Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Children: Treating Complex and Refractory Cases
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Overview
"For clinicians involved with exigent pediatric cases, this book takes therapy to the next level by addressing the real-world challenges that arise with an expansive range of disorders. It will undoubtedly provide clinicians with novel ideas and approaches to advance their therapeutic skills and may be just the resource to revive stalled therapy. Score: 98, 5 stars
--Doody's
[This book] faces sub-optimal treatment response head on, illustrating how re-conceptualization, use of alternative strategies, and clinical perseverance can lead to success.
--Deborah C. Beidel, PhD, ABPP Director of Clinical Training University of Central Florida
Chapter authors cogently describe barriers to treatment implementation and recommend systematic adjustments to help improve the outcomes of formerly refractory child and adolescent clients.
-Wendy K. Silverman, PhD, ABPP Florida International University
This book presents comprehensive coverage on cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) and the treatment of complex and refractory cases in children. With critical, evidence-based information on signs and symptoms, treatment plans, and interventions, this is the one book CBT researchers and clinicians will not want to do without.
Each chapter includes in-depth descriptions of empirically supported CBT interventions, factors that would limit treatment outcome in therapy, guidelines on managing these limiting conditions, and case studies. The contributors also discuss conditions that have typically been associated with poorer outcome.
Important disorders discussed:
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Posttraumatic stress disorder
- Difficult-to-treat youth depression
- Eating disorders
- Sleep disorders
- Pediatric bipolar disorder
- Asperger syndrome
Synopsis
For clinicians involved with exigent pediatric cases, this book takes therapy to the next level by addressing the real-world challenges that arise with an expansive range of disorders. It will undoubtedly provide clinicians with novel ideas and approaches to advance their therapeutic skills and may be just the resource to revive stalled therapy." Score: 98, 5 stars
--Doody's
[This book] faces sub-optimal treatment response head on, illustrating how re-conceptualization, use of alternative strategies, and clinical perseverance can lead to success.
--Deborah C. Beidel, PhD, ABPP
Director of Clinical Training
University of Central Florida
Chapter authors cogently describe barriers to treatment implementation and recommend systematic adjustments to help improve the outcomes of formerly refractory child and adolescent clients."
-Wendy K. Silverman, PhD, ABPP
Florida International University
This book presents comprehensive coverage on cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) and the treatment of complex and refractory cases in children. With critical, evidence-based information on signs and symptoms, treatment plans, and interventions, this is the one book CBT researchers and clinicians will not want to do without.
Each chapter includes in-depth descriptions of empirically supported CBT interventions, factors that would limit treatment outcome in therapy, guidelines on managing these limiting conditions, and case studies. The contributors also discuss conditions that have typically been associated with poorer outcome.
Important disorders discussed:
Obsessive-compulsive disorder Posttraumatic stress disorder Difficult-to-treat youth depression Eating disorders Sleep disorders Pediatric bipolar disorder Asperger syndromeEditorials
From The Critics
Reviewer: Christopher J. Graver, PhD, ABPP-CN(Madigan Healthcare System)Description: There is much more research on adults than on children, including for psychotherapy. This book takes a well-validated treatment, cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT), and presents its use in a pediatric population.
Purpose: Beyond its overall focus on providing general information about CBT in children, this book focuses on particularly complex or refractory cases through chapters dedicated to the major psychological disorders in children.
Audience: The book is intended for mental health professionals and paraprofessionals who are engaged in therapy. Students might find this of interest, especially when tackling the challenge of pediatric cases, but will need to have the basic treatment techniques already in place. The authors are involved in ample clinical work and peer-reviewed research.
Features: The first few chapters address some particular challenges that arise in therapy with youth and adolescents. The issues chosen, such as family dynamics, parent collaboration, simplifying materials, and partial response, are exactly the types of difficulties that need to be resolved in addition to the manualized delivery of the treatment. Practical solutions are offered. From there, each chapter focuses on a particular disorder, ranging from selective mutism to the more common depression and anxiety disorders. Each chapter discusses various approaches, including both cognitive-specific and behaviorally-focused techniques as appropriate. Specific challenges that might arise with each disorder are discussed, along with a case example to illustrate the discussion. These are generally quite helpful for grasping the ideas presented in the beginning of the chapter, but readers should be aware that they are not step-by-step instructions on carrying out a treatment regimen, but rather a more advanced discussion that layers the foundational treatment learned elsewhere. The index is beneficial and the references are very current.
Assessment: For clinicians involved with exigent pediatric cases, this book takes therapy to the next level by addressing the real-world challenges that arise with an expansive range of disorders. It will undoubtedly provide clinicians with novel ideas and approaches to advance their therapeutic skills and may be just the resource to revive stalled therapy.