Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: Foundations for Practice - Hardcover

Wills, Frank; Sanders, Diana J

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1849205647 ISBN 13: 9781849205641

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

In their established introduction to contemporary CBT theory and practice, Diana Sanders & Frank Wills show how therapeutic change takes place across a holistic network of cognitive, emotional and behavioural functioning. They explain the central concepts of CBT and illustrate - with numerous case examples - how these can effectively be put into practice at each stage of the therapeutic process. The revised book now includes: o Recent developments in CBT field, i.e., new settings and applications such as guided self-help, computerised CBT, IAPT and stepped care o Two brand new chapters on Mindfulness and increasing access to CBT o Extra case studies, chapter previews, exercises and further reading, plus an Appendix of further resources o Coverage of a wider range of client issues. Diana Sanders is Principal Counselling Psychologist, Department of Psychological Medicine, Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare NHS Trust.

About this title

Review

'This volume should be the first stop for mental health practitioners from all disciplines looking for an introduction to the basic art and ideasof cognitive therapy' -
Adrian Wells, Professor of Clinical & Experimental Psychology, University of Manchester

'One of the very best introductions to CBT, now enhanced with excellent coverage of new developments' -
Professor Neil Frude, Consultant Clinical Psychologist

'This book has become my first choice recommendation for trainee therapists. Already an outstanding and easy-to-read introduction to the practical application of CBT, it just got better' -

Peter Simpson, Senior Lecturer in Mental Health, University of Glamorgan

About the Author

Frank Wills is an Independent Cognitive Psychotherapist based in Bristol and also a tutor at the University of South Wales. He is co-author of Cognitive Therapy, Second Edition (SAGE, 2005) and Counselling for Anxiety Problems, Second Edition (SAGE, 2002).

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1849205647
• ISBN 13: 9781849205641
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 352