Session 1: Getting Started in Family Treatment: Child and Family Together
Tara S. Peris and John Piacentini
in Helping Families Manage Childhood OCD: Decreasing Conflict and Increasing Positive Interaction, Therapist Guide
This chapter provides an overview of the first family therapy session. It describes how to introduce families to the PFIT program and to develop a collaborative environment for establishing ...
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Session 1: Introduction and Managing Hyperactive Behavior
Elizabeth A. Harvey, Sharonne D. Herbert, and Rebecca M. Stowe
in Parenting Hyperactive Preschoolers: Clinician Guide
This chapter outlines session 1 of Parenting Hyperactive Preschoolers. This session begins by introducing parents to group leaders, to each other, and to the program. Next, leaders ...
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Informational Session with Spouse, Partner, or Family Member (if applicable)
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 describes an optional session that can be conducted with a spouse, partner, or family member of the client with ADHD. In this session the therapist would provide ...
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Information About Adult ADHD
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 introductory chapter provides psychoeducation about ADHD and how it manifests in adults. The symptoms of ADHD are described. The cognitive-behavioral model of adult ADHD is presented. ...
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Informational Session with Spouse, Partner, or Family Member (if applicable)
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 describes an optional session in the treatment program for adults with ADHD that includes a spouse, partner, or family member. Involving a family member in treatment allows ...
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Overview of STEPPS: History and Implementation
Nancee S. Blum, Don St. John, Bruce Pfohl, and Donald W. Black
in Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving for Borderline Personality Disorder: Implementing STEPPS Around the Globe
This chapter provides an overview of Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS), a manualized, cognitive-behavioral, skills-based group treatment program, ...
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Self-Management of Arthritis
Jessica M. Brooks, Kanako Iwanaga, and Fong Chan
in Promoting Self-Management of Chronic Health Conditions: Theories and Practice
Arthritis is ranked among the top causes of disability in the United States and worldwide. Despite recent improvements in medications and medical treatment, there is no known cure for ...
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When a Child Has OCD
Allen H. Weg
in OCD Treatment Through Storytelling: A Strategy for Successful Therapy
Chapter 6 explores a set of stories are geared to families with younger children who are diagnosed with OCD. Several of these stories are aimed directly at the parents as part of their ...
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Psychosocial Rehabilitation of Physically and Psychologically Wounded
Walter Erich Penk and Dolores Little
in Military Psychologists' Desk Reference
The primary mission of the military is for service members to be combat ready. One must always be fit to serve; physically, psychologically, socially, ethically, and spiritually, in the ...
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Treating Veterans and Military Families
Marjan Ghahramanlou-Holloway and Jennifer L. Bakalar
in Psychologists' Desk Reference (3 ed.)
Chapter 83 outlines considerations for the treatment of veterans and military families, including psychoeducation, acceptance, promoting adaptive coping, safety, social support and methods ...
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Psychoeducation about Cognitive Differences
Jan Willer
in Could it be Adult ADHD?: A Clinician's Guide to Recognition, Assessment, and Treatment
Psychoeducation is probably the most powerful and effective intervention for ADHD, and experts universally agree that psychoeducation is essential for effective treatment. Clients learn to ...
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IPT-AST Overview
Jami F. Young, Laura Mufson, and Christie M. Schueler
in Preventing Adolescent Depression: Interpersonal Psychotherapy-Adolescent Skills Training
Interpersonal Psychotherapy–Adolescent Skills Training (IPT-AST) is an adolescent depression prevention program that teaches communication and interpersonal problem-solving skills to ...
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Treatments for Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
Pablo H. Goldberg, Prerna Martin, Carolina Biernacki, and Moira A. Rynn
in A Guide to Treatments That Work (4 edn)
The past two decades have seen significant advances in the development of evidence-based treatments for pediatric bipolar disorder. Practice guidelines recommend pharmacotherapy with mood ...
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Psychoeducation and Introduction to Organization and Planning
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 provides information about the first session in treatment, which includes psychoeducation about ADHD and setting goals for treatment. The modular format of the treatment is ...
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Addressing Accommodation
Eli R. Lebowitz
in Addressing Parental Accommodation When Treating Anxiety In Children
This chapter provides rich tools and helpful strategies for beginning the practical implementation of reducing family accommodation in clinical work. The chapter covers the ...
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Translating the Overcoming Barriers Approach to Outpatient Settings
Barbara J. Fidler, Peggie Ward, and Robin M. Deutsch
in Overcoming Parent-Child Contact Problems: Family-Based Interventions for Resistance, Rejection, and Alienation
This chapter discusses ways the essential components of the Overcoming Barriers approach (including the whole-family approach, experiential and recreational activities, and coordinated case ...
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Clinical Decision-Making in Parent–Child Contact Problem Cases: Tailoring the Intervention to the Family’s Needs
Barbara J. Fidler and Peggie Ward
in Overcoming Parent-Child Contact Problems: Family-Based Interventions for Resistance, Rejection, and Alienation
This chapter summarizes the continuum along which parent–child contact problems may be conceptualized and differentiated and addresses how legal and clinical interventions may be tailored ...
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More Than Words: The Use of Experiential Therapies in the Treatment of Families With Parent–Child Contact Problems and Parental Alienation
Abigail M. Judge and Rebecca Bailey
in Overcoming Parent-Child Contact Problems: Family-Based Interventions for Resistance, Rejection, and Alienation
This chapter proposes the integration of experiential therapy techniques with family treatment for use with families experiencing parent–child contact problems, including parental ...
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“Common Ground”: The Children’s Group
Robin M. Deutsch, Abigail M. Judge, and Barbara J. Fidler
in Overcoming Parent-Child Contact Problems: Family-Based Interventions for Resistance, Rejection, and Alienation
This chapter describes the characteristics of children who unreasonably resist or refuse a relationship with a parent and the components of psychoeducation for such children at Overcoming ...
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Mentalizing and families: the Families and Carers Training and Support program (FACTS)
Anthony Bateman and Peter Fonagy
in Mentalization-Based Treatment for Personality Disorders: A Practical Guide
This chapter covers the program designed to support the families of people with borderline personality disorder (BPD): families are in a unique position to provide support, but they often ...
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