Cognitive Therapy Techniques, Second Edition

A Practitioner's Guide

Robert L. Leahy (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

517 Seiten

2017 | 2nd edition
Guilford Press (Verlag)
978-1-4625-2822-6 (ISBN)

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This indispensable book has given many tens of thousands of practitioners a wealth of evidence-based tools for maximizing the power of cognitive therapy and tailoring it to individual clients. Leading authority Robert L. Leahy describes ways to help clients identify and modify problematic thoughts, core beliefs, and patterns of worry, self-criticism, and approval-seeking; evaluate personal schemas; cope with painful emotions; and take action to achieve their goals. Each technique includes vivid case examples and sample dialogues. Featuring 123 reproducible forms, the book has a large-size format for easy photocopying; purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.

New to This Edition
*Numerous additional techniques and reproducible tools, including 48 new or revised forms.
*Chapters on decision-making problems, intrusive thoughts, and anger management issues.
*Incorporates the latest theory and research as well as cutting-edge techniques drawn from acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), behavioral activation, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), emotional schema therapy, and the metacognitive model.
*Significantly revised chapters on emotion regulation and worries.
*Filled-out examples for many of the forms.

Robert L. Leahy, PhD, is Director of the American Institute for Cognitive Therapy in New York City and Clinical Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Leahy is Associate Editor of the International Journal of Cognitive Therapy and is past president of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), the International Association for Cognitive Psychotherapy, and the Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies (A-CBT). He is a recipient of the Outstanding Clinician Award from ABCT and the Aaron T. Beck Award from A-CBT. Dr. Leahy is author or editor of 29 books for mental health professionals and the general public, including If Only and The Worry Cure. His books have been translated into 21 languages.

I. Beginning Cognitive Therapy
1. Introduction
II. Techniques
2. Eliciting Thoughts
3. Evaluating and Testing Thoughts
4. Evaluating Assumptions and Rules
5. Examining Information-Processing and Logical Errors
6. Modifying Decision Making
7. Responding to and Evaluating Intrusive Thoughts
8. Modifying Worry and Rumination
9. Putting Things in Perspective
10. Identifying and Modifying Schemas
11. Emotion Regulation Techniques
III. Specific Applications
12. Examining and Challenging Cognitive Distortions
13. Modifying Need for Approval
14. Challenging Self-Criticism
15. Managing Anger
16. Concluding Comments
References
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	16.03.2017
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	203 x 267 mm
Gewicht	1110 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4625-2822-8 / 1462528228
ISBN-13	978-1-4625-2822-6 / 9781462528226
Zustand	Neuware