This timely book uniquely addresses the application of CBT to children and young people within health, school and community contexts.
With the recent expansion of increasing access to psychological therapies (IAPT) CBT is increasingly applied to work with children outside the traditional therapy clinic. This book provides accessible knowledge and practice skills for professional staff working with troubled children and young people in real-world settings. Taking into consideration complex difficulties that do not always fit fixed length treatments, the authors take a much-needed realistic approach to applying CBT to childhood problems.
This is relevant and accessible reading for a wide range of specialist child trainees and practitioners, including new IAPT therapists, counsellors, nurses, teachers and social workers.
Peter Fuggle, Sandra Dunsmuir & Vicki Curry are co-Directors of the UCL accredited Certificate, Diploma & Masters course on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and other outcomes based interventions (CBTOBI) delivered at the Anna Freud Centre in London.
Introduction
PART ONE: KNOWLEDGE OF CHILDREN AND THEIR CONTEXT
Parents and Child Development
The Wider Context: Families, Schools, Culture and Safety
Childhood Problems and Distress
PART TWO: CORE CBT PRACTICE
Assessment and Formulation
Evaluating Practice
Setting the Right Context
Therapeutic Alliance
Collaboration
Strengthening the Therapeutic Process
Facilitating Psychological Understanding
Facilitating Acceptance and Coping
Facilitating Change: Behavioural Techniques
Facilitating Change: Cognitive Techniques
PART THREE: CBT IN CONTEXT
Moderating Factors to Effective Practice
The Role of Supervision
What to Do if CBT Is Not Working
References
Index
