Behavioral Activation for Depression: A Clinician's Guide

✍ Scribed by Christopher R. Martell, Sona Dimidjian, Ruth Herman-Dunn

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 258
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Noted for its clarity and practical utility, the definitive guide to behavioral activation (BA) is now in a revised and expanded second edition. The authors are leading experts who enumerate BA principles and provide guidelines for assessment and intervention. Clinicians learn effective procedures for structuring each session, identifying and scheduling antidepressant activities, targeting avoidance and rumination, and monitoring progress. Illustrated with an extended case example, sample dialogues, and quick-reference tables, the book features 16 reproducible worksheets and forms. Purchasers get access to a webpage where they can download and print the reproducible materials--plus a supplemental client booklet--in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.

New to This Edition
Reflects a decade of advances in research, clinical practice, and training.
Chapter on transdiagnostic applications and new treatment settings.
Four additional reproducible appendices: measures of BA client progress and therapist treatment fidelity.
Supplemental downloadable booklet: A Client's Guide to Behavioral Activation.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title Page
Also from the Authors
Title Page
Copyright
About the Authors
Preface
Contents
1. Introduction: The Development of Behavioral Activation
2. The Core Principles of Behavioral Activation
3. The Structure and Style of Therapy
4. Identifying the Ingredients of the Behavioral Antidepressant
5. Activity Scheduling and Structuring
6. Avoidance Modification, Solving Problems, and Value-Directed Behavior
7. How Thinking Can Be Problematic Behavior
8. Troubleshooting Difficulties in Activation
9. Measuring Progress and Preparing for Termination
10. Extensions of BA
Appendix 1. Charts and Worksheets for Depressed Clients
Appendix 2. Notebook and Weekly Therapy Plan
Appendix 3. Notebook and Posttherapy Plan
Appendix 4. ACTIVATE Reference Sheet for Therapists
Appendix 5. Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale
Appendix 6a. Quality of Behavioral Activation Scale—Long Form
Appendix 6b. Quality of Behavioral Activation Scale—Short Form
Appendix 7. Postsession Self-Assessment Fidelity Checklist
References
Index