*Practical: includes session outlines, sample dialogues, forms, and checklists.
*Each disorder-specific chapter includes a recommended treatment protocol.
*Evidence based: CBT groups can be as effective as individual treatment.
*Wide appeal to therapists and counselors in a range of settings.
. - Provides an excellent and comprehensive discussion of the basic structure and implementation of CBT techniques offered in a group format. The book is a must-read for beginning group therapists, providing in-depth coverage on how to perform behavioral strategies in a group, establish group rules, interact with problem members, work with a cotherapist, and decide between sticking with the agenda versus pursuing unplanned group interaction. Important questions are raised in a thoughtful manner....We wholeheartedly recommend this book to those interested in researching and conducting CBGT and endorse the recommendations regarding future directions to maximize group process integration in CBT groups. --International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 6/26/2009ff This is the book I would have liked to be able to read when I started running CBT groups sixteen years ago....What I found particularly helpful about this book is that from the start, the authors acknowledge that CBT groups are 'more than techniques delivered simultaneously to multiple clients.' The focus of the book is therefore 'the integration of CBT strategies, and the understanding and enhancement of group process to aid in learning and understanding cognitive and behavioural strategies.' This is a considerably more sophisticated approach to group CBT than has previously been available in the literature....This book will be a very valuable resource for professionals setting up and running CBT groups for a wide range of clients, as well as for professionals supervising CBT groups, and is highly recommended. --Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Book Reviews, 6/26/2009
I. General Principles and Practice of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Groups
1. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Groups: Possibilities and Challenges
2. Group Processes in CBT: Using Group Dynamics Productively
3. Cognitive Strategies in CBT Groups
4. Behavioral Strategies in CBT Groups
5. Basic Structure and Implementation of CBT Groups
6. Overcoming Obstacles in CBT Groups: Challenges and Problems in Group Structure
II. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Groups for Specific Disorders
7. Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia
8. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
9. Social Anxiety Disorder
10. Depression
11. Bipolar Disorder
12. Eating Disorders
13. Substance Abuse, Frederick Rotgers and Trinh An Nguyen
14. Personality Disorders, Arthur Freeman and Jessica L. Stewart
15. Schizophrenia, David L. Roberts, Amy E. Pinkham, and David L. Penn
III. Comorbidity and Future Directions
16. Comorbidity and CBT Groups
17. The FAQs of CBT Group Intervention