Pattern-Focused Therapy: Highly Effective CBT Practice in Mental Health and Integrated Care Settings

Pattern-Focused Therapy incorporates brief cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) interventions for symptom reduction and a step-by-step therapeutic strategy for effectively changing clients’ maladaptive patterns and increasing their well-being.

Integrating research, clinical expertise, and client needs and values, Pattern Focused Therapy is a highly effective third-wave CBT approach that can be applied to a wide range of clients. This text guides therapists through the pattern focused approach, facilitating learning through session-by-session transcriptions and commentaries from the first to the final session. Interventions for optimizing treatment and indicators of successful therapy are included along with a chapter on Pattern Focused Therapy in integrated care settings.

Seasoned and beginner therapists alike will benefit from this invaluable method for learning and mastering this evidence-based approach.

Len Sperry, M.D., Ph.D., is a professor at Florida Atlantic University. He has practiced, taught, and written about CBT for four decades. Among his 1000+ professional publications are six other CBT books.