eArcher Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. They've been published in \u003ci\u003eJUNKEE, Pedestrian.TV, SBS, Voiceworks, Scum Magazine, Broadsheet, \u003c\/i\u003eand more. They previously sat on the \u003ci\u003eVoiceworks\u003c\/i\u003e Editorial Committee and have appeared at the National Young Writers' Festival. They write about gender, mental illness, pop culture, and queerness. Outside writing, Dani performs as a genderbending drag DJ called DJ Gay Dad and has performed at stages around the country. \u003cb\u003eKatharine Pollock\u003c\/b\u003e is a Sydney-based writer who lives and writes on Eora land. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eHer Fidelity\u003c\/i\u003e (Penguin Random House, 2022), is the comedic story of a young(ish) woman working in a struggling Brisbane record shop and finding her place in the world. In 2021, Katharine completed her PhD exploring women in music and the confessional mode. She writes comedic personal essays and short stories. She was most recently published as part of the 2021 Microflix Writing Award and was the winner of GenreCon's 2021 short story competition.\u003cb\u003e Sienna Rose Scully\u003c\/b\u003e is the youngest of four children. She is an Integrated Marketing Communications graduate who grew up in Noongar Whadjuk Boodja (Fremantle), Western Australia. Sienna obtained her bachelor's degree as a student-athlete where she played soccer at a collegiate level in the USA. She recently returned from living in Buenos Aires, Argentina with her fiancé, to move back to Fremantle. Along with diagnoses of depression and chronic anxiety, Sienna has dealt with OCD since childhood and is passionate about bringing awareness to what this disorder entails and to help others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9.13 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53184131170415,"sku":"9781760991982","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/4966\/4879\/files\/sB86QayTIp9781760991982.webp?v=1780498279","url":"https:\/\/finderbooks.com\/products\/try-not-to-think-of-a-pink-elephant-stories-about-ocd-paperback","provider":"Finder Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}