General Principles and Empirically Supported Techniques of Cognitive Behavior Therapy [Hardcover]

Proven and effective, cognitive-behavior therapy is the most widely taught psychotherapeutic technique. General Principles and Empirically Supported Techniques of Cognitive Behavior Therapy provides students with a complete introduction to CBT. It includes over 60 chapters on individual therapies for a wide range of presenting problems, such as smoking cessation, stress management, and classroom management. Each chapter contains a table clearly explaining the steps of implementing each therapy. Written for graduate psychology students, it includes new chapters on imaginal exposure and techniques for treating the seriously mentally ill.Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Contributors.

GENERAL PRINCIPLES.

1 A Brief History of Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Are There Troubles Ahead? (William ODonohue).

2 Assessment and Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Functional Analysis as Key Process (Claudia Drossel, Clair Rummel, and Jane E. Fisher).

3 Cognitive Behavior Therapy: A Current Appraisal (William C. Follette, Sabrina M. Darrow, and Jordan T. Bonow).

4 Cultural Awareness and Culturally Competent Practice (Melanie P. Duckworth).

5 New Directions in Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Acceptance-Based Therapies (Evan M. Forman and James D. Herbert).

EMPIRICALLY SUPPLIED TECHNIQUES.

6 Psychological Acceptance (James D. Herbert, Evan M. Forman, and Erica L. England).

7 Anger (Negative Impulse) Control (Brad Donohue, Kendra Tracy, and Suzanne Gorney).

8 Assertiveness Skills and the Management of Related Factors (Melanie P. Duckworth).

9 Attribution Change (Rebecca S. Lairlã®