Clinician''s Guide to Cbt for Children to Young Adults - A Companion to Think Good, Feel Good and Thinking Good, Feeling Better

A powerful and insightful clinical resource for CBT practitioners who work with children and young adults
 
The newly updated and thoroughly revised Second Edition of this companion to Think Good, Feel Good and Thinking Good, Feeling Better delivers guidance for clinicians using the author's seminal workbooks. This companion work builds upon the workbook materials by offering readers instruction on all aspects of the therapeutic process and a wide range of case studies highlighting specific therapies in action.
 
A Clinician's Guide covers topics including parental involvement, key cognitive distortions in children, formulations, challenging thoughts, guided discovery, and the use of imagery. The author also includes a chapter focusing on common potential problems that arise in therapy and strategies to overcome them.
 
The book highlights the underlying philosophy, process, and core skills of employing CBT with children and young people. Readers will appreciate the competency framework, which describes the CORE philosophy, PRECISE process, and the ABCs of specific techniques. The book also includes:
* Additional materials and handouts for use in therapy, including psycho-educational materials for children and parents on common problems, like depression, OCD, PTSD, and anxiety
* Downloadable, multi-use worksheets for use in the clinician's therapeutic sessions
* Practical, real-world case examples that shed light on the techniques and strategies discussed in the book
* A systematic approach to the use of cognitive behavioural therapy to treat common psychological problems
 
Perfect for professionals and trainees in child and adolescent mental health, like psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, educational psychologists, community psychiatric nurses, and occupational therapists, the book also belongs on the shelves of non-mental health professionals, including school nurses and social workers, who regularly work with children in a therapeutic setting.

List of contents

About this book xiii
 
Acknowledgements xv
 
Online resources xvii
 
1 Introduction and overview 1
 
CBT as an intervention 1
 
CBT as a preventative intervention 2
 
CBT with younger children 3
 
CBT with children and young people with learning difficulties 4
 
Technologically delivered CBT 5
 
Involving parents 6
 
The competencies to deliver child-focused CBT 7
 
Assessing competence 8
 
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Scale for Children and Young People 9
 
CORE philosophy 13
 
Child-centred 14
 
Outcome-focused 15
 
Reflective 16
 
Empowering 17
 
2 PRECISE 19
 
The therapeutic alliance 19
 
Partnership 21
 
Eliciting the young person's and parents' understanding and views 22
 
Encourages the young person to participate in decision making 23
 
Involves the young person and parents/carers in planning the intervention 24
 
Encourages the young person to provide feedback about sessions 25
 
Right developmental level 25
 
Ensures an optimal balance between cognitive and behavioural techniques 26
 
Uses simple, clear, jargon-free language 27
 
Uses a variety of verbal (direct and indirect approaches) and non-verbal techniques 28
 
Appropriately involves parents/carers/others 28
 
Courtney has anger outbursts 30
 
Empathy 30
 
Conveys interest and concern using active listening, reflection, and summaries 30
 
Acknowledges and responds to emotional responses 32
 
Demonstrates an open, respectful, non-judgemental, caring approach 33
 
Empathises with parents 34
 
Creative 35
 
Tailors the concepts and methods of CBT around the interests of the young person 35
 
Uses a range of verbal and non-verbal methods 36
 
Creatively uses a range of methods 37
 
Utilises the preferred media of the young person 38
 
Investigation 39
 
Creates a process of collaborative inquiry 39
 
Fully involves young people in the design of experiments 40
 
Helps young people and parents/carers to consider alternative explanations 41
 
Encourages reflection 42
 
Self-efficacy 42
 
Identifies and highlights strengths and personal resources 43
 
Encourages identification of helpful skills and strategies 44
 
Develops personal coping strategies 44
 
Reinforces use of new skills 45
 
Enjoyable and engaging 45
 
Uses an appropriate mix of materials, activities, humour 46
 
Maintains an appropriate balance between task and relationship-strengthening activities 46
 
Attends to the young person's interests and incorporates them into the intervention 47
 
Presents as positive and hopeful 48
 
PRECISE in practice 48
 
Ella's obsessional thoughts 48
 
Joshua's negative thinking 49
 
3 A: Assessment and goals 51
 
Undertakes a full assessment of the presenting problem 51
 
Compliments assessment with routine outcome measures (ROMs) 53
 
Negotiates goals and the dates when progress will be reviewed 55
 
Identification of goals 56
 
Prioritisation of goals 57
 
Whose goals? 57
 
Inappropriate goals 58
 
Uses diaries, thought bubbles, and rating scales 59
 
Sarah feels faint 59
 
Tick charts 60
 
Thought bubbles 60
 
Visualisation 61
 
Stories 62
 
Rating scales 63
 
Pie charts 63
 
Theo's washing 64
 
Assesses motivation and readiness to change 64
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About the author

PAUL STALLARD is Professor of Child and Family Mental Health at the University of Bath and Head of Psychological Therapies (CAMHS) for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. He is a clinical psychologist who has worked with children and young people for 40 years using Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT). He is also an active researcher and has been involved in many studies exploring the use and effectiveness of CBT with children and young people.

Summary

A powerful and insightful clinical resource for CBT practitioners who work with children and young adults

The newly updated and thoroughly revised Second Edition of this companion to Think Good, Feel Good and Thinking Good, Feeling Better delivers guidance for clinicians using the author's seminal workbooks. This companion work builds upon the workbook materials by offering readers instruction on all aspects of the therapeutic process and a wide range of case studies highlighting specific therapies in action.

A Clinician's Guide covers topics including parental involvement, key cognitive distortions in children, formulations, challenging thoughts, guided discovery, and the use of imagery. The author also includes a chapter focusing on common potential problems that arise in therapy and strategies to overcome them.

The book highlights the underlying philosophy, process, and core skills of employing CBT with children and young people. Readers will appreciate the competency framework, which describes the CORE philosophy, PRECISE process, and the ABCs of specific techniques. The book also includes:
* Additional materials and handouts for use in therapy, including psycho-educational materials for children and parents on common problems, like depression, OCD, PTSD, and anxiety
* Downloadable, multi-use worksheets for use in the clinician's therapeutic sessions
* Practical, real-world case examples that shed light on the techniques and strategies discussed in the book
* A systematic approach to the use of cognitive behavioural therapy to treat common psychological problems

Perfect for professionals and trainees in child and adolescent mental health, like psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, educational psychologists, community psychiatric nurses, and occupational therapists, the book also belongs on the shelves of non-mental health professionals, including school nurses and social workers, who regularly work with children in a therapeutic setting.

Product details

• Authors: P Stallard, Paul Stallard, Paul (Consultant Clinical Psychologist Stallard, Stallard Paul
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781119396314
• ISBN: 978-1-119-39631-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Junge Erwachsene, Psychologie, Kinder, Kognitive Verhaltenstherapie, Psychology, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)