Full Description
Now revised and expanded to include cutting-edge acceptance-based techniques and a new focus on inhibitory learning, this is the leading guide to therapeutic exposure, a crucial element of evidence-based psychological treatments for anxiety. The book helps the clinician gain skills and confidence for implementing exposure successfully and tailoring interventions to each client's needs, regardless of diagnosis. The theoretical and empirical bases of exposure are reviewed and specialized assessment and treatment planning techniques are described. User-friendly features include illustrative case examples, sample treatment plans, ideas for exercises targeting specific types of fears, and reproducible handouts and forms that can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8½" x 11" size.
New to This Edition
*Chapter on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) techniques.
*Reflects a shift in the field toward inhibitory learning--helping clients learn to tolerate anxiety and uncertainty to maximize long-term outcomes.
*Chapter on uses of technology, such as computer-based therapy and virtual reality tools.
*Conceptual, empirical, and clinical advances woven throughout.
See also the related client recommendation, The Anxiety and Worry Workbook, Second Edition, by David A. Clark and Aaron T. Beck.
Contents
I. The Fundamentals of Exposure Therapy
1. Overview and History of Exposure Therapy for Anxiety
2. How Well Does Exposure Therapy Work?
3. The Nature and Treatment of Clinical Anxiety
4. Treatment Planning I: Functional Assessment
5. Treatment Planning II: Treatment Engagement and Exposure List Development
6. Implementing Exposure Therapy
II. Implementing Exposure Therapy for Specific Types of Fears
7. Animal-Related Fears
8. Environmental Fears
9. Social Situations
10. Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts
11. Bodily Cues and Health Concerns
12. Contamination
13. Trauma-Focused Fear
14. Blood-, Injection-, and Injury-Related Stimuli
15. Incompleteness, Asymmetry, and "Not-Just-Right" Feelings
III. Special Considerations in the Use of Exposure Techniques
16. Exposure Therapy with Complex Cases
17. Exposure Therapy with Children
18. Involving Significant Others in Treatment
19. Combining Exposure Therapy with Medication
20. Maintaining Improvement after Treatment
21. Using Technology to Implement Exposure Therapy
22. Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Exposure
23. A Risk-Benefit Analysis of Exposure Therapy
