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Creative CBT with Youth: Clinical Applications Using Humor, Play, Superheroes, and Improvisation

Creative CBT with Youth: Clinical Applications Using Humor, Play, Superheroes, and Improvisation

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This book examines creative augmentations to the robust cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) model, including the use of humor, play, improvisational theatre, and superheroes. It provides empirical support, clinical acumen, and practical recommendations for improving treatment outcomes with children and adolescents.

Format: Hardback
Length: 270 pages
Publication date: 15 July 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG


This comprehensive book delves into innovative approaches to enhancing the robust cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) model, combining empirical evidence, clinical expertise, and practical recommendations. It explores creative augmentations that are grounded in research and endorsed by clinical practice, offering clinical-friendly tools for practitioners. Each chapter provides a concise summary of research findings, elucidates theoretical concepts and principles with clarity, showcases vivid therapeutic procedures, and presents rich case illustrations. The book addresses various topics, including the utilization of humor in CBT with youth, playful applications of CBT, the integration of improvisational theatre in CBT, and the incorporation of superheroes into CBT. Key areas of coverage include:

* Strengthening and enhancing alliances with children and adolescents to improve treatment retention and outcomes.
* Employing humor and irreverent communication in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) to enhance outcomes with adolescents.
* Developing rapport between medical and psychosocial team members to alleviate stress during pediatric medical procedures and as an adjunct to therapeutic interventions.
* Cognitive behavioral play therapy (CBPT) with young children.
* Family-focused CBT for pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
* Cognitive Behavioral Psychodrama Group Therapy (CBPGT) with youth.

This unique and compelling volume serves as an authoritative resource for researchers, professors, clinicians, therapists, and other professionals, as well as graduate students in developmental psychology, pediatrics, social work, child and adolescent psychiatry, and nursing. It offers valuable insights and practical strategies for implementing creative augmentations in CBT, fostering positive outcomes for individuals and families.

Weight: 594g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030996680
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022

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