Main description:

Follows a client, his therapist, and the supervisor through a course of CBASP
Uses first person perspectives and dialog with theoretical sections
Provides prompts and structure for sessions
Lists exercises to check understanding
Includes printable tools for clinical use

Cognitive behavioral analysis system of psychotherapy (CBASP) is designed to help patients with chronic depression improve the negative social and personal impacts of this disorder. This volume, written by experienced practitioners of CBASP, creatively explores the principles and practice of CBASP in a new, unusual, and engaging fashion. Interspersed between theoretical chapters, you will find yourself in the therapy room with Maggie (the therapist) and Chris (the patient).

Using authentic dialog, you will experience how the different stages of therapy unfold: How, from their first-person perspectives, Christopher and Maggie experience the application of the CBASP model, and how Helen (the supervisor) helps Maggie to understand difficult encounters in therapy. This book helps you prepare for your CBASP sessions by providing essential information and prompts in a clearly arranged manner, as well as exercises to verify your progress and learning goals.

This creative and descriptive approach to understanding the hopes, fears, and concerns of patients and therapists engaged in a course of CBASP psychotherapy is essential reading for clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, other mental health professionals, as well as students wanting to know how to successfully apply CBASP.

Contents:

Dedication
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface
1 Introduction
2 Christopher
3 Maggie
4 Timeline
5 Significant Other History
6 Transference Hypothesis and Interpersonal Domains
7 Kiesler's Theory of Interpersonal Styles
8 Groundhog Day
9 Case Formulation in CBASP
10 Introduction to Situational Analysis
11 The First Situational Analysis
12 Spotting a Hotspot
13 Another Situational Analysis
14 Interpersonal Discrimination Exercise
15 Disciplined Personal Involvement
16 When You Get What You Want and Future Situational Analysis
17 Ending Therapy
18 The Good CBASP Therapist
Glossary and Abbreviations
Appendix