“…effective. It is now considered as a first line treatment for OCD (Abramowitz, Blakey, Reuman, & Buchholz, 2018;Hirschtritt, Bloch, & Mathews, 2017;National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, 2006). ERP entails a systematic confrontation with feared stimuli and refraining from symptomatic behaviour (Abramowitz, Taylor, & McKay, 2009), whereas cognitive interventions address dysfunctional thoughts and beliefs considered predisposing factors of obsessive-compulsive symptoms (Abramowitz, 2006).…”