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Modular CBT for Children and Adolescents with Depression: A Clinician´s Guide to Individualized Treatment
Katherine Nguyen Williams
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Description for Modular CBT for Children and Adolescents with Depression: A Clinician´s Guide to Individualized Treatment
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: MJW; MMJT1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
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 ... Read moreneeds, 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. Show Less
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New Harbinger Publications United States
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Oakland, CA, United States
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About Katherine Nguyen Williams
Katherine Nguyen Williams, PhD, is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego(UCSD); founding director of the Center for Child and Adolescent Testing (C-CAT) in La Jolla and Del Mar, CA; licensed supervising psychologist at Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego's Outpatient Psychiatry; and adjunct faculty at the University of San Diego (USD). In addition to an ... Read moreactive clinical practice, she teaches, clinically supervises, and mentors undergraduate/graduate students in psychology, MFT, and social work. She also teaches medical students and psychiatrists about the application of modular cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for child and adolescent depression and anxiety. Brent R. Crandal, PhD, is a clinical psychologist for Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, with expertise offering evidence-based treatments in outpatient, inpatient, pediatric, military, and community mental health settings. He has been fortunate to provide therapy and conduct research among low-income, rural, urban, LGBTQ, and culturally diverse populations throughout Utah, New Mexico, and California. Most recently, he has been involved in a statewide effort to enhance cross-system collaboration in child welfare and behavioral health systems in California. Show Less
Reviews for Modular CBT for Children and Adolescents with Depression: A Clinician´s Guide to Individualized Treatment
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 There ... Read moreare 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Show Less