Synopses & Reviews
Treating adolescents with depression is challenging. This breakthrough book offers a new, cutting-edge treatment for children and teens with depression using a modular cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) approach.
Modular CBT for Depressed Children and Adolescents offers a user-friendly, step-by-step transdiagnostic approach to help you treat youths whose depression presents in diverse ways. This manual offers a compelling rationale for using modular cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), a brief overview of the limitations in community mental health that led to the development of the modular approach, distinctions from standard CBT, and a review of the current research supporting the effectiveness of this treatment.
Guided by innovative research and best practices, this book provides practical steps for creating a personalized treatment approach for each client that incorporates safety needs, symptoms presentation, etiology, cultural and spiritual background, and family factors. You will also find tools to create a pragmatic conceptualization that can be coupled with the specialized treatment interventions of modular CBT.
If you are looking for a detailed, session-by-session treatment program that includes specific instructions on how to use the modular approach to meet the individualized needs of your clients, this book will be your guide.
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Semple and Lee do a very good job integrating CBT with mindfulness-based approaches. Where similarities exist they are pointed out and where differences exist they are made known. Primarily aimed at practitioners, this book could also be a valuable adjunctive textbook in any graduate level psychology, psychiatry, or social work program where child- and family-focused psychotherapy are part of the curriculum. This does represent a new and exciting addition to those treatment paradigms focusing on childhood anxiety that have already received empirical support.”
Howard A. Paul, PhD, ABPP, FAACP, in a review from the journal, Child and Family Behavior Therapy, June, 2012
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Informed by the authors years of personal experience and rigorous methodological development, this book provides a treatment manual that is both clinically accessible and supported by empirical clinical trials. . . . Semple and Lees MBCT-C manual is one of the most detailed, thorough, and eloquently written manuals in the mindfulness intervention armamentarium.”
Joshua C. Felver, in a review for the journal, Mindfulness, October, 2011
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“Nguyen Williams and Crandal provide a concise and easy-to-implement manual that will help children and adolescents adhere to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles in a manner relevant to them. A much-needed book for the treatment of mood disorders in these groups.”—Donna Roybal, MD, director of Pediatric Consult-Liaison Services, divisions of child and adolescent psychiatry and mood and anxiety disorders, and departments of psychiatry and pediatrics, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio
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“Concise, well organized, scientifically based, yet easy to understand and utilize…excellent resource!”—Rebecca Susan Daily, MD, DFAACAP, FAPA, chief of child and adolescent psychiatry, and vice-chair of child psychiatry in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Oklahoma
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“This text offers clinicians an easily understood map for charting the therapeutic journey that might be taken with a wide range of depressed youth. The organization of core and supplementary skills provides the reader with a clear starting point as well as decision-making guidelines for charting next steps. A valuable resource for both novice and experienced therapists!”—Brian Buzzella, PhD, ABPP, director of the Family Mental Health Program and codirector of the Clinical Psychology Postdoctoral Residency Program, VA San Diego Healthcare System
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“With a rise in commitment to evidence-based practices comes a flood of psychological treatment manuals. Thankfully, Nguyen Williams and Crandal have contributed a unique addition that answers an unmet and critical need in our field. This must-have protocol offers a flexible approach to real-world cases that often require more than traditional cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) manuals provide. Packed with practical tools, vignettes, and case examples, Modular CBT for Children and Adolescents with Depression is an easy-to-follow, culturally sensitive, one-stop-shop for clinicians treating complex juvenile depression.”—Jill A. Stoddard, PhD, coauthor of The Big Book of ACT Metaphors, founder and director of The Center for Stress and Anxiety Management, and associate professor at Alliant International University, San Diego, CA
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“The authors have managed to combine a user-friendly resource that summarizes current cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) thinking in the treatment of depression, using both relevant and engaging vignettes that put the reader firmly into the therapist’s chair. Therapists in the mental health field and beyond will find a range of methods in this book to effectively treat child and adolescent depression.”—Kate Shelper, MA, APS, clinical supervisor and child psychologist at the Child and Youth Mental Health Service, Queensland Health, Australia
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“Nguyen Williams and Crandals’ book offers a practical and effective approach for treating depression in adolescents. This book is smart, fun, and a great guide for treating depressed adolescents. Therapists will surely find it easy to use and enjoyable.”—Alejandra Postlethwaite, MD, director of behavioral health services at La Maestra Community Health Centers, and clinical professor of health sciences at the University of California, San Diego
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“Finally, a cause for celebration in children’s and adolescent mental health! Depressive symptoms in this age group are not uncommon, and they are most often treated with a variety of medications, some of which are prescribed off-label and not tested on children, and others which are ineffective or cause unpleasant side effects. Thus, we welcome the arrival of this truly exceptional book for mental health clinicians and psychotherapists who work with children and adolescents with depression. Modular CBT for Children and Adolescents with Depression is so fluidly written and engaging that the professional reader feels immediately connected, and it is also eminently readable and seamlessly organized. The book is a brilliant treatise on the common questions both clinicians and clients have about youth depression, with elucidations of the whats, whens, hows, and whys of this profound diagnosis and treatment. The user-friendly therapeutic techniques are clearly described and explained, and are readily applicable in a clinical setting. Furthermore, they are evidence-based—that is, they have been shown to be effective in numerous studies and clinical trials. Katherine Nguyen Williams and Brent Crandal are to be thanked and congratulated on this significant achievement, a seminal step forward in the treatment of depression in our youth.”—Saul Levine, MD, professor of psychiatry and past division chief of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, and psychiatrist-in-chief at Rady Children’s Hospital
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“Nguyen Williams and Crandal have expertly written a user-friendly, well-organized, and practical manual to support clinicians’ systematic and flexible use of evidence-based strategies. This book is a must-have resource for both novice and experienced clinicians working in community and private practice settings with children and adolescents experiencing depression.”—Lauren Brookman-Frazee, PhD, associate professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, and associate director of the Child and Adolescent Services Research Center
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“An essential resource for therapists in real-world mental health settings working with real-world clients for which complex presentations are the norm. [The guide’s] applications are straightforward, manageable, and representative of the current state of psychological science.”—Andrea Letamendi, PhD, TEDx Talks speaker, psychological consultant, and director of clinical training at Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services
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“There are many therapy books on the market, but many of them range from nebulous to tedious. Nguyen Williams and Crandal have elucidated the best treatments for child and adolescent depression from the field of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and integrated the effective interventions into this important work. This clinician’s guide has been long awaited; clinicians finally have a highly readable and tremendously useful therapy manual that will impact the clinical work being done with depressed children and adolescents across the nation and internationally.”—Gary Youssef, MFT, program manager of outpatient psychiatry at Rady Children’s Hospital
Synopsis
In Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Treating Anxious Children, two mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) researchers and practitioners present a powerful therapy plan that therapists can use in group or individual therapy to help children cope with anxiety.
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Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Anxious Children offers a complete professional treatment program designed to help children ages nine through twelve who struggle with anxiety. This twelve-session protocol can be used to treat anxious children in group or individual therapy. The poems, stories, session summaries, and home practice activities on the enclosed CD-ROM supplement child therapy sessions and parent meetings to illuminate mindful awareness concepts and practices. In twelve simple sessions, children will learn new ways to relate to anxious thoughts and feelings and develop the ability to respond to life events with greater awareness and confidence.
Help children manage the symptoms of all types of anxiety:
- Panic disorder
- Agoraphobia
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Generalized anxiety disorder
- Social phobia
- Specific phobias
- Separation anxiety disorder
- School refusal
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Treating children and adolescents with depression is challenging, but the rewards are without measure. For mental health professionals looking to make an important impact in a childs life, two clinical psychologists offer a user-friendly, step-by-step transdiagnostic approach for effectively treating children with depression using modular cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Modular CBT is well-documented for its flexibility and individualization. This book offers a road map to anyone looking to treat depression in children.
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This handbook offers mental health professionals clear, detailed guidelines for effectively treating children and adolescents suffering from anxiety disorders, the most frequently experienced type of mental disorder in children and adolescents.
About the Author
Randye J. Semple, PhD, is an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. A graduate of Columbia University, she trains psychiatry residents and provides clinical supervision. Semple's research focuses on the development and integration of mindfulness-based interventions in psychiatric clinical care. She has presented at national conventions and published scientific papers and chapters on this topic.Jennifer Lee, PhD, a graduate of Columbia University, is a clinical psychologist in private practice specializing in mindfulness-based treatments for mood and anxiety disorders. She also serves as adjunct instructor at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY, where she teaches graduate students in mental health counseling. Lee has published articles and chapters on mindfulness and child and adolescent mental health.Mark Williams, PhD, is professor of clinical psychology at Oxford University, UK. He is a fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and a fellow of the British Academy. He is author of many books and articles on the psychology of depression and its treatment, focusing on mindfulness-based approaches.John Teasdale is one of the co-developers of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for Depression (MBCT), and a co-author of the books Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for Depression, and The Mindful Way through Depression. Now retired, he was formerly a senior researcher with the UK Medical Research Council in the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. His research contributed to the base of understanding from which MBCT was derived, and provided the evidence demonstrating the clinical effectiveness of MBCT in preventing relapse in depression.Zindel V. Segal, PhD, is professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, Scarborough. He is author of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression and The Mindful Way through Depression.