| Description |
ix, 340 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Practical resources for the mental health professional
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-334) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Cognitive appraisal theory -- What makes difficult clients difficult -- Motivation and attachment -- Basic CAT concepts : personotypic affect, justifying cognitions, and security-seeking behaviors -- Patterns of personality -- The difficult client revisted -- Cognitive appraisal therapy -- The CAT assessment -- Interventions based on the CAT model -- Affect-based interventions -- Additional interventions involving cognition, behavior, adjunctive medication, and therapeutic impasses -- The process of CAT (case studies) -- Applications of CAT -- CAT with personality-disordered clients -- Working with borderline personality-disordered clients -- Couples therapy -- CAT group therapy -- Working with "difficult" parents. |
| Subject |
Cognitive therapy.
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Psychotherapy.
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Aggressiveness.
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| Added Author |
Hankin, Sheenah.
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Stern, Jonathan.
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| ISBN |
012744470X (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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