Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder: Evidence-Based and Disorder-Specific Treatment Techniques

✍ Scribed by Stefan G. Hofmann, Michael W. Otto

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 225
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) has proven to be the most effective form of treatment for social anxiety disorder. This revision of a highly regarded treatment manual presents an original treatment approach that includes specifically designed interventions to strengthen the relevant CBT strategies. This extensively revised volume builds upon empirical research to address the psychopathology and heterogeneity of social anxiety disorder, creating a series of specific interventions with numerous case examples and four new chapters on working with patients on medication, cultural factors, individual therapy, and monitoring on-track outcomes.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Handouts
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Characterizing Social Anxiety Disorder
What Is Social Anxiety Disorder?
Diagnostic Criteria for SAD
Disorder Prevalence and Characteristics
Information Processing in SAD
Etiology of SAD
Assessment of Social Anxiety and SAD
Contemporary Psychological Treatments
Pharmacological Treatments
2 Overall Description of Treatment Strategy
Just Do It!
The General Treatment Model
The Elements of the Treatment Model
Putting It All Together: Designing Exposures
3 Research Basis for the Treatment Model
Social Standards
Goal Setting
Self-Focused Attention
Self-Perception
Estimated Social Cost
Perception of Emotional Control
Perceived Social Skills
Safety and Avoidance Behaviors
Post-Event Rumination
Summary
4 Session-by-Session Outline
General Outline
Session 1
Session 2
Sessions 3–6
Sessions 7–End
Last Session
5 Treatment Modifications and Considerations
Individual Treatment Modifications
Working With Patients on Medication
6 Treatment in Action: Clinical Examples
Preparation for Exposures
Early In-Session Exposures With Attention Training
Post-Exposure Discussion
Viewing Videotaped Exposures
Home Practice Exposures
Later In-Session Exposures
In Vivo Social Mishap Exposures
7 Complicating Factors
Intrusive and Self-Deprecating Thoughts
Hostility and Paranoia
Depression and SAD
Substance Abuse and SAD
Troubleshooting: Nonresponse
Troubleshooting: Poor Adherence
Troubleshooting: Poor Retention of Therapeutic Gains
8 Maintenance and Follow-Up Strategies
Generalizing Treatment Skills
Relapse Prevention Skills
Closing Treatment: Attending to Well-Being
Booster Sessions
9 Cultural Factors
Cultural Differences in Prevalence Rates
Cultural Differences in Treatment Response
Cultural-Specific Expressions of SAD
Dimensions Contributing to Cultural Differences
Summary
References
Index