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List of contents
I. Case Conceptualization
1. Case Conceptualization in Preventing and Responding to Therapeutic Difficulties, Lawrence D. Needleman
2. Impediments to Effective Psychotherapy, Arthur Freeman and Roya Djalali McCloskey
3. Effective Homework, Michael A. Tompkins
II. Metacognition and Emotion
4. Anxiety Disorders, Metacognition, and Change, Adrian Wells
5. Emotional Schemas and Resistance, Robert L. Leahy
6. Avoidance of Emotion as an Obstacle to Progress, Stephen J. Holland
III. Specific Populations
7. Psychosis, Gillian Haddock and Ronald Siddle
8. Bipolar Disorder, Cory F. Newman
9. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A New Algorithm Treatment Model, Mervin R. Smucker, Brad K. Grunert, and Jo M. Weis
10. Binge-Eating and Other Eating Disorders, Nicole A. Schaffer
IV. Couples and Families
11. Couple Therapy, Norman B. Epstein and Donald H. Baucom
12. Family Therapy, Frank M. Dattilio
V. Psychotherapy Processes
13. Difficult-to-Treat Patients: The Approach from Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Christine Foertsch, Sharon Y. Manning, and Linda Dimeff
14. Obstacles or Opportunities?: A Relational Approach to Negotiating Alliance Ruptures, Christopher L. Stevens, J. Christopher Muran, and Jeremy D. Safran
15. Angry Patients: Strategies for Beginning Treatment, Raymond Chip Tafrate and Howard Kassinove
16. Medication Compliance with Difficult Patients, Lynn Marcinko
17. Conclusions, Robert L. Leahy
About the author
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 Onlyand The Worry Cure. His books have been translated into 21 languages.
Summary
Why do standard, evidence-based interventions fail to work for certain clients or certain situations? What tools do cognitive-behavioral theory and therapy offer for managing difficult cases? This book addresses these questions and addresses specific kinds of "roadblock," exploring how and why it arises and suggests effective, practical solutions.
