Flexibility Within Fidelity

Breathing Life Into a Psychological Treatment Manual
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-0-19-755215-5
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 472 g

Among mental health researchers, there is a consensus that empirically supported treatments (ESTs) have favorable outcomes and that the outcomes are typically better than other approaches. The majority of these are available as therapist manuals, brief books, or other extended volumes. However, among mental health service providers, there is often a view that these manuals and books can be formulaic and rigid, and likely insensitive to individual patient needs or presentations. With these conflicting perspectives in place, there is a need for accurate communication and reconciliation.

Flexibility within Fidelity identifies how effective ESTs can be implemented with both integrity and flexibility. The book is comprised of chapters focusing on specific ESTs for identified problem areas amongst adults and children/adolescents, including anxiety disorders, PTSD, pain management, and depression among others. Chapter authors focus on the specific treatment components that are required to maintain fidelity and the features of the EST which can be applied with flexibility, promoting a personalized implementation. Written in an accessible style featuring in-depth clinical discussions, this book will equip mental health practitioners with the tools to implement ESTs across client presentations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kendall, Philip C

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Innere Medizin
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie

Über Autor(innen)

Philip C. Kendall is Distinguished University Professor and Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology at Temple University. He is also Director of the Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Clinic (CAADC) at the university. Dr. Kendall is an active researcher, scholar, and clinician and has approximately 800 publications, with his treatment programs having been translated into over a dozen languages. Most recently, he was awarded the 2019 Career/Lifetime Achievement Award conferred at the ABCT annual convention. He is past president of both the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (Division 53) of APA as well as the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy (AABT, now ABCT).