ISBN-13: 9781593854874 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 556 str.
This invaluable practitioner guide and text shows how cognitive-behavioral interventions can help people weather situations of extreme stress and build needed skills for the future. Leading authorities describe effective, time-efficient approaches to managing different types of crises: those related to particular psychological problems, such as panic disorder, suicidal depression, and personality disorders; medical crises; child and family crises; and environmental and situational crises, including large-scale traumatic events. Vivid case material illustrates what the interventions look like in action and how to tailor them to individual clients' needs.New to This Edition: *Incorporates new empirical data and clinical innovations.*Chapters addressing clinical decision making, treating law enforcement personnel, traumatic stress syndromes, and applications for working with chronic pain sufferers, aggressive youths, and victims of terrorism.