Cognitive therapy for difficult cases: what to do when simple solutions do not work. Bek J.S.

This book will become a desktop for each psychotherapist-cognitive. In any difficult situation with a client, requiring a psychotherapist of a non -standard approach, he will probably find answers in this book. Here, the difficulties that occur at different stages of therapy are considered - the establishment of the goals of therapy, the formation of the session’s agenda, the identification of automatic thoughts and beliefs and their cognitive restructuring, and homework. Particular attention is paid to working with difficulties in therapeutic relationships and dysfunctional reactions of the therapist. This book will be very useful both for psychotherapists practicing cognitive-behavioral therapy, and for those who are taking the first steps in this direction of psychotherapy.

In this book:

• The conceptualization of complex cases
• psychotherapy of customers with personality disorders
• Work with dysfunctional thoughts
• Solving problems with home tasks
• Prevention of the burnout of psychotherapists
• Personal conviction questionnaire