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Positive Affect Treatment for Depression and Anxiety: Workbook includes all necessary materials, including worksheets and activities, for therapists and clients to complete the treatment program for depression, anxiety and anhedonia, in order to help individuals regain interest and enjoyment in their usual activities while improving their quality of life.
List of contents
- Module 1: Psychoeducation
- Chapter 1: Is it difficult for you to feel positive emotions?
- Chapters 2: How will this therapy work for you?
- Chapter 3: Let's get started!
- Chapter 4: The triad of feelings, thoughts, and actions
- Module 2: Treatment skills sets
- Chapter 5: Actions towards feeling better
- Chapter 6: Attending to the positive
- Chapter 7: Building positivity
- Module 3: Treatment gains and relapse prevention
- Chapter 8: Continuing the journey after treatment
- About the Authors
- List of Contributors:
About the author
Alicia E. Meuret, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology and Director of the Anxiety and Depression Research Center (ARC) at SMU. Her research program focuses on novel treatment approaches for anxiety and mood disorders, for which she has received extensive funding and scientific honors.
Halina Dour, PhD, is the owner of The Center for Genuine Growth, a multi-state practice. She has expertise in numerous evidence-based treatments and served as consultant on multiple treatment development projects, earning multiple awards.
Amanda G. Loerinc Guinyard, Ph.D. is the Founder and Director of the CBT Center of Boston and is a licensed clinical psychologist in Massachusetts, California, and Connecticut. In her practice, she provides CBT and adherent DBT to adults and adolescents in the Greater Boston Area and via telehealth to individuals in California and Connecticut.
Michelle G. Craske, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology at UCLA. She has researched and published extensively in the
area of fear, anxiety and depression and has been the recipient of multiple research grants and received multiple awards of distinction.
Summary
Positive Affect Treatment for Depression and Anxiety: Workbook includes all necessary materials, including worksheets and activities, for therapists and clients to complete the treatment program for depression, anxiety and anhedonia, in order to help individuals regain interest and enjoyment in their usual activities while improving their quality of life.
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Anhedonia is one of the two cardinal symptoms of depression and existing treatments either pharmacological or psychotherapeutic are better at normalizing negative affect than elevating positive affect. The authors of Positive Affect Treatment for Depression and Anxiety have succeeded in doing what nobody else has done in helping patients regain a sense of joy and wellbeing in life. This could be a gamechanger. - Steven D. Hollon, Ph.D., Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Psychology, Vanderbilt University
