Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: A Practical Guide to Helping People Take Control by Danny C K Lam

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: A Practical Guide to Helping People Take Control by Danny C K Lam

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: A Practical Guide to Helping People Take Control explores the premise that negative beliefs play an important role in the development and continuation of mental health problems. The book offers a new integrative model of causality for instigating change, based on giving clients control and choice over these beliefs, and therefore over their mood and behaviour. This practical guide also focuses on the stigmas often attached to people with 'mental illness'. Danny C. K. Lam suggests that by providing both the client and the general public with a more accurate understanding of the nature and causes of mental health problems it is possible to de-stigmatise the 'mental illness' label. This will help the client improve self-esteem and the ability to manage personal and interpersonal difficulties and take control of their problems and responsibility for recovery. Divided into six parts, this book covers: stigma, prejudice and discrimination from societal perspectives the nature and cause of emotional upsets a therapeutic framework for change self-prejudice, personal and interpersonal issues good and bad methods of communication practical approaches to assessing problems methods of taking control. This cognitive behavioural approach to mental health problems is an innovative contribution to the field. Illustrated throughout with clinical examples and practical advice, the book is essential reading for all of those involved in mental health, from nurses to counsellors, and from medical practitioners and social workers to ministers of religion.

"This book is the first to consider the practicalities of helping people to change using CBT from the perspective of stigma, self stigma and labelling" - Paul Salkovskis, From the Foreword

"This is an excellent book for therapists who are learning the cognitive behavioral method. I would strongly recommend it." - Sharon Morgillo Freeman, CEO Centre for Breif Therapy P.C and The Freeman International Institute, USA

Danny C. K. Lam is a Principal Lecturer at Kingston University, St George's, University of London, a CBT trainer and supervisor and a frequent contributor to the literature and CBT conferences. He is passionate about developing an effective practical approach in the treatment of mental health problems, including psychological assessment, cognitive case formulation, CBT techniques and relapse prevention.

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ISBN 13	9780415398121
ISBN 10	0415398126
Title	Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: A Practical Guide to Helping People Take Control
Author	Danny C K Lam
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2008-03-19
Number of pages	254
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.