Brief Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Berni Curwen, Stephen Palmer, Peter Ruddell

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9781412929172, 9781412929165
• eBook ISBN: 9781526447630
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Psychotherapy Counselling
• Index: Psychology

This timely new edition describes how to use cognitive behaviour therapy successfully with clients in a brief, time-limited way. After reading this book therapists will be able to provide effective help to clients suffering from a wide range of disorders, including anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress, or those who are suicidal.

Following an explanation of brief therapy and the theory behind cognitive behaviour therapy, the authors outline strategies for helping clients overcome unhelpful beliefs and thought patterns through all stages of counselling. Using illustrative case material throughout, the updated book includes:

• extra practical material for the client and therapist to use during the counselling process
• a brand new chapter on brief CBT in groupwork
• expansion of discussion on counselling suicidal clients within a brief CBT framework.

Every trainee psychotherapist should own a copy of this book, and it is important reading for all new health professionals working in the NHS and private practice.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Publisher Note
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Acknowledgements
• Table of Contents
• About the Authors
• Foreword
• Preface
• 1 Introduction
• 2 The Cognitive Behaviour Framework
• 3 Assessment
• 4 Beginning Stage of Therapy
• 5 Middle Stage of Therapy
• 6 End Stage of Therapy
• 7 Additional Strategies and Techniques
• 8 Hypnosis as an Adjunct to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
• 9 Brief Therapy – Groups
• 10 Treatment Protocols
• Afterword
• References
• Appendix 1 Questions to Help Examine Unhelpful Thinking
• Appendix 2 Automatic Thought Form
• Appendix 3 Questionnaires and Measures
• Appendix 4 Session Structure
• Appendix 5 Major Categories of Psychiatric Disorders
• Appendix 6 Self-Help Resources
• Appendix 7 Am I Thinking? Am I Feeling?
• Appendix 8 Identifying and Modifying Core Beliefs
• Appendix 9 From A to C: How Thoughts and Feelings Often Flow from Things that Happen!
• Appendix 10 Belief Change Chart (BCC)
• Appendix 11 Cognitive Conceptualization Chart
• Appendix 12 Problem-Solving Worksheet
• Appendix 13 Preparing for Setbacks
• Appendix 14 Unhelpful Belief Handout – Form 1
• Appendix 15 Helpful Belief Handout – Form 2
• Appendix 16 Current Behaviour Handout – Form 3
• Appendix 17 Desired Behaviour Handout – Form 4
• Appendix 18 The PRACTICE Seven Steps to Solutions Worksheet
• Appendix 19 Relaxation Diary
• Appendix 20 Daily Thought Record
• Index