CBT for Occupational Stress in Health Professionals : Introducing a Schema-Focused Approach

by Bamber, Martin R.

• ISBN13: 9780203966037
• ISBN10: 0203966031
• Copyright: 2006-11-20
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

The costs of occupational stress in terms of sickness absence, ill-health-related retirement, litigation and lost productivity are increasing, putting strain on economies across the world. The fact that health care work is inherently more stressful than many other occupations makes it vital that the problem of occupational stress among health professionals is addressed.

Author Biography

Martin R. Bamber is a chartered consultant clinical psychologist. He presently holds the post of Head of the Primary Care and Adult Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Sections of Selby and York NHS Primary Care Trust Psychological Therapies Department. He is also a teaching fellow at the University of York and is founder and Director of MRB Clinical Psychology Services, a private practice based in York

Table of Contents

List of figures and tables	p. x
About the author	p. xii
Notes on contributors	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Acknowledgements	p. xviii
Introduction	p. 1
Defining and conceptualizing stress	p. 3
A cognitive behavioural model of occupational stress	p. 15
Standard interventions for occupational stress	p. 25
Assessment and treatment strategies for occupational stress	p. 27
Organizational strategies for managing stress at work	p. 41
Secondary level cognitive and behavioural interventions for normative levels of occupational stress	p. 57
Tertiary level cognitive behavioural interventions for work-related anxiety	p. 70
Cognitive behavioural therapy for other work-related anxiety syndromes	p. 82
Cognitive behavioural therapy for work-related depression and other occupational stress syndromes	p. 92
Theresa: A case of performance anxiety	p. 104
Patrick: A case of depression linked to perfectionism	p. 118
Colin: A case of health anxiety	p. 133
A schema-focused approach to occupational stress	p. 147
A schema-focused model of occupational stress	p. 149
Work dysfunctions and their associated early maladaptive schemata and coping styles	p. 162
A schema-focused approach to treating work dysfunctions	p. 177
Conceptualizing and treating a case of workaholism and burnout using the schema-focused approach	p. 191
Occupation as re-enactment: Adaptive or maladaptive?	p. 203
Discussion and conclusions	p. 214
References	p. 220
Index	p. 253
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