The Case Formulation Approach to Cognitive-Behavior Therapy

by Jacqueline B. Persons

Book Overview

This eagerly awaited book shows how skillful case formulation addresses a critical challenge in psychotherapy today: how to use empirically supported therapies (ESTs) in real-world clinical contexts. The author explains the basic theories of cognition, learning, and emotion that underlie available ESTs and shows how the theories also guide systematic case formulation. By crafting a sound formulation and continually refining and monitoring it as treatment...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593858752
• ISBN13: 9781593858759
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.9" x 10.0"