Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Adolescents and Young Adults: An Emotion Regulation Approach provides a unique focus on therapeutic practice with adolescents and young adults, covering everything from psychological theories of adolescence to the treatment of common emotional difficulties. Beginning with a review of development through adolescence into adulthood, and the principles of CBT, the book highlights problems with traditional models of CBT for this age group. In a fresh approach, this book separates CBT from diagnosis and grounds it instead in emotion science.
Key Features
- Focus on emotion science rather than disorders and symptoms.
- Chapters covering fear, sadness, anger, emotion dysregulation, and happiness.
- Outlines of emotion science, cognitive behavioural formulations (‘traps’), and evidence-based interventions.
- Case illustrations to guide clinicians through the process.
Additional Information
Adolescents and young adults learn about emotions, emotional ‘traps’, and how they can use CBT to bring about change. Each chapter provides a clear cognitive behavioural formulation and evidence-based interventions. This book represents a transformation of CBT practice and will become a valuable treatment manual for training and practising mental health professionals, especially psychotherapists specialising in CBT.
