Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (Electronic book text)

"CBT: A Guide for the Practising Clinician, Volume 2" brings the practising clinician up-to-date with recent developments in the continuously expanding field of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT). As with the first volume, this book is a clinically orientated and techniques-focused CBT manual, dealing with specific clinical conditions, skillfully blending guiding theories, focused techniques and clinical flexibility.With contributions from distinguished clinicians and researchers, a variety of specific disorders are examined, including: Social anxiety disorder, CBT for psychoses, preventing relapse in depression; Posttraumatic stress disorder, health anxiety; and, Body dysmorphic disorder, pathological gambling, medical illness. These disorders are also discussed in the context of up-to-date processes and approaches, such as homework assignments, compassion-focused therapy and metacognitive-focused therapy. As such this book, along with the first volume, will be essential reading for all CBT practitioners, mental health professional and students alike.