The Case Formulation Approach to Cognitive-Behavior Therapy

by Persons, Jacqueline B.

• ISBN13: 9781593858759
• ISBN10: 1593858752
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-14
• Publisher: INGRAM

Summary

"This book addresses a critical challenge in evidence-based psychotherapy: how to use empirically supported treatments (ESTs) in real-world clinical contexts. There are many common situations where ESTs do not provide sufficient guidance for clinical decision making, such as when a patient presents with multiple problems or fails to respond to standard protocols. Pioneering scientist-practitioner Jacqueline B. Persons now offers a theoretically and empirically grounded case formulation framework that helps therapists draw on the best available techniques while tailoring them to the needs of the individual patient." "A major contribution for all clinicians committed to understanding and using what really works in therapy, this book belongs on the desks of practitioners, students, and residents in clinical psychology, psychiatry, counseling, and social work. It will serve as a text in graduate-level courses on cognitive-behavior therapy and in clinical practice."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Jacqueline B. Persons, PhD, is Director of the San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy and Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. She is a clinician, teacher, researcher, writer, and scientist-practitioner. She maintains an active clinical practice, providing cognitive-behavior therapy for mood and anxiety disorders and related problems, and teaches and provides clinical supervision to students and professionals in many settings. Dr. Persons conducts research on the mechanisms underpinning symptoms of depression and anxiety and on the process and outcome of cognitive-behavior therapy, especially as it is implemented in routine clinical practice. Her first book, Cognitive Therapy in Practice: A Case Formulation Approach, published by W. W. Norton in 1989, is widely considered a classic. She is past president of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy (now the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies) and of the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology, a section of the Society of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association.

Table of Contents

What Is the Case Formulation Approach to Cognitive-Behavior Therapy?

Cognitive Theories and Their Clinical Implications

Learning Theories and Their Clinical Implications

Emotion Theories and Their Clinical Implications

Beginning the Therapeutic Relationship and Obtaining a Problem List and Diagnosis

Developing an Initial Case Formulation and Setting Treatment Goals

Using the Formulation to Develop a Treatment Plan and Obtain the Patient's Consent to It

The Therapeutic Relationship

Monitoring Progress

Decision Making in the Therapy Session

Handling Nonadherence and Treatment Failure

Decision Making over the Course of Therapy

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