Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Introduction -- The CBT paradigm -- The therapeutic process -- Establishing a collaborative therapeutic relationship -- Problem focus -- Identifying and eliminating maintaining factors -- Efficacy of CBT -- Relationship to the medical model and its diagnostic system -- The family of CBTs -- References -- 1 Cognitive therapy for depression -- The nature of the disorder -- Cognitive models of depression -- Empirical evidence for cognitive therapy for depression -- Introduction to a clinical case -- Overview of the treatment protocol -- General structure of sessions -- The therapeutic relationship -- Strategies and techniques -- Behavioral activation techniques -- Cognitive techniques for automatic thoughts in depression -- Cognitive techniques for core beliefs and assumptions -- Relapse prevention -- Difficulties encountered during treatment -- Ambivalence about change and homework non-compliance -- Limited (or perceived lack of) progress -- Clinical decision making: integrating science and practice -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- Client resources -- Online resources -- References -- 2 Bipolar disorder -- Psychosocial treatments for bipolar disorder -- Pharmacologic treatment -- The role of cognitive-behavioral therapy in bipolar disorder -- Psychosocial treatments -- Cognitive-behavioral therapy -- Elements of a comprehensive CBT for bipolar disorder -- Other psychosocial treatments -- Factors associated with poorer treatment outcome -- Future directions -- References -- 3 Generalized anxiety disorder -- Diagnostic features -- Prevalence, course, and comorbidity -- The nature of worry -- Psychological treatments for GAD -- Applied relaxation -- Cognitive therapy -- Cognitive-behavioral therapy -- Intolerance of uncertainty (IOU) -- Meta-analytic reviews.

Do psychological therapies produce clinically significant change? -- The metacognitive model -- Metacognitive therapy -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Social anxiety disorder -- The nature of social anxiety disorder -- Cognitive models of social anxiety disorder -- Empirical support for efficacy and effectiveness of treatment -- Introduction to a clinical case -- Overview of the treatment protocol -- General structure of sessions -- The therapeutic relationship -- Strategies and techniques -- Segment one: psychoeducation -- Segment two: training in cognitive restructuring skills -- Segment three: exposures -- Segment four: advanced cognitive restructuring -- Segment five: termination -- Relapse prevention -- Difficulties encountered during treatment -- Expectations for treatment outcome -- Treatment compliance issues -- Comorbid disorders -- Clinical decision making: integrating science and practice -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- Online resources -- References -- 5 Specific phobia -- Descriptive psychopathology and diagnostic considerations -- Course -- Epidemiology -- Comorbidity -- Psychological models of specific phobia -- Constitutional factors in specific phobia -- Cognitive factors in specific phobia -- Mental imagery in specific phobia -- Efficacy and effectiveness of treatment -- Assessment of specific phobias -- Behavioral assessment -- Treating specific phobias -- Structure of sessions -- Strategies and techniques -- Psychoeducation -- Development of the exposure hierarchy -- Exposure -- Other strategies -- Difficulties encountered during treatment -- Scheduling time to practice -- Minimizing unpredictability during exposures -- Preventing recurrence of fear -- Varying the exposure context -- Clinical case example: specific phobia of dogs -- Treatment session 1 -- Treatment session 2 -- Follow-up visit -- Conclusion.

Suggested readings -- Professional books -- Self-help books -- References -- 6 Panic disorder and agoraphobia -- Nature of the disorder -- Symptoms -- Diagnostic criteria -- Course -- Epidemiology -- Comorbidity -- Review of cognitive models of the condition -- Empirical support for efficacy and effectiveness of treatment -- Introduction to a clinical case -- Identifying information -- Presenting problem -- Relevant history -- Diagnostic impressions and treatment recommendations -- Overview of CBT treatment protocol -- Structure of session -- Therapeutic relationship -- Strategies and techniques -- Relapse prevention -- Session-by-session example -- Session 1 -- Session 2 -- Session 3 -- Session 4 -- Session 5 -- Session 6 -- Sessions 7 and beyond -- Difficulties encountered during treatment -- Clinical decision making: integrating science and practice -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Nature of the disorder -- Definition -- Symptoms -- Prevalence and course -- Comorbidity -- Cognitive and behavioral models of OCD -- Obsessive-compulsive disorder-related beliefs -- Overimportance of thoughts -- Empirical support for the efficacy and effectiveness of treatment -- Introduction to a clinical case -- Overview of the treatment protocol -- Session structure -- Therapeutic relationship -- Strategies and techniques -- Psychoeducation -- Overimportance of and the need to control thoughts -- Inflated responsibility and overestimation of danger -- Contamination and cleaning -- Difficulties encountered during treatment -- Common reasons for treatment failure -- Clinical decision making -- Conclusions -- Internet resources: educational and therapeutic information -- References -- 8 Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Cognitive-behavioral therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder -- The nature of PTSD.

Symptoms and diagnostic criteria -- Course -- Epidemiology -- Comorbidity -- Cognitive-behavioral theories of PTSD -- Efficacy and effectiveness of CBT for PTSD -- A case study of CBT for PTSD -- Overview of the treatment approach -- Assessment -- Case conceptualization and treatment choice -- Psychoeducation -- Examining meaning elements -- Trauma exposure -- Integrating cognitive skills and trauma processing -- Treatment outcome -- Difficulties encountered during treatment -- Clinical decision making -- Preparation for exposure-based CBT -- Treatment matching -- Timing of treatment elements -- Therapist variables in clinical decision making -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- Readings -- Online resources -- References -- 9 Eating disorders -- Introduction -- Classification and diagnosis -- Clinical features -- Development and course -- The cognitive-behavioral theory of the maintenance of eating disorders -- Research on treatment -- Enhanced CBT -- Assessing patients and preparing them for treatment -- Clinical case: assessment and preparation for treatment -- The treatment protocol -- Stage one -- Jointly creating the formulation -- Establishing real-time self-monitoring -- Establishing "weekly weighing" -- Providing education -- Establishing "regular eating" -- Involving significant others -- Patient A's progress through Stage one -- Stage two -- Stage three -- Addressing the overevaluation of shape and weight -- Addressing body checking and avoidance -- Addressing "feeling fat" -- Developing marginalized domains for selfvaluation -- Exploring the origins of the overevaluation -- Addressing dietary restraint -- Addressing event-triggered changes in eating -- Patient A's progress through Stage three -- Stage four -- Patient A: ending treatment and post-reatment review -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- References.

10 Schizophrenia and psychotic disorders -- The nature of schizophrenia and psychotic disorders -- Review of cognitive models of schizophrenia -- Empirical support for the efficacy and effectiveness of treatment -- Introduction to a clinical case -- Overview of treatment protocol -- Structure of therapy -- General points -- Structure of individual sessions -- The therapeutic relationship -- Strategies and techniques -- Case formulation -- Coping strategies -- Cognitive techniques -- Generating alternative explanations -- Examining the evidence -- Behavioral techniques -- Enhancing coping strategies -- Low selfsteem -- Relapse prevention -- Identification of early signs of relapse -- Difficulties encountered during treatment -- Thought disorder -- Thought disorder -- Suicide and self-harm -- Comorbid substance use and psychosis -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- Books -- Online resources -- References -- 11 Body dysmorphic disorder -- Nature of the disorder -- Diagnostic criteria -- Symptoms -- Course and epidemiology -- Comorbidity -- Review of cognitive models of the condition -- Empirical support for efficacy and effectiveness of treatment -- Introduction to clinical case -- Overview of treatment protocol cognitive restructuring -- Psychoeducation -- Therapeutic relationship -- Structure of session -- Strategies and techniques: cognitive restructuring -- Strategies and techniques: exposure and response prevention -- Strategies and techniques: mirror retraining -- Relapse prevention -- Difficulties encountered during treatment -- Clinical decision making: integrating science and practice -- Conclusion -- References -- 12 Mindfulness in cognitive-behavioral therapy -- Introduction -- The phenomenon of mindfulness -- Mindfulness of direct experience -- Mindfulness of constructed experience -- Clinical applications of mindfulness.

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).