High-Yield Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Brief Sessions: An Illustrated Guide

Psychiatric sessions have become shorter and more pharamacologically oriented over the past few years. Understandably, the field has been crying for a book to teach us how to do CBT in such an abbreviated session. This book authored by leaders in CBT does it superbly. Certain to become a classic, it is a must have for all practitioners.
Alan F. Schatzberg, M.D., Kenneth T. Norris, Jr Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine

Author(s):
Jesse H. Wright, M.D., Ph.D., Donna M. Sudak, M.D., Douglas Turkington, M.D., and Michael E. Thase, M.D.
ISBN-10: 1585623628
ISBN-13: 978-1585623624

About the Book

High-Yield Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Brief Sessions: An Illustrated Guide breaks entirely new ground in explaining how to weave together the powerful tools of CBT with pharmacotherapy in sessions shorter than the traditional 50-minute hour. Written for psychiatrists, therapists, and other clinicians, the book details ways to enrich brief sessions with practical CBT interventions that work to relieve symptoms and promote wellness. An engaging and instructive resource of video illustrations included with the book demonstrates how to successfully implement brief CBT sessions for some of the most common and important problems seen in clinical practice depression, anxiety, psychotic symptoms, suicidality, sleep disturbances, substance abuse, and coping with physical health issues. Written by practicing clinicians with extensive experience in combining CBT and pharmacotherapy, this volume builds on the constructs and techniques described in the authors earlier best-selling illustrated guides, Learning Cognitive-Behavior Therapy and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Severe Mental Illness. A must-read for working clinicians as well as trainees, this book offers pragmatic solutions for the challenge of providing effective psychotherapy in brief treatment sessions.

Reviews

Psychiatric sessions have become shorter and more pharamacologically oriented over the past few years. Understandably, the field has been crying for a book to teach us how to do CBT in such an abbreviated session. This book authored by leaders in CBT does it superbly. Certain to become a classic, it is a must have for all practitioners.
Alan F. Schatzberg, M.D., Kenneth T. Norris, Jr Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine

As psychiatrists or psychologists, we’d like to provide good services for our patients or clients. But there’re some confusion of medication in combination with CBT at general and special clinical setting. All these problems can be resolved and more practical skills of CBT can be learned through reading this book and watching the video illustrations.
Zhanjiang Li, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University

This is an excellent reference guide for any provider wanting to learn how to use CBT strategies in brief sessions. It is readable and well supported with resources and references and an excellent demonstration DVD. I highly recommend this book to providers who work in brief sessions, primary care and psychiatry residents, and psychologists and social workers who provide services in unconventional settings.
The American Journal of Psychiatry, Patricia A. Arean, Ph.D., 11/1/2010