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The Big Book of Exposures: Innovative, Creative, and Effective CBT-Based Exposures for Treating Anxiety-Related Disorders
As a clinician, do you suffer from “exposure phobia?” This breakthrough book offers 400 creative, innovative, and easy-to-implement exposure exercises to help you and your clients move past fears, energize treatment sessions, and improve client outcomes.
In cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), exposures are the gold standard for treating anxiety-related disorders, including obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), panic, and phobias. But if you’re like many therapists, you’ve likely encountered clients who are fearful or reluctant to exposure therapy. As a result, you may also shy away from doing exposures out of fear of worsening your client’s anxiety or rupturing the client/therapist rapport. So, how can you find a new approach for using this effective—yet intimidating—treatment?
The Big Book of Exposures offers unconventional new exposures to help you provide the most effective treatment possible. In addition, you’ll also find a comprehensive overview of exposure therapy; a rationale for its use in treating anxiety-related disorders; troubleshooting tips for dealing with common roadblocks, such as avoidance; and techniques for helping clients stay motivated during treatment.
With this essential resource, you’ll learn to create engaging and enjoyable exposure exercises to improve treatment outcomes and help your clients live better lives.
In cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), exposures are the gold standard for treating anxiety-related disorders, including obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), panic, and phobias. But if you’re like many therapists, you’ve likely encountered clients who are fearful or reluctant to exposure therapy. As a result, you may also shy away from doing exposures out of fear of worsening your client’s anxiety or rupturing the client/therapist rapport. So, how can you find a new approach for using this effective—yet intimidating—treatment?
The Big Book of Exposures offers unconventional new exposures to help you provide the most effective treatment possible. In addition, you’ll also find a comprehensive overview of exposure therapy; a rationale for its use in treating anxiety-related disorders; troubleshooting tips for dealing with common roadblocks, such as avoidance; and techniques for helping clients stay motivated during treatment.
With this essential resource, you’ll learn to create engaging and enjoyable exposure exercises to improve treatment outcomes and help your clients live better lives.
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240 pages, Paperback
Published July 1, 2020
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December 27, 2020
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This is a wonderful resource for both experienced therapists and novices alike. The first section outlines the use of exposure therapy clearly, addressing some of the most common concerns clinicians might have. Given how effective exposure therapy is for anxiety disorders, and how underutilized it is in clinical practice, this alone is a service to the field and to those suffering with anxiety. The second section provides a ton of examples and tips for specific exposures to use for different anxiety disorders. As a psychologist using exposure therapy for over 30 years I picked up a number of new ideas. One thing I particularly appreciated was that in addition to exposure examples (for both in-office and out-of-office practice) each area of focus also included a discussion of common safety behaviors to keep an eye out for. In training others in exposure therapy I’ve found that many therapists have a harder time noticing these safety behaviors that undermine the exposure, and it’s great to have so many examples detailed like this both for recognizing the specific safety behaviors here and that they are described in a way that will help therapists pick up other such behaviors their clients might exhibit. Drs. Springer and Tolin have done a masterful job of providing this accessible overview of exposure therapy and collection of exposure practices. I’ll be recommending this book to all my trainees, who will be better therapists for reading it, and to colleagues with more experience as well. If you see clients with anxiety disorders you should have this book. It’s easy to read through and something you’ll want to consult regularly. I know I will.
This is a wonderful resource for both experienced therapists and novices alike. The first section outlines the use of exposure therapy clearly, addressing some of the most common concerns clinicians might have. Given how effective exposure therapy is for anxiety disorders, and how underutilized it is in clinical practice, this alone is a service to the field and to those suffering with anxiety. The second section provides a ton of examples and tips for specific exposures to use for different anxiety disorders. As a psychologist using exposure therapy for over 30 years I picked up a number of new ideas. One thing I particularly appreciated was that in addition to exposure examples (for both in-office and out-of-office practice) each area of focus also included a discussion of common safety behaviors to keep an eye out for. In training others in exposure therapy I’ve found that many therapists have a harder time noticing these safety behaviors that undermine the exposure, and it’s great to have so many examples detailed like this both for recognizing the specific safety behaviors here and that they are described in a way that will help therapists pick up other such behaviors their clients might exhibit. Drs. Springer and Tolin have done a masterful job of providing this accessible overview of exposure therapy and collection of exposure practices. I’ll be recommending this book to all my trainees, who will be better therapists for reading it, and to colleagues with more experience as well. If you see clients with anxiety disorders you should have this book. It’s easy to read through and something you’ll want to consult regularly. I know I will.
June 29, 2021
Some interesting new opinions at the beginning, but in terms of the specific methods, it's not special.
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