Rumination-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression

"From a leading clinician-researcher, this book presents an empirically tested approach for helping clients with severe and chronic depression by directly tackling negative rumination. Rumination-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (RFCBT) combines carefully adapted elements of CBT with imagery, visualization, and compassion-based techniques. The book provides everything needed to implement this 12-session approach, including numerous sample dialogues, a chapter-length case example, reflections and learning exercises for therapists, and 10 reproducible client handouts. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. Key Words/Subject Areas: anxiety disorders, behavioral activation, CBT, cognition, cognitive-behavioral therapy, depressive, functional analysis, interventions, major depression, metacognition, metacognitive, mood disorders, obsessions, psychotherapy, recurrent, relapse prevention, RFCBT, rumination, self-compassion, transdiagnostic, treatment manuals, worry Audience: Clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, clinical social workers, mental health and pastoral counselors, and psychiatric nurses"--

Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- About the Author -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I. Rumination Processes in Psychopathology and Treatment -- Chapter 1. Why a Treatment Targeting Rumination? -- Addressing a Major Treatment Gap -- Summary of Rumination-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy -- Chapter 2. Understanding Rumination -- Rumination Is a Normal Process Driven by Unresolved Goals -- Pathological Rumination as a Habit -- Functional Accounts of Rumination: Rumination as a Form of Avoidance -- Processing Mode in Rumination -- The Relationship between Worry and Rumination -- Potential Functions of Rumination -- Chapter 3. Key Components and Principles of RFCBT -- Key Components of RFCBT -- Structure of Treatment Sessions -- Principal Techniques Used in RFCBT -- Homework -- RFCBT and Negative Thinking -- Key Principles in RFCBT -- Part II. Rumination-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy -- Chapter 4. Initial Assessment -- Brief Orientation to the Patient's Background, Situation, and Problems -- An Overview of the Patient's History of Depression and of the Current or Most Recent Episode -- Initial Evaluation of Rumination and Associated Avoi…