Psychotherapy Essentials to Go (Paperback)

Mark Fefergrad

ISBN 10: 0393708276 / ISBN 13: 9780393708271

Published by WW Norton & Co, New York, 2013

About this Item

Paperback. From fundamental skills to more detailed clinical application across a number of different anxiety disorders-including panic, social anxiety, generalized anxiety, OCD, and specific phobias-this concise guide provides a user-friendly overview of CBT for anxiety so any clinician can begin to implement it with their patients. Techniques for early, middle, and end phases of treatment are covered, including goal-setting and collaborative therapeutic engagement with clients, as well as methods for interoceptive exposure, challenging avoidance, and employing the thought record. Included in this comprehensive guide are a DVD of sample therapy sessions and clinical explication that describe how to implement the protocol, as well as a laminated pocket reminder card. An on-the-go package of practical tools that busy clinicians won't want to be without. A quick-reference, multi-media guide to using cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to treat anxiety. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Psychotherapy Essentials to Go (Paperback)
• Publisher: WW Norton & Co, New York
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393708276
• ISBN 13: 9780393708271
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

A quick-reference, multi-media guide to using cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to treat anxiety.

From fundamental skills to more detailed clinical application across a number of different anxiety disorders―including panic, social anxiety, generalized anxiety, OCD, and specific phobias―this concise guide provides a user-friendly overview of CBT for anxiety so any clinician can begin to implement it with their patients. Techniques for early, middle, and end phases of treatment are covered, including goal-setting and collaborative therapeutic engagement with clients, as well as methods for interoceptive exposure, challenging avoidance, and employing the thought record.

Included in this comprehensive guide are a DVD of sample therapy sessions and clinical explication that describe how to implement the protocol, as well as a laminated pocket reminder card. An on-the-go package of practical tools that busy clinicians won’t want to be without.

About the Authors

Mark Fefergrad, MD, MEd, is Assistant Professor and the Director of Postgraduate Education in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He is a leader in post-graduate CBT education and has practiced and taught CBT extensively.

Margaret A. (Peggy) Richter, MD, is the inaugural head of the Frederick W. Thompson Anxiety Disorders Centre at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, focused on research and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and related conditions. She is also Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, a scientist with the Brain Sciences Research Program at Sunnybrook Research Institute, and with the Neurogenetics Section, Neurosciences Department, at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

Robert Maunder, MD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and head of research for Mount Sinai Hospital’s Department of Psychiatry. His primary research interest is the role of interpersonal attachment on health.

Paula Ravitz, MD, is Associate Professor, Morgan Firestone Psychotherapy Chair, and Associate Director of the Psychotherapy, Health Humanities, and Education Scholarship Division for the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, where she leads IPT training. She is also the director of the Mt. Sinai Psychotherapy Institute. Her clinical practice, teaching, and research focus on IPT and attachment informed psychotherapy.