Full Description
Identifying 13 core techniques and strategies that cut across all available evidence-based treatments for child and adolescent mood and anxiety disorders, this book provides theoretical rationales, step-by-step implementation guidelines, and rich clinical examples. Therapists can flexibly draw from these elements to tailor interventions to specific clients, or can use the book as an instructive companion to any treatment manual. Coverage includes exposure tasks, cognitive strategies, problem solving, modeling, relaxation, psychoeducation, social skills training, praise and rewards, activity scheduling, self-monitoring, goal setting, homework, and maintenance and relapse prevention.
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Exposure Tasks
3. Cognitive Strategies, with Matthew Mychailyszyn and Monica R. Whitehead
4. Problem Solving Training
5. Modeling, with Jennifer Sauvé and Amber Martinson
6. Relaxation Training, with Tiffany West and Alayna Schreier
7. Psychoeducation, with Matthew W. Kirkhart and Jason M. Prenoveau
8. Social Skills Training
9. Praise and Rewards
10. Activity Scheduling
11. Self Monitoring, with Kristel Thomassin and Diana Morelen
12. Goal Setting
13. Homework
14. Maintenance and Relapse Prevention
References
Index
