Cognitive/Behavioral Psychology
MAKING COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY WORK, 2nd Edition
Clinical Process for New Practitioners
Deborah Roth Ledley, Brain P. Marx, & Richard G. Heimberg
Guilford Publications, 2010
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES The reader will be able to:
• Conduct the initial assessment
• Plan and implement CBT interventions with a sound case conceptualization
• Describe where to find recommended resources
• Make regular use of CBT as an effective treatment framework
• Describe the two key process skills that help therapy progress effectively
• Describe the role of a clinical supervisor and trainee therapist in treating a client
• Describe when termination of therapy is appropriate
Deborah Roth Ledley, Ph.D., is in private practice at the Children's Center for OCD and Anxiety in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. From 2001 to 2005, she was Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where she was also a faculty member at the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety.
Brain P. Marx, Ph.D., is a staff psychologist at the National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine.
Richard G. Heimberg, Ph.D., is David Kipnis Distinguished Faculty Fellow and Professor of Psychology at Temple University where he also serves as Director of the Adult Anxiety Clinic. He is past president of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.