by David H . Barlow (Author), ToddJ.Farchione (Author), LauraB.Allen (Author), Christina L . Boisseau (Author), KristenK.Ellard (Author), Christopher P . Fairholme (Author), JillT.EhrenreichMay (Author)
Emerging conceptualizations of major emotional disorders emphasize their commonalities rather than their differences, including considerable overlap in disorder phenomenology, a common set of vulnerabilities to development of emotional disorders, and generalization of treatment response across disorders. Current research lends support for a unified transdiagnostic approach to treatment of these disorders that considers these commonalities and is applicable to a range of emotional disorders. Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders, part of the TreatmentsThatWork series of therapist manuals and patient workbooks, is a radical departure from disorder-specific treatments of various emotional disorders, and is designed to be applicable to all anxiety and unipolar mood disorders, as well as other disorders with strong emotional components, such as many somatoform and dissociative disorders. The Unified Protocol (UP) capitalizes on the contributions made by cognitive-behavioral theorists by distilling and incorporating the common principles of CBT present in all evidenced based protocols for specific emotional disorders, as well as drawing on the field of emotion science for insights into deficits in emotion regulation. The UP contains seven modules and focuses on four core strategies: becoming mindfully aware of emotional experience; reappraising rigid emotion laden attributions; identifying and preventing behavioral and emotional avoidance; and facilatating exposure to both interoceptive and situational cues associated with emotional experiences. Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders will be an essential resource for all therapists and psychiatrists who implement CBT strategies, as well as any clinician treating anxiety and depressive disorders.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
Publisher: OUP USA
Published: 20 Jan 2011
ISBN 10: 0199772665
ISBN 13: 9780199772667
With admirable grace, David Barlow's Unified Protocol segues through a series of evidence-based change techniques. Discussions of motivational interviewing, cognitive flexibility, and empathy are especially lucid. Hats off to the authorship team! Thanks for leading us into a new era of evidence-based practice. --Bonnie Spring, Ph.D., Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University
The unified protocol distills the core strategies emerging from the cognitive and behavioral interventions into a common set of principles that can be applied broadly to treat a diverse array of emotional and psychological disorders. The approach has great merit and represents a valuable advance in the field of clinical interventions. --Steven D. Hollon, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Vanderbilt University
In addressing the two problems of comorbidity and transdiagnostic symptoms, David Barlow and his colleagues have developed a treatment program with wide applicability in everyday clinical practice--important for all mental health professionals. --Richard J. McNally, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Harvard University
The therapist guide and patient workbook provide an important step-by-step resource for therapists, as well as education and concrete treatment strategies for patients themselves. --Suzanne Bennett Johnson, Ph.D., Distinguished Research Professor, Florida State University College of Medicine
Barlow and colleagues provide an outstanding clinical tool in their Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders. Superbly written and truly at the cutting edge of the field! --Michelle G. Craske, PhD., Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Psychology, UCLA