Making Cognitivebehavioral Therapy Work

Zusatztext "Ledley and her esteemed colleagues have packed even more pearls of clinical wisdom into their second edition of this truly important book. It is filled with case examples! illustrative dialogues! hints! and suggestions to help clinicians sidestep potential pitfalls and enable their clients to benefit maximally from CBT. The material on how to make good use of supervision and continue to grow as a therapist is what clinched it for me--this book is required reading in my course on CBT for anxiety disorders."--Jonathan S. Abramowitz! PhD! Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and Director! Anxiety and Stress Clinic! University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "I wish this kind of clinical resource had been available when I was a doctoral student learning CBT! This book covers it all--ethics! theory! case formulation! supervision! therapy! follow-up documentation! and professional development. A wonderful resource for the psychotherapist-in-training or for the experienced practitioner new to CBT methods. Most highly recommended as a classroom or practicum textbook."--Bruce A. Thyer! PhD! LCSW! College of Social Work! Florida State University "This book will be immensely helpful to young clinicians attempting to master the structure and processes of CBT! from the scheduling of the first visit to the final booster session. Leading CBT therapists with years of clinical and supervisory experience provide extremely clear and practical suggestions in the context of real-world clinical vignettes. I highly recommend this book to anyone wishing to become a CBT therapist."--Neil A. Rector! PhD! Department of Psychiatry! University of Toronto! Canada "This book astutely anticipates the challenges of clinical practice! demystifies the process of therapy! and fully prepares the novice clinician. Combining a matter-of-fact tone with illuminating case examples! the book is bound to instill confidence in the beginning therapist. This is an essential text for any course on CBT. The second edition incorporates the latest empirical research on therapy process and includes a helpful epilogue on continued growth as a therapist."--Christine Purdon! PhD! CPsych! Department of Psychology! University of Waterloo! Canada Informationen zum Autor Deborah Roth Ledley! PhD! is a psychologist in private practice at the Children's Center for OCD and Anxiety in Plymouth Meeting! Pennsylvania. From 2001 to 2005! she was Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine! where she was also a faculty member at the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety. Dr. Ledley has published articles! book chapters! and books on topics including the nature and treatment of social anxiety disorder! obsessive-compulsive disorder! and other anxiety disorders. Brian P. Marx! PhD! is a staff psychologist at the National Center for PTSD! VA Boston Healthcare System! and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Marx has published numerous articles and book chapters on behavior therapy and assessment. His research interests include the association between posttraumatic stress disorder and functional impairment! identifying risk factors for posttraumatic difficulties! and developing brief! efficacious treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder. Richard G. Heimberg! PhD! is Thaddeus L. Bolton Professor of Psychology and Director of the Adult Anxiety Clinic of Temple at Temple University. He is past president of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies as well as former editor of the Association's journal Behavior Therapy. Dr. Heimberg is well known for his efforts to develop and evaluate cognitive-behavioral treatments for social anxiety and generalized anxiety disorder and has published several books and more than 300 articles and chapters on these and related topics.

Product details

• Authors: Richard G. Heimberg, Deborah Roth Ledley, Brian P. Marx
• Publisher: GUILF
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.10.2010
• EAN: 9781606239124
• ISBN: 978-1-60623-912-4
• No. of pages: 294
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine