Christopher R. Martell

Sona Dimidjian

Elizabeth McCauley

Kelly A. Schloredt

Gretchen R. Gudmundsen

This book presents the first behavioral activation (BA) program to help 12- to 18-year-olds overcome depression. The authors provide a systematic framework for increasing adolescents' engagement in rewarding activities and decreasing avoidant behavior. User-friendly features include session-by-session guidelines and agendas, sample scripts, and instructional materials. Strategies are described for actively involving parents and tailoring BA to each teen's needs and developmental level. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, the book contains 35 reproducible handouts. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.

A Clinician's Guide

Behavioral Activation with Adolescents

Ruth Herman-Dunn

"This book is about behavioral activation (BA), an evidence-based approach to recovery from depression that is powerful in its simplicity and clarity of focus. BA has demonstrated its effectiveness in the treatment not just of depression, but of other common mental health disorders as well. This book is written for therapists who want to learn the core skills and principles of BA to boost their ability to support their clients. We wrote this book for therapists who work from a CBT framework and find they need greater structure with particular clients, and for therapists who work from different orientations seeking to bring a greater action emphasis to their work"--

Behavioral Activation for Depression, Second Edition

"The evidence-based practice (EBP) movement has always been about implementing optimal health care practices. Practitioners have three primary roles they can play in relation to the research evidence in EBP: scientists, systematic reviewers, and research consumers. Learning EBP is an acculturation process begun during professional training that seamlessly integrates research and practice"--Provided by publisher.

Bridging Clinical Science and Intervention

Evidence-Based Practice in Action

From leading experts in behavioral activation research and clinical practice, this volume presents an empirically tested approach for helping clients overcome depression by becoming active and engaged in their own lives. Behavioral activation is a stand-alone treatment whose principles can be integrated easily with other approaches that therapists already use. Guidelines are presented for identifying individualized treatment targets, monitoring and scheduling "antidepressant" activities -- experiences that are likely to be rewarding and pleasurable -- and decreasing avoidance and ruminative thinking. Rich clinical illustrations include an extended case example that runs throughout the book. Twenty-two reproducible forms, worksheets, and tables can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.

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