
U Skill: Use Detective Thinking and Problem Solving
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 7 of the Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children: Workbook (UP-C) introduces the skill of problem solving with a non-emotional example, or ...
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Session 8: Teaching Children Problem-Solving and Negotiating Skills
Elizabeth A. Harvey, Sharonne D. Herbert, and Rebecca M. Stowe
in Parenting Hyperactive Preschoolers: Clinician Guide
This chapter outlines session 8 of Parenting Hyperactive Preschoolers. This session begins by describing the importance of teaching children how to problem-solve. Next, parents are guided ...
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Effective Problem-Solving
David J. Kolko and Eric M. Vernberg
in Assessment and Intervention with Children and Adolescents Who Misuse Fire: Practitioner Guide
This chapter introduces problem-solving skills to children. The content includes an overview of identifying problems, determining options, and making decisions based on goals. Emphasis is ...
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Problem-Solving and Managing Overwhelming Tasks
Steven A. Safren, Susan E. Sprich, Carol A. Perlman, and Michael W. Otto
in Mastering Your Adult ADHD: A Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Program, Therapist Guide (2 edn)
This chapter covers how the therapist can help clients with ADHD manage overwhelming tasks, those that remain on the task list for many days or weeks without getting completed. Worksheet 1: ...
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Problem Solving and Managing Overwhelming Tasks
Steven A. Safren, Susan E. Sprich, Carol A. Perlman, and Michael W. Otto
in Mastering Your Adult ADHD: A Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Program, Client Workbook (2 edn)
This chapter contains information about how adult clients with ADHD can learn to manage overwhelming tasks, those that remain on the task list for many days or weeks without getting ...
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Module 5—Problem-Solving (Sessions 13–15)
Amy Weisman de Mamani, Merranda McLaughlin, Olivia Altamirano, Daisy Lopez, and Salman Shaheen Ahmad
in Culturally Informed Therapy for Schizophrenia: A Family-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Approach, Clinician Guide
This chapter is designed to help clinicians teach clients an efficient, step-by-step approach for problem-solving. Family members are first taught to systematically examine their beliefs ...
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Session 3: Problem Solving Around OCD: All family members present
Tara S. Peris and John Piacentini
in Helping Families Manage Childhood OCD: Decreasing Conflict and Increasing Positive Interaction, Therapist Guide
This chapter describes the third session of treatment, wherein families begin to identify specific problems on which they’d like to work. Using their initial treatment skills (praise, ...
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Problem-Solving Module
Michael W. Otto, Noreen A. Reilly-Harrington, Jane N. Kogan, Aude Henin, Robert O. Knauz, and Gary S. Sachs
in Managing Bipolar Disorder: Therapist Guide: A cognitive-behavioural approach
Chapter 17 introduces the problem-solving module of the therapy process, including and introduction to problem solving, and steps that can be taken towards problem solving using the ...
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Problem Solving
Michael W. Otto, Noreen A. Reilly-Harrington, Jane N. Kogan, Aude Henin, Robert O. Knauz, and Gary S. Sachs
in Managing Bipolar Disorder: Workbook: A cognitive-behavioural approach
Chapter 11 introduces the problem-solving module of the therapy process, including and introduction to problem solving, and steps that can be taken towards problem solving using the ...
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Methodological Challenges in Researching Problem-Solving Courts
David DeMatteo, Kirk Heilbrun, Alice Thornewill, and Shelby Arnold
in Problem-Solving Courts and the Criminal Justice System
This chapter discusses the methodological challenges faced by researchers attempting to study the operations and effectiveness of problem-solving courts. Although researchers have conducted ...
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Reentry Courts
David DeMatteo, Kirk Heilbrun, Alice Thornewill, and Shelby Arnold
in Problem-Solving Courts and the Criminal Justice System
This chapter provides a discussion of reentry programming and specialty courts designed to assist offenders who are reintegrating into society after being released from incarceration. ...
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Ethical and Legal Considerations in Problem-Solving Courts
David DeMatteo, Kirk Heilbrun, Alice Thornewill, and Shelby Arnold
in Problem-Solving Courts and the Criminal Justice System
This chapter focuses on the legal and ethical considerations that are relevant to problem-solving courts. The chapter begins with a review of the constitutional considerations relevant to ...
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Session 2: Problem-Solving Skills
Bryan D. Carter, William G. Kronenberger, Eric L. Scott, and Christine E. Brady
in Children's Health and Illness Recovery Program (CHIRP): Clinician Guide
Session 2 of the Children’s Health and Illness Recovery Program (CHIRP) builds on the topic of stress and stress management by introducing the concept of reducing the impact of stressors ...
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Problem-solving and changing behaviour
David Hewison, Christopher Clulow, and Harriet Drake
in Couple Therapy for Depression: A clinician’s guide to integrative practice
Problem-solving and behaviour exchange are well-established procedures for alleviating relationship distress. Neither is simply a technique-driven intervention; both require couples to be ...
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Session 9: More on Decisions about Saving and Discarding
Jordana Muroff, Patty Underwood, and Gail Steketee
in Group Treatment for Hoarding Disorder: Therapist Guide
The group begins with discussion of challenges in choosing items to bring for sorting practice. Leaders review the use of behavioral experiments, and clients practice these methods. Leaders ...
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Helping Families Manage Childhood OCD: Decreasing Conflict and Increasing Positive Interaction, Therapist Guide
Tara S. Peris and John Piacentini
Childhood obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a complex condition that is often accompanied by high levels of family stress and strain. Families of youth with OCD face a unique set of ...
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Session 5: Continued Problem-Solving/Modeling Healthy Responses to Anxiety: All family members present
Tara S. Peris and John Piacentini
in Helping Families Manage Childhood OCD: Decreasing Conflict and Increasing Positive Interaction, Therapist Guide
This chapter provides a guide to continued family problem solving. It begins with a review of skills learned earlier in treatment as well as progress with the initial family issues they ...
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Distorted Thoughts
Ian M. Evans
in How and Why Thoughts Change: Foundations of Cognitive Psychotherapy
This chapter argues for similarity among a variety of clinical symptom patterns involving thoughts that are not well connected to reality. These include delusions (or delusional thinking), ...
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Skill Review, Follow-up Plans, and Termination
David J. Kolko and Eric M. Vernberg
in Assessment and Intervention with Children and Adolescents Who Misuse Fire: Practitioner Guide
This chapter prepares practitioners for the final treatment session and termination. It further reviews home practice of skills and interventions with the family and summarizes topics ...
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Use Detective Thinking and Problem Solving for Parents
Ehrenreich-May Jill, 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 15 covers two sessions. Session 6 teaches parents about the purpose of Detective Thinking. They learn how to help their children use the steps of Detective Thinking to gather ...
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