Trichotillomania : an ACT-enhanced behavior therapy approach : therapist guide / Douglas W. Woods, Michael P. Twohig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woods, Douglas W., 1971-

Contributor:

Twohig, Michael P.

Series:

Treatments that work.

Treatments that work

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Compulsive hair pulling--Treatment.

Compulsive hair pulling.

Acceptance and commitment therapy.

Behavior therapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (128 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Trichotillomania (TTM) is a complex disorder that is difficult to treat as few effective therapeutic options exist. Behavior therapy has the greatest empirical support, but the number of mental health providers familiar with TTM and its treatment is quite small. This manual was written as a tool for therapists to become familiar with an effective treatment for TTM. The treatment approach described in this guide blends traditional behavior therapy elements of habit reversal training and stimulus control techniques with the more contemporary behavioral elements of Acceptance and Commitment Thera

Contents:

Introductory information for therapists

Assessment

Session 1 : trichotillomania (TTM) education, therapy overview, expectations, and stimulus control assessment

Session 2 : habit reversal training and stimulus control procedures

Session 3 : valuing

Session 4 : can urges be controlled?

Session 5 : acceptance

Sessions 6 and 7 : defusion from the literal meaning of language: you are not your urges

Session 8 : practicing acceptance and committment therapy (ACT)

Session 9 : practicing ACT and review

Session 10 : review and relapse prevention.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-117).

ISBN:

0-19-023072-X

1-280-59373-3

9786613623560

0-19-804432-1

OCLC:

780534747