Innovations in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Strategic Interventions for Creative Practice - Paperback

by Amy Wenzel (Author)

Innovations in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy provides clinicians with a powerful arsenal of contemporary, creative, and innovative strategic interventions for use in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). This book goes well beyond standard CBT texts by highlighting new developments in the field and advancing a new definition of CBT that reflects the field's evolution. Throughout these pages, clinicians will find empirical research to back up recommended strategies and discussion of ways to translate this research into their clinical practice. Readers can also turn to the book's website for valuable handouts, worksheets, and other downloadable tools.

Author Biography

Amy Wenzel, PhD, ABPP, is owner of Wenzel Consulting, LLC, clinical assistant professor of psychology in psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and adjunct faculty member at the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy. She is author or editor of twenty books and approximately one hundred peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. She is a certified trainer-consultant with the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and trains and supervises clinicians internationally in their acquisition of cognitive behavioral therapy skills. Her research has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (now called Brain and Behavior Research Foundation). She has been featured in many American Psychological Association videos demonstrating cognitive behavioral therapy for depression and anxiety.

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