Anxiety

by Paul Stallard

Cognitive behavioural therapy has proven to be an effective treatment for anxiety disorders in children and young people. This book provides an overview of CBT and explores how it can be used to help children with anxiety disorders. In Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with Children and Young People Paul Stallard describes the nature and extent of anxiety problems that are suffered in childhood and discusses evidence for the effectiveness of the cognitive behavioural model as a method of treatment. This concise and accessible book, written specifically for the clinician, provides a clear outline of how CBT can be used with children suffering from anxiety disorders in an easy to follow format. The book provides many ideas that can be incorporated into everyday practice, as well as clinical vignettes, case examples, and worksheets for use with the client. This straightforward text will prove essential reading for professionals involved with children who have significant anxiety problems including mental health workers, social services staff and those working in educational settings. The final chapter of this book contains worksheets that can be downloaded free of charge to purchasers of the print version. Please visit the website to find out more about this facility.

224 pages, Paperback

First published March 25, 2008

About the author

Paul Stallard is the author of “Think Good Feel Good: A cognitive behaviour therapy workbook for children and young people” and Editor of the book series “Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with children, adolescents and families”. He is an active researcher and has led large multi-site randomised controlled trials evaluating the effectiveness of school based CBT programmes on depression (PROMISE) and anxiety (PACES). He is interested in the use of techology to deliver interventions to children and young people has developed a computerised CBT programme (Think, Feel, Do), an app for adolescents who self-harm (BlueIce), and is part of a project exploring the use of a computerised CBT programme for children with chronic fatigue.

Reviews

[Mansur · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kitap önce anksiyeteyi anlatıyor sonrasında ise Anksiyetenin tam bir BDT’si nasıl olmalı onu anlatıyor. En son bölümde ise kullanılabilecek formlar sunuyor. Gerçekten çok faydalı oldu umarım serinin diğer kitapları da biran önce dilimize çevirilir.