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Needing to Know for Sure: A CBT-Based Guide to Overcoming Compulsive Checking and Reassurance Seeking is a practical self-help book for readers struggling with OCD-related checking, repeated reassurance seeking, chronic doubt, and uncertainty intolerance. Written by Martin N. Seif and Sally M. Winston, two clinicians known for their work in anxiety disorders and OCD, the book translates cognitive behavioral therapy principles into a focused guide for a specific but common problem pattern. Rather than treating checking as a simple habit, it frames it as a self-reinforcing cycle: anxiety triggers doubt, doubt leads to checking or asking others for certainty, and the short-term relief makes the compulsion stronger over time. The book is aimed at people who repeatedly review decisions, search for guarantees, or feel unable to move forward without external confirmation. It is also useful for therapists and readers interested in how CBT can be applied to uncertainty, compulsive doubt, and the struggle to tolerate not knowing.