Going Forward
Mary C. Zanarini
in In the Fullness of Time: Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder
Two waves of additional follow-up have recently been completed: 18-year follow-up and20-year follow-up. Two other waves will be completed in the next year or so: 22-year follow-up and ...
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Core Module 7: Situational Emotion Exposure
Jill Ehrenreich-May, Sarah M. Kennedy, Jamie A. Sherman, Emily L. Bilek, Brian A. Buzzella, Shannon M. Bennett, and David H. Barlow
in Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Therapist Guide
Chapter 7 covers situational emotion exposure. The module begins with a review of previously learned skills. The therapist helps the adolescent to identify situations in which they continue ...
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The Fear and Avoidance Hierarchy
Debra A. Hope, Richard G. Heimberg, and Cynthia L. Turk
in Managing Social Anxiety, Therapist Guide: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach (3 edn)
In this chapter, the therapist and client continue to refine their understanding of the client’s three components of anxiety and develop a Fear and Avoidance Hierarchy. A Fear and Avoidance ...
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Children Refusing School to Escape Aversive Social and/or Evaluative Situations
Christopher A. Kearney and Anne Marie Albano
in When Children Refuse School: Therapist Gude (3 edn)
Chapter 5 describes treatment procedures for children whose anxiety in social and evaluative situations is so distressing that they cannot tolerate these situations, and avoidance behavior ...
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Mindfulness and meditation in the workplace: An acceptance and commitment therapy approach
Frank W. Bond, Paul E. Flaxman, and Joda Lloyd
in The Psychology of Meditation: Research and Practice
There is a wide range and growing body of evidence that mental health and behavioral effectiveness are influenced more by how people interact with their thoughts and feelings than by their ...
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The Unified Protocol for Chronic Pain
Laura A. Payne
in Applications of the Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders
Chronic pain represents a complex interaction of biological, psychological, and social factors and is associated with high rates of anxiety and mood disorders. Evidence now highlights the ...
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Session 7: Exposure Practice for Non-Acquisition
Jordana Muroff, Patty Underwood, and Gail Steketee
in Group Treatment for Hoarding Disorder: Therapist Guide
Group members discuss the rationale for exposure practice exercises to help them not acquire. The leader describes the habituation process in which emotional discomfort declines over time. ...
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Continuing Progress and Preventing Relapse
John P. Wincze
in Enhancing Sexuality: Therapist Guide (2 ed.)
Chapter 11 outlines methods for continuing progress and preventing relapse in the event of stalled progress. Steps to overcoming avoidance are provided along with guides for reevaluating ...
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Literature Review
Scott T. Meier
in Incorporating Progress Monitoring and Outcome Assessment into Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Primer
This chapter reviews literature relevant to the construction and interpretation of progress monitoring and outcome assessment measures. Topics covered include feedback-enhanced therapies, ...
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General Principles of How and Why Thoughts Change
Ian M. Evans
in How and Why Thoughts Change: Foundations of Cognitive Psychotherapy
Cognitive psychotherapy attempts to alter the content and the function of thoughts. There are limits to simply providing clients with verbal assurances or counterarguments, and all ...
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A Model for the Development of Acceptance- and Mindfulness- Based Therapies: Preoccupation with Psychotic Experiences as a Treatment Target
Neil Thomas
in Incorporating Acceptance and Mindfulness into the Treatment of Psychosis: Current Trends and Future Directions
Delusions and hallucinations are multidimensional phenomena, characterized not solely by content but also by the degree of preoccupation that the person has with them. In delusions, ...
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Continuing Progress and Preventing Relapse
John P. Wincze
in Enhancing Sexuality: A Problem-Solving Approach to Treating Dysfunction (2 ed.)
Chapter 12 explores how to continue progress, avoid roadblocks, and prevent relapse. What to do if you start to avoid practice is discussed, along with reevaluating goals, and working with ...
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E Skill: Experience My Emotions
Jill Ehrenreich-May, Sarah M. Kennedy, Jamie A. Sherman, Emily L. Bilek, and David H. Barlow
in Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children: Workbook
Chapter 10 of the Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children: Workbook (UP-C) reviews the concept of using science experiments to face strong ...
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C Skill: Consider How I Feel
Jill Ehrenreich-May, Sarah M. Kennedy, Jamie A. Sherman, Emily L. Bilek, and David H. Barlow
in Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children: Workbook
Chapter 4 of the Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children: Workbook (UP-C) introduces the concept of “body clues” (physiological sensations) and ...
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Sessions 6–10 Facing Feared Situations
Donna B. Pincus, Jill T. Ehrenreich, and David A. Spiegel
in Riding the Wave: Workbook
Chapter 7 details the format for the sixth to tenth sessions of treatment. These sessions explore avoidance, safety behaviors, exposing yourself to feared situations, your fear and ...
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Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders
Martin Brüne
in Textbook of Evolutionary Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine: The Origins of Psychopathology (2 ed.)
Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders comprise several syndromes, to which repetitive thoughts or behaviours are central. Compulsive behaviour is concerned most with hygiene, ...
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Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders
Martin Brüne
in Textbook of Evolutionary Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine: The Origins of Psychopathology (2 ed.)
Schizophrenia spectrum disorders are characterized by the presence of delusions, hallucination, disorganized thinking, motor abnormalities, and/or negative symptoms. Behaviourally, ...
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Anticipatory feelings
Andrew MacLeod
in Prospection, well-being, and mental health
Emotional states do not simply arise in response to events that have happened, but can arise when we think about what might happen in the future. These anticipatory affective states are ...
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Session 10: Imaginary Exposure to Cues
Victor G. Carrión
in Cue-Centered Therapy for Youth Experiencing Posttraumatic Symptoms: A Structured Multi-Modal Intervention, Therapist Guide
Exposure therapy begins during session 10, in which the youth is challenged to imagine the cues selected during session 9 and to use the tools developed throughout the course of treatment ...
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Children Refusing School to Escape Anxious Social and/or Evaluative Situations
Christopher A. Kearney and Anne Marie Albano
in When Children Refuse School: Parent Workbook (3 ed.)
Chapter 5 outlines the treatment for children whose anxiety in social, performance, and/or evaluative situations is so distressing that they cannot tolerate these situations. Instead, ...
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