Using rich case material and self-reflection exercises, this updated edition helps therapists understand the complex, overlapping cultural and social influences that make each client unique.
Presents scientifically-supported guidance for people who want to replace stress and painful emotions with a sense of well-being and contentment. With empathy and unfailing good humour, Dr. Pamela Hays outlines a four-step process that has proven successful in her professional clinical psychology practice as well as in her own life.
In engaging language, this slim and approachable volume follows the typical sequence of delivering CBT to a client, with chapters focusing on assessment, case conceptualizations, core beliefs, behavioural strategies, problem-solving strategies, cultural responsiveness, and techniques to address distorted thinking.
Shows mental health providers how to integrate cultural factors into cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT). Contributing authors describe the application of CBT with clients of diverse cultures, and discuss how therapists can refine CBT to increase its effectiveness with clients from a variety of cultural backgrounds.
Demonstrates an approach to therapy that focuses on helping alleviate a client's presenting issues in a manner best suited to the client's cultural identity, context, and preferences. This approach seeks ways to explain and adapt techniques so that they make sense from the client's perspective.
Explores problematic behaviours, behavioural self-monitoring, and becoming more resilient to unfavourable circumstances. The guest experts demonstrate how to use exposure, and how to execute role-playing difficult situations with the client so that he or she will develop effective coping strategies.
Demonstrates and discusses problem solving, ways to educate the client about self-change techniques, and other interventions commonly applied in the middle stage of treatment. The guest experts explore techniques that help clients to define problems and then how to decide on and execute effective solutions.
In this sixth and final program in the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Techniques and Strategies Series, Keith S. Dobson, Pamela A. Hays, and Amy Wenzel assemble techniques that consolidate the skills necessary for the client to succeed after treatment concludes. The guest therapists present and discuss clips that demonstrate how to effectively and ......
Demonstrates and discusses essential techniques for helping clients identify distorted thoughts and move forward with positive alternatives. The guest experts explore interventions such as the application of thought assessment and modification, use of the thought record, and ways to help the client detect unhealthy beliefs that underlie negative, ......
