CBT for Beginners

Jane Simmons works as a Clinical Psychologist in adult mental health services in South Wales. She has previously worked as a project manager setting up an IAPT service in England. She has worked in the NHS since gaining her doctorate in Clinical Psychology in 2000 from the Oxford doctoral course of Clinical Psychology and also works in Independent Practice in Bristol. Rachel Griffiths is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist working in South Wales. She has worked in the NHS since gaining her doctorate in clinical Psychology in 2003  . Rachel has worked with adults with mental health problems in inpatient and community settings and currently works in a service for people with chronic pain.

Easily accessible by students, and bringing professional therapists up to date with full and detailed practical guidance, Jane Simmons and Rachel Griffiths present both an introduction and the current state of the art application of CBT. In their third edition, the authors have achieved the very difficult aim of making a practitioner guide to the most effective evidence-based approaches a pleasure to read.

• PART ONE: CBT – WHAT IS IT?1.What is CBT?2. Who Benefits from CBT?3. The CBT Model4. Levels of Cognitions (Thoughts, Beliefs and Assumptions)5. Structure of therapy and sessions6. The therapeutic relationshipPART TWO: CBT - HOW DO YOU DO IT?7. CBT Assessment8. CBT Formulation9. Setting Therapy Goals10. Coping Strategies11. Behavioural Interventions12. Cognitive Interventions: Psycho-education about Thoughts and Beliefs13. Cognitive Interventions: Identifying Negative Automatic Thoughts (NATs)14. Cognitive Interventions: Evaluation of Negative Automatic Thoughts or ‘Thought Challenging’15. Cognitive Interventions: Working with Assumptions and Core BeliefsPART THREE: AND THE REST...16. Mindfulness17. Problem Solving18. Working with Emotions19. Motivation for Change20. Therapeutic Endings21. Supervision