, Positive CBT: Individual and Group Treatment Protocols for Positive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fredrike Bannink ◽  
Nicole Geschwind
Keyword(s):  
Group Treatment ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Treatment Protocol ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Individual Treatment ◽  
Treatment Protocols ◽  
Self Compassion ◽  
The Individual ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Solution Focused

Positive CBT integrates positive psychology and solution-focused brief therapy within a cognitive-behavioral framework. It focuses not on reducing what is wrong, but on building what's right. This fourth wave CBT, developed by Fredrike Bannink, is now being applied worldwide for various psychological disorders. An introductory chapter explores the three approaches incorporated in positive CBT. Next, the book presents research into the individual treatment protocol for use with clients with major depressive disorder by Nicole Geschwind and colleagues at Maastricht University. The last chapters describe two 8-session treatment protocols for positive CBT, one for use with individuals and one for use with groups. The treatment protocols provide therapists with a step-by-step guide on how to apply positive CBT with individual clients and in group therapy. This approach goes beyond symptom reduction and instead focuses on the client’s preferred future, on finding exceptions to problems and identifying competencies. Topics such as self-compassion, optimism, gratitude, and behavior maintenance are explored. In addition to the protocols, two workbooks for clients are available online for download by therapists.

Individual Versus Group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Partner-Violent Men: A Preliminary Randomized Trial

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (15-16) ◽  
pp. 2846-2868 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher M. Murphy ◽  
Christopher I. Eckhardt ◽  
Judith M. Clifford ◽  
Adam D. LaMotte ◽  
Laura A. Meis
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Behavioral Approach ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Medium Effect ◽  
Individual Treatment ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Relationship Functioning ◽  
Significant Difference

A randomized clinical trial tested the hypothesis that a flexible, case formulation–based, individual treatment approach integrating motivational interviewing strategies with cognitive-behavioral therapy (ICBT) is more efficacious than a standardized group cognitive-behavioral approach (GCBT) for perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV). Forty-two men presenting for services at a community domestic violence agency were randomized to receive 20 sessions of ICBT or a 20-week group cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) program. Participants and their relationship partners completed assessments of relationship abuse and relationship functioning at baseline and quarterly follow-ups for 1 year. Treatment uptake and session attendance were significantly higher in ICBT than GCBT. However, contrary to the study hypothesis, GCBT produced consistently equivalent or greater benefits than ICBT. Participant self-reports revealed significant reductions in abusive behavior and injuries across conditions with no differential benefits between conditions. Victim partner reports revealed more favorable outcomes for group treatment, including a statistically significant difference in psychological aggression, and differences exceeding a medium effect size for physical assault, emotional abuse, and partner relationship adjustment. In response to hypothetical relationship scenarios, GCBT was associated with greater reductions than ICBT (exceeding a medium effect) in articulated cognitive distortions and aggressive intentions. Treatment competence ratings suggest that flexible, individualized administration of CBT creates challenges in session agenda setting, homework implementation, and formal aspects of relationship skills training. Although caution is needed in generalizing findings from this small-scale trial, the results suggest that the mutual support and positive social influence available in group intervention may be particularly helpful for IPV perpetrators.

The EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol for Patients With Cancer

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ignacio Jarero ◽  
Lucina Artigas ◽  
Susana Uribe ◽  
Laura Evelyn García
Keyword(s):  
Stress Responses ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Group Treatment ◽  
Terminal Illness ◽  
Treatment Protocol ◽  
Individual Treatment ◽  
Adult Women ◽  
Patients With Cancer ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Adolescents And Adults

Experiencing cancer is a peculiar stressor within the infrastructure of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) because this debilitating disease involves ongoing stressors and is both acute and potentially chronic. The experience can include a wide range of associated adverse events, such as tumor detection, diagnosis, severity of disease, and prognosis; aggressive treatment; disfigurement and bodily dysfunction; side effects of treatment; impaired physical, social, and occupational functioning; and sometimes, recurrence and diagnosis of terminal illness. This article provides a detailed description of the clinical application of the Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Integrative Group Treatment Protocol (EMDR-IGTP) Adapted for Adolescents and Adults Living with Ongoing Traumatic Stress for the patients with cancer. This protocol administers the eight phases of EMDR individual treatment to a group of patients using an art therapy format (i.e., drawings) and the butterfly hug (a self-administered bilateral stimulation method to process traumatic material). A previous study (Jarero et al., 2015) showed that after 6 sessions of EMDR-IGTP, there was a significant decrease in PTSD symptoms related to the diagnosis and treatment of different types of cancer in adult women. Effects were maintained at 90-day follow-up. In this article, we discuss how this protocol can be used to effectively provide intensive EMDR treatment to large groups of patients, and we provide detailed instructions for its provision to address one of the major psychological dimensions of cancer: the ongoing traumatic stress responses experienced by patients with cancer. A clinical example illustrates the treatment process.

Onco-specific sleep disorders and fatigue: tactics of psychological test and cognitive behavioral therapy

2021 ◽  
Vol LIII (3) ◽  
pp. 51-63
Author(s):  
Aleksey I. Melehin
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Sleep Disorders ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Treatment Plan ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Individual Treatment ◽  
Team Approach ◽  
Oncological Patient ◽  
Psychological Assistance

Introduction. Sleep disorders are widespread throughout the entire period of treatment of an oncological patient from the moment of diagnosis, and in many patients persist after completion of treatment. The nature of cancer and its treatment expose patients to many potential provoking and/or supportive factors that are atypical for the general population. In addition, sleep disturbance rarely manifests as a separate symptom, but more often occurs together with such symptoms as fatigue, pain, depression and/or cognitive impairment. This complicates the assessment and often requires an individual treatment plan with a team approach. AIM. of the work is to acquaint mental health specialists, oncologists, chemotherapists with the specifics of the examination of cancer-specific insomnia and fatigue, the construction of team treatment tactics, the organization of psychotherapeutic care for cancer patients. Results. The article describes for the first time the specifics of onco-specific insomnia and fatigue. The general predisposing and supporting factors of insomnia characteristic of cancer patients are systematized. The relationship between onco-specific fatigue and sleep disorders is shown. The role of pro-inflammatory cytokines as a common neuroendocrine-immune mechanism underlying the behavioral symptoms of sleep disorders, fatigue, depression and cognitive dysfunction in people with cancer is noted. Due to the limitations of the pharmacological approach, the purpose, forms, modes and approaches of using cognitive behavioral therapy protocols to minimize insomnia and fatigue are described. Based on the data of our foreign colleagues, we have proposed an algorithm for assessing sleep disorders in a patient with an oncological profile. The effectiveness of the standard protocol of cognitive behavioral psychotherapy of insomnia (SCBT-I) in a patient of the oncological profile Lavini Fiorentino is described in detail and shown; as well as the short protocol of CBT of cancer-specific insomnia by Eric Zo et al.; remote protocol of mindfulness enhancement therapy to minimize onco-specific fatigue Z.by Fieke et al. Conclusions. CBT in the framework of complex treatment has a positive effect on the immune system, reducing inflammation mediated through the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Despite the accumulation of evidence confirming the effectiveness of this form of psychological assistance, its availability in Russia remains extremely limited and not fully appreciated.

Counseling Students Who Are Gifted

2016 ◽  
pp. 103-117
Author(s):  
Emily S. Fisher ◽  
Kelly S. Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
Career Counseling ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
Counseling Students ◽  
Vulnerable Population ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Emotional Needs ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Solution Focused Brief Therapy ◽  
Solution Focused

This chapter reviews strategies for working with students who are gifted. It stresses that gifted students can be a vulnerable population because, without proper academic, social, and emotional support, they may not reach high levels of achievement and recognize their potential in school and beyond. Also, because gifted students’ social and emotional needs are often unrecognized and unmet, it is important for counselors to familiarize themselves with the characteristics associated with giftedness. The chapter describes the types of challenges that may be faced by gifted students, including perfectionism, underachievement, motivation, and multipotentiality. It also suggests counseling strategies to address these concerns such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, solution-focused brief therapy, career counseling, and group counseling.

The Provision of an EMDR-Based Multicomponent Trauma Treatment With Child Victims of Severe Interpersonal Trauma

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ignacio Jarero ◽  
Susana Roque-López ◽  
Julio Gomez
Keyword(s):  
Group Treatment ◽  
Treatment Approach ◽  
Treatment Protocol ◽  
Interpersonal Trauma ◽  
Trauma Treatment ◽  
Child Victims ◽  
Traumatic Memories ◽  
The One ◽  
The Individual

This study evaluated a multicomponent phase–based trauma treatment approach for 34 children who were victims of severe interpersonal trauma (e.g., rape, sexual abuse, physical and emotional violence, neglect, abandonment). The children attended a week-long residential psychological recovery camp, which provided resource building experiences, the Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Integrative Group Treatment Protocol (EMDR-IGTP), and one-on-one EMDR intervention for the resolution of traumatic memories. The individual EMDR sessions were provided for 26 children who still had some distress about their targeted memory following the EMDR-IGTP. Results showed significant improvement for all the participants on the Child’s Reaction to Traumatic Events Scale (CRTES) and the Short PTSD Rating Interview (SPRINT), with treatment results maintained at follow-up. More research is needed to assess the EMDR-IGTP and the one-on-one EMDR intervention effects as part of a multimodal approach with children who have suffered severe interpersonal trauma.

Psychotherapy

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
David D. Olds ◽  
Fredric N. Busch
Keyword(s):  
Dialectical Behavior Therapy ◽  
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Traumatic Memories ◽  
Ego Functions ◽  
Behavioral Conditioning ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Transference Focused Psychotherapy

The psychoanalytic psychotherapies, which include brief psychodynamic psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, long-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy, transference focused psychotherapy, mentalization based treatment, and panic focused psychodynamic psychotherapy, are based on the underlying theory that symptoms stem from unconscious traumatic memories or conflicts about sexual and aggressive wishes as well as maladaptive or self-destructive behavior patterns that are unconsciously repeated. The cognitive-behavioral psychotherapies, which include cognitive-behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy, are based on the assumption that symptoms arise from maladaptive patterns of cognition and behavior that are learned via behavioral conditioning. Interpersonal psychotherapy, family therapy, and group therapy can be regarded as multiple-person therapies that view symptoms as arising from problems in relations between and among people. Crisis intervention and other supportive psychotherapies provide patients with advice and education to enhance coping skills and ego functions.

Trauma-Focused Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan A. Green ◽  
Doyle K. Pruitt
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Traumatic Event ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Diverse Populations ◽  
Manualized Treatment ◽  
The Individual

Trauma-focused cognitive–behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) is a manualized treatment for children 3–17 years old who have posttraumatic stress symptomology as a result of experiencing a traumatic event or series of events. This evidence-based practice allows for practitioner expertise in adapting the order and time spent on each of the treatment components to best meet the individual needs of the child and his or her caretaker. This article provides an overview of the treatment components of TF-CBT, its application across various settings, use with diverse populations, and effectiveness.

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