he patient by alleviating the underlying reasons for the behavior. Much of the behavior is based on the patient's belief that somehow they will be affected or threatened in some way if certain specific and mostly evasive actions are not taken.
             "Based on the premise that patients with OCD hold excessive beliefs of threat, DIRT was developed to target these beliefs and appraisals in a specific sub-type of OCD sufferer, namely, the obsessive-compulsive washer/cleaner." (Krochmalik 2004 pg 252)
             Implementing DIRT treatments usually means a number of weekly, 1-hour sessions for the patient. The DIRT method allows the facilitator to bring the fears faced by the patient into the open and discuss those fears in a clear, concise and controlled manner.
             "DIRT procedures include corrective information, filmed
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