practical: shows not only how roadblocks arise, but spells out strategies for dealing with them
covers challenges that all therapists grapple with but that are not often addressed in the CBT literature
contributor panel includes high-profile, leading lights in the field.
This excellent text attempts to answer the question 'why do interventions fail for certain clients or in certain situations?'...The chapters on metacognition are particularly well written and of great relevance to the 'sub-text' of therapy and how a client perceives the therapy process....I would highly recommend this text both for newly-qualified therapists starting out and for experienced therapists who have experienced 'apparent failure' when trying to help clients a good book to have. - Hugh Koch, Legal and Medical Magazine, Issue 25, July 2007
Part I: Case Conceptualization. Needleman, Case Conceptualization in Preventing and Responding to Therapeutic Difficulties. Freeman, McCloskey, Impediments to Effective Psychotherapy. Tompkins, Effective Homework. Part II: Metacognition and Emotion. Wells, Anxiety Disorders, Metacognition, and Change. Leahy, Emotional Schemas and Resistance. Holland, Avoidance of Emotion as an Obstacle to Progress.Part III: Specific Populations. Haddock, Siddle, Psychosis. Newman, Bipolar Disorder. Smucker, Grunert, Weis, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A New Algorithm Treatment Model. Schaffer, Binge-eating and Other Eating Disorders. Part IV: Couples and Families. Epstein, Baucom, Couple Therapy. Dattilio, Family Therapy. Part V: Psychotherapy Processes. Foertsch, Manning, Dimeff, Difficult-to-Treat Patients: The Approach from Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Stevens, Safran,Muran, Obstacles or Opportunities? A Relational Approach to Negotiating Alliance Ruptures. Tafrate,Kassinove, Angry Patients: Strategies for the Beginning Phase of Treatment. Marcinko, Medication Compliance with Difficult Patients. Leahy, Conclusions.