BookDebra A. Hope, Richard G. Heimberg, Cynthia L. Turk.
Summary: This title is for practising mental health professionals who treat adult clients diagnosed with Social Anxiety Disorder and/or Specific Social Phobias. It lays out a cognitive-behavioral treatment programme to help clinicians teach their clients to learn to monitor their anxiety.
Contents:
Background for therapists
Introduction and treatment considerations
Supplemental information on social anxiety
Assessment of social anxiety disorder
Session-by-session therapist guide
Overview of the course of treatment
Psychoeducation : background on social anxiety
Psychoeducation : understanding the nature of social anxiety and how to manage it
Psychoeducation : monitoring progress and the fear and avoidance hierarchy
Psychoeducation : etiology and development of dysfunctional beliefs and information processing biases
Cognitive restructuring : identifying automatic thoughts
Cognitive restructuring : challenging automatic thoughts
Exposure and cognitive restructuring : first exposure
Exposure and cognitive restructuring : ongoing exposure
Exposure and cognitive restructuring : conversation fears
Exposure and cognitive restructuring : observational fears
Exposure and cognitive restructuring : public speaking fears
Advanced cognitive restructuring
Termination.