Communication in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

✍ Scribed by Michela Rimondini (auth.), Michela Rimondini (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 274
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

From its beginnings as the “talking cure,” psychotherapy has depended on the strength of the relationship between practitioner and patient. Today, this is particularly true of cognitive behavioral therapy, which requires skilled listening—understanding and processing the client’s complex personal narrative—as well as debating dysfunctional beliefs, suggesting new courses of action, and other forms of skillful speaking.

Communication in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy opens out the therapeutic possibilities for skillful speaking and listening for practitioners specializing in CBT, examining the theoretical and research base, and reviewing best-practice clinical methods and the evidence behind them. Illustrative examples of therapist-client dialogue and useful flow charts are included, highlighting exchanges that are precise, meaningful, and effective. And since the chapters are written to stand alone, readers can easily access answers to specific questions of content and technique.

Features of the coverage: • Communication during the assessment stage • Strengthening client involvement in the healing process • Building the therapeutic alliance in brief therapy • Clinical uses of non-verbal communication • Learner-centered strategies for improving communication skills • Qualitative and quantitative methods for analyzing communication in CBT • Plus disorder-specific chapters on treatment of anxiety, depression, and psychosis

Communication in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy brings valuable insights to clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, and psychotherapists looking to gain new skills or sharpen existing ones, and also serves as an effective training manual.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Background Theories and Main Systems of Analysis of Communication in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy....Pages 1-23
Assessment Stage: Data Gathering and Structuring the Interview....Pages 25-51
Building the Working Alliance in Brief Psychotherapies....Pages 53-69
Providing Information and Involving the Patient in the Therapeutic Process....Pages 71-105
Nonverbal Communication in Clinical Contexts....Pages 107-128
Communication in Depressive States....Pages 129-147
Interpersonal Vicious Cycles in Anxiety Disorders....Pages 149-183
Cognitive-Behavioral Family Interventions in Psychosis....Pages 185-201
Learner-Centered Interactive Methods for Improving Communication Skills....Pages 203-231
Quantitative Methods for the Analysis of Verbal Interactions in Psychotherapy....Pages 233-247
Qualitative Methods for the Analysis of Verbal Interactions in Psychotherapy....Pages 249-263
Back Matter....Pages 265-273

✦ Subjects

Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Social Work