Description
Book SynopsisPatients with complex problems, including co-morbidity, chronicconditions, enduring vulnerabilities, psychotic conditions,persistent difficulties with social relationships and destabilisingsocial environments, are increasingly recognised as the reality ofthe therapist''s case load. The cognitive behavioural caseformulation approach can be particularly suited to the treatment ofsuch complex cases.
This book brings together some of the most experienced and expertcognitive behavioural therapists to share their specialistexperience of formulation and treatment of these complex cases. Theexperienced clinician will find in these accounts:
* Evidence-based approaches to assessment and formulation ofcomplex cases
* A wide range of problems not restricted to disorder categories,including anger, low self-esteem, abuse and shame
* A concern with the realities of clinical practice which involvescomplex cases that do not fit neatly into simple caseconceptualisations or diagnost
Trade Review"...goes beyond offering helpful conceptualizations of complex problems..." (Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy) "...a very useful book..." (Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy, July 2001)
Table of ContentsCognitive Therapy of Social Phobia (A. Wells).
Cognitive Therapy with Panic and Agoraphobia: Working with ComplexCases (A. Hackmann).
The Devil is in the Detail: Conceptionalising and TreatingObsessional Problems (P. Salkovskis, et al.).
Where There's a Will...Cognitive Therapy for People with ChronicDepressive Disorders (J. Scott).
Cognitive Behavioural Treatment for Complicated Cases ofPost-Traumatic Stress Disorder (M. Kimble, et al.).
Eating Disorders, Self-Image Disturbance and Maltreatment (R.Calam).
Assessment and Formulation in the Cognitive Behavioural Treatmentof Psychosis (G. Haddock & N. Tarrier).
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy of Psychosis: Complexities inEngagement and Therapy (D. Kingdon).
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Psychotic Symptoms in Schizophrenia(A. Morrison).
Low Self-Esteem (M. Fennell).
Shame and Humiliation in the Treatment of Complex Cases (P.Gilbert).
Parasuicide (G. Sidley).
Cognitive Behavioural Interventions for Anger, Aggression andViolence (K. Howells).
Cognitive Behavioural Treatment of Personality Disorders (A.Freeman & J. Jackson).
Schema-Focused Therapy for Personality Disorders (J. Young & W.Behary).
Issues in Treating Rape and Sexual Assault (T. Weaver, etal.).
Complex Relationship Cases: Conceptualisation, Assessment andTreatment (W. Halford & R. Bouma).
Index.
