Product Description

An indispensable clinical companion, this book is packed with useful tools and interventions that will expand the repertoire of novice and experienced cognitive therapists.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #46025 in Books
• Published on: 2003-10-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 347 pages

Review
A treasury of cognitive therapy strategies and techniques. Provides all the tools a therapist needs for effective cognitive therapy. - Aaron T. Beck

Cognitive Therapy Techniques will be valuable to both trainees and experienced therapists. It covers a wide range of therapeutic interventions, providing clear examples, forms to use with clients, and concrete suggestions for homework assignments. Written for readers who are familiar with the principles and practice of cognitive therapy, it will be a useful adjunct to the basic cognitive therapy texts. - James Pretzer

'A treasury of cognitive therapy strategies and techniques. Provides all the tools a therapist needs for effective cognitive therapy.' - Aaron T. Beck, MD

From the Back Cover
An indispensable clinical companion, this book is packed with useful tools and interventions that will expand the repertoire of novice and experienced cognitive therapists. Detailed are the full variety of evidence-based techniques that can be brought to bear on specific client problems and therapeutic challenges. Therapists will rediscover - or learn for the first time - a wealth of effective ways to identify and challenge thoughts and core beliefs; modify patterns of worry, self-criticism, and approval-seeking; evaluate personal schemas; intervene in emotional processes; and activate new experiences for the client. Each technique is thoroughly described in Robert L. Leahy's trademark accessible style and illustrated with vivid case examples. Designed in a convenient large-size format, the book is bursting with over 80 reproducible client forms and handouts, brought to bear on specific client problems and therapeutic challenges.

Customer Reviews

ESSENTIAL COGNITIVE THERAPY TOOLKIT
Another highly praised book by robert leahy...a real toolkit for therapists at all levels..many useful case studies & techniques embellished and fleshed out by one of the cognitive behavioural psychotherapy masters..