Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Core Principles for Practice

✍ Scribed by William T. O'Donohue, Jane E. Fisher (eds.)

• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 454
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Learn and apply the 14 core principles of cognitive behavior therapy

In this invaluable guide, clinicians will find?identified and summarized by leading researchers and clinicians?fourteen core principles that subsume the more than 400 cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) treatment protocols currently in use, so they may apply them to their everyday practice. This unique contribution to the field provides practitioners with a balance of history, theory, and evidence-based applications.

Edited by renowned experts in the field, Cognitive Behavior Therapy explores the core principles behind all CBT protocols including:

• Clinical functional analysis
• Skills training
• Exposure
• Relaxation
• Cognitive restructuring
• Problem solving
• Self-regulation

A straightforward introduction to CBT principles with guidance for all mental health professionals seeking to improve the lives of clients spanning a range of psychological problems, Cognitive Behavior Therapy is designed for both new and experienced clinicians alike who want to deepen and broaden their understanding of CBT principles.Content:
Chapter 1 The Core Principles of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (pages 1–12): William T. O'Donohue and Jane E. Fisher
Chapter 2 Clinical Functional Analysis: Understanding the Contingencies of Reinforcement (pages 13–36): Clair Rummel, Christina Garrison?Diehn, Casey Catlin and Jane E. Fisher
Chapter 3 Skills Training (pages 37–73): Michael P. Twohig and John P. Dehlin
Chapter 4 Exposure Therapy: Promoting Emotional Processing of Pathological Anxiety (pages 75–104): Alyson K. Zalta and Edna B. Foa
Chapter 5 Relaxation (pages 105–132): Holly Hazlett?Stevens and Douglas A. Bernstein
Chapter 6 Cognitive Restructuring (pages 133–158): Robert L. Leahy and Simon A. Rego
Chapter 7 Problem Solving (pages 159–182): Arthur M. Nezu and Christine Maguth Nezu
Chapter 8 Self?Regulation (pages 183–213): Paul Karoly
Chapter 9 Behavioral Activation (pages 215–250): Jonathan W. Kanter and Ajeng J. Puspitasari
Chapter 10 Social Skills (pages 251–272): Joanna E. Strong Kinnaman and Alan S. Bellack
Chapter 11 Emotion Regulation and CBT (pages 273–323): Anthony Papa, Matthew Boland and M. Todd Sewell
Chapter 12 Communication (pages 325–351): Justin A. Lavner and Thomas N. Bradbury
Chapter 13 Principles of Positive Psychology (pages 353–375): Jeana L. Magyar?Moe
Chapter 14 Acceptance and Cognitive Behavior Therapy (pages 377–398): Kelly G. Wilson, Maureen K. Flynn, Michael Bordieri, Stephanie Nassar, Nadia Lucas and Kerry Whiteman