Working with emotion in cognitive-behavioral therapy : techniques for clinical practice / edited by Nathan C. Thoma, Dean McKay ; contributors, Arnold Arntz [and thirty nine others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thoma, Nathan C., editor.

McKay, Dean, 1966- editor.

Arntz, Arnoud, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognitive therapy.

Emotions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (434 p.) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York : The Guilford Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English.

Summary:

Working actively with emotion has been empirically shown to be of central importance in psychotherapy, yet has been underemphasized in much of the writing on cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). This state-of-the-art volume brings together leading authorities to describe ways to work with emotion to enrich therapy and achieve more robust outcomes that go beyond symptom reduction. Highlighting experiential techniques that are grounded in evidence, the book demonstrates clinical applications with vivid case material. Coverage includes mindfulness- and acceptance-based strategies, compassion-focus

Contents:

Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; About the Editors; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Contents; Introduction; Part I. Acceptance as Engagement: Noticing, Allowing, and Being with Emotion; 1. Mindfulness: It's Not What You Think; 2. Understanding and Taking Advantage of Experiential Work in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; 3. Compassion-Focused Therapy: An Introduction to Experiential Interventions for Cultivating Compassion; Part II. Exposure: Evoking and Staying with Difficult Emotions; 4. Exposure in Experiential Context: Imaginal and In Vivo Approaches

5. Behavioral Experiments: Using Experiences to Test Beliefs6. Application of Exposure and Emotional Processing Theory to Depression: Exposure-Based Cognitive Therapy; 7. Creating Change through Focusing on Affect: Affect Phobia Therapy; Part III. Using Imagery to Connect with Emotions and Transform Maladaptive Schemas and Beliefs; 8. Imagery Rescripting for Personality Disorders: Healing Early Maladaptive Schemas; 9. Imagery Rescripting for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; 10. Experiential Exercises and Imagery Rescripting in Social Anxiety Disorder: New Perspectives on Changing Beliefs

Part IV. Emotion-Focused Approaches: Capturing and Enhancing In-Session Emotion as a Step toward Change11. Integrating Emotion-Focused Therapy into Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy; 12. Working with Modes in Schema Therapy; 13. Emotional Schema Therapy; 14. Emotion Regulation Therapy: An Experiential Approach to Chronic Anxiety and Recurring Depression; Part V. Working with Interpersonal Process: Using Clients' and Therapists' Emotional Reactions to Each Other as Vehicles for Change; 15. Relational Techniques in a Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Context: "It's Bigger Than the Both of Us"

16. Adding an Interpersonal-Experiential Focus to Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder17. Functional Analytic Psychotherapy: Using Awareness, Courage, Love, and Behaviorism to Promote Change; Conclusion: Experiential Methods, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, and Next Steps in Emotional Engagement in Treatment; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4625-1802-8

1-4625-1897-4

1-4625-1799-4