This accessible book presents time- and cost-effective strategies for helping clients break free of dysregulated behaviors--such as substance abuse, binge eating, compulsive spending, and aggression--and build more fulfilling, meaningful lives.
This book presents the first treatment program that adapts the proven practices of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) to meet the unique needs of people struggling with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
Behavioural experiments are one of the central and powerful methods of intervention in cognitive therapy. This handbook contains chapters that provide a theoretical and practical background for the understanding of behavioural experiments. Containing examples of over 200 experiments, it is aimed at those involved in cognitive behavioural therapy.
The Oxford Guide to Low Intensity CBT Interventions is the first ever comprehensive guide to Low Intensity CBT. It brings together researchers and clinicians who have led the way in developing evidence-based low intensity CBT treatments - treatments for those who have hitherto had no access to mental health services.
Challenges 'the limits of classical analytic theory' and the Freudian orthodoxy. This book proposes a 'psychology of the self' as a theory in its own right. It explores issues such as the role of narcissism in personality, when a patient can be considered cured, and the oversimplifications and social biases that unduly influenced Freudian thought.
Focusing on psychotherapy, this book offers a comprehensive overview of its many aspects. The topics are presented under five headings - the nature of psychotherapy and its research, its culture, modalities, settings and issues - and the book serves as a source of information and reference.