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Solution Focused Anxiety Management
A Treatment and Training Manual
- 1st Edition - February 13, 2013
- Author: Ellen K. Quick
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 9 4 4 2 1 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 9 7 8 1 3 - 4
Solution Focused Anxiety Management provides the clinician with evidence-based techniques to help clients manage anxiety. Cognitive behavioral and strategic tools, acceptance-based… Read more
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Request a sales quoteSolution Focused Anxiety Management provides the clinician with evidence-based techniques to help clients manage anxiety. Cognitive behavioral and strategic tools, acceptance-based ideas, and mindfulness are introduced from a solution-focused perspective and tailored to client strengths and preferences.
The book presents the conceptual foundation, methods, and attitudes of a solution-focused approach. Case examples illustrate how to transform anxiety into the "Four Cs" (courage, coping, appropriate caution and choice). Readers learn how to utilize solution focused anxiety management in single-session, brief, and intermittent therapy as well as in a class setting.
The book additionally includes all materials needed for teaching solution focused anxiety management in a four-session psychoeducational class: complete instructor notes, learner readings, and companion online materials.
Special Features
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Focuses on what works in anxiety management
Presents evidenced based techniques from a solution-focused perspective
Increases effectiveness by utilizing client strengths and preferences
Describes applications in single session, brief, and intermittent therapy
Supplies forms and worksheets for the therapist to use in practice
Features clinically rich case examples
Supplements text with online companion material
Suitable for use as a treatment manual, reference, or course text
- Offers a solution-focused anxiety treatment
- Focuses on anxiety management, not "elimination"
- Translates the program to individual therapy
- Presents patient exercises and case examples
- Includes a guide for teaching/learning this therapeutic technique
Clinical psychologists and psychologists in training.
Preface
Companion Website and Materials That can be Duplicated Freely
Overview of the Book
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. What Is Solution Focused Anxiety Management, and How Is It Different from Other Approaches?
The Solution-focused Perspective
Methods in Solution-focused Therapy
Attitudes in Solution-focused Therapy
Strategic Solution Focused Therapy
The Evolution of Solution Focused Anxiety Management
How Is Solution Focused Anxiety Management Similar to and Different from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety?
How Is Solution Focused Anxiety Management Similar to and Different from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Anxiety?
The Strategic Component
What Makes This Program “Solution-Focused”?
Why Is This Program Presented as a Class?
How Does This Approach Fit with Evidence-based Treatment?
Chapter 2. Conducting a Solution Focused Anxiety Management Class: “The Nuts and the Bolts”
How Is This Program Similar to and Different from Group Therapy?
What about Medication?
How to Use This Information If You Are Teaching or Preparing to Teach a Solution Focused Anxiety Management Class
How to Describe the Program and Invite Participants
Challenges Encountered and Managing Them
How to Use This Information If You Are a Therapist Who Sees People Individually
How to Use This Information If You Are Taking a Solution Focused Anxiety Management Class
How to use this Information If You Are Not Taking a Solution Focused Anxiety Management Class and Would Like to Learn this Material on Your Own
Chapter 3. Instructor Notes for Topic One: Physical Reactions and Coping Techniques
Welcome and Introduction
Physical Reactions and Coping Techniques
An Interesting Perspective
Suggestions for Practice
End of Session Form and Feedback
Chapter 4. Instructor Notes for Topic Two: Behavioral Techniques
Welcome and Introduction
Behavioral Techniques
Exposure and Habituation
The Commonsense and the Counterintuitive
Courage Ladders
Tools for Panic Attacks
Tools for “Obsessions and Compulsions”
Tools for Social Situations
Tools for “Worry”
Write, Read, and Shred
Tools for Anxiety about Medical Procedures
When “Pure” Exposure Isn’t Applicable
Being Anxious and Doing It Anyway
Discovering and Building on How You Learn
Building Courage Ladders
Suggestions for Practice
End of Session Form and Feedback
Chapter 5. Instructor Notes for Topic Three: Thinking Techniques
Welcome and Introduction
Thinking Coping Techniques
Suggestions for Practice
End of Session Form and Feedback
Chapter 6. Instructor Notes for Topic Four: Life Issues and Anxiety
Welcome and Introduction
Life Issues and Anxiety
The Pros and Cons of Managing Your Anxiety
I Can’t vs. I Don’t Want To
Assertion
Developmental Tasks
Suggestions for Practice
End of Session Form and Feedback
Chapter 7. Solution Focused Anxiety Management and Individual Therapy
Solution-focused Methods and Attitudes
Adding Psychoeducational Information to Individual Solution-focused Therapy
Brief Therapy Case Example: Sheila
Single Session Case Example: John
Intermittent Therapy with the Class: Pam
Cat Phobia: George
The Client as Expert
Tapping Resources for Growing Courage
Chapter 8. Appropriate Caution as an Ingredient of the Solution
Defensive Pessimism
Preference for the Routine: A Style, Not Psychopathology
Case Example: Appropriate Caution in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Case Example: “OCD Hoarding”
Case Example: “I’ve Always Been a Worrier”
Discussion of Appropriate Caution in the Solution Focused Anxiety Management Class
Chapter 9. Perspectives from the Solution-focused Community
Interview with Joel Simon, LCSW
Interview with Linda Metcalf, PhD, LMFT
Interview with Jay McKeel, MS
Interview with Frank Thomas, PhD, LMFT
Interview with Heather Fiske, PhD
Interview with Elliott Connie, MA, LPC
Interview with Yvonne Dolan, MA
Input from Other Solution-focused Colleagues
Emerging Themes and Author Commentary
Chapter 10. Concluding Questions: What Creates Change in Solution Focused Anxiety Management, and How Can We Do More of It?
Take-home Messages in a Solution Focused Anxiety Management Class
Second-order Change: A Possible Explanatory Factor
Solution-focused Practice: A Perspective That May Last for Generations
How Can We Build on What Works?
Appendix A. Learner Readings for Topic One: Physical Reactions and Coping Techniques
Physical Reactions
Coping Techniques
An Interesting Perspective
Suggestions for Practice
Appendix B. Learner Readings for Topic Two: Behavioral Techniques
Exposure and Habituation
The Commonsense and the Counterintuitive
Courage Ladders
Tools for Panic Attacks
Tools for “Obsessions and Compulsions”
Tools for Social Situations
Tools for “Worry”
Write, Read, and Shred
Tools for Anxiety about Medical Procedures
When “Pure” Exposure Isn’t Applicable
Being Anxious and Doing It Anyway
Discovering and Building on How You Learn
Building Your Courage Ladder
Suggestions for Practice
Appendix C. Learner Readings for Topic Three: Thinking Techniques
Thinking Techniques
Suggestions for Practice
Appendix D. Learner Readings for Topic Four: Life Issues and Anxiety
The Pros and Cons of Managing Your Anxiety
I Can’t Versus I Don’t Want To
Assertion
Developmental Tasks
Suggestions for Practice
References
Subject Index
- No. of pages: 326
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: February 13, 2013
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780123944214
- eBook ISBN: 9780123978134
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Ellen K. Quick
Ellen K. Quick, Ph.D., earned her undergraduate degree from Wellesley College and her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Pittsburgh. She has practiced psychology for over twenty years, specializing in brief psychotherapy. Since 1981, Dr. Quick has worked at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego, California.
Affiliations and expertise
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