Chapter Eight Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

by Paul on October 5, 2009

  • Explain to OCD sufferers that their intrusive thoughts/images are normal it is their attempts at neutralising them that leads to their persistent difficulties.
  • Dare the OCD sufferer to gradually postpone their repetitive behaviour and thereby test out whether there are any deleterious consequences.
  • Highlight for the OCD sufferer the link between low mood and compulsions, and teach mood management, using the MOOD chart.

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Chapter Seven Social Phobia

by Paul on September 11, 2009

Chapter Seven: Social Phobia

  • For clients with social phobia challenge the ‘story’ they have of others evaluation of them as a consequence of their social interactions.
  • Encourage the client with social phobia to gradually encounter situations they fear.

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Chapter Six from book : Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

August 8, 2009

Chapter Six Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

The goal of treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder is to stop clients re-experiencing the trauma. Paradoxically this is achieved by a deliberate specific focus on the details of the trauma by variously writing about it, reading over an account out loud daily until the trauma is simply remembered.
PTSD treatment can be [...]

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Vocational Rehabilitation Annual Conference – Sheffield 2009

July 1, 2009

Directing the Traumatised
by Dr Michael J Scott – Consultant Psychologist
www.simplyeffectivecbt.com
www.posttraumaticstress.co.uk
Vocational Rehabilitation Annual Conference – Sheffield
July 2nd 2009

[ You can click here for an annotated .pdf of the days slide show ]

In this workshop I would like to cover:

1. How to very briefly screen a person for all the common mental health disorders.
2. An [...]

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7 Minute Mental Health Screen /Audit

July 1, 2009

The 7 Minute Mental Health Screen/Audit
This clinician screen covers the common mental disorders and provides interpretative guidance for the self-report version, The First Step Questionnaire. Positive findings can be investigated further by directly accessing the DSM IV TR criteria utilizing the questions on the relevant page in Simply Effective Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (In Press) [...]

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CBT no longer a ’slippery fish’

July 1, 2009

Dear Dr Scott,
Just a brief email to say how valuable I have found your new book. I am near completion of my first CBT module at Salford University and as a new practitioner to CBT I have found many of the books / articles confusing. However your book is very well written, practical and [...]

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Chapter Five: Panic Disorder

July 1, 2009

Chapter Five Panic Disorder

Panic disorder is maintained by catastrophic cognitions and avoidance behaviour, both need to be targetted.
The catastrophic cognitions that play a pivotal role in the maintenance of panic attacks should be challenged not only verbally but also experientially by behavioural experiments e.g hyperventilation challenge.
Panic disorder clients with agoraphobic avoidance can be weaned off [...]

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Tips from Simply Effective Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (part two)

June 6, 2009

Chapter Four Depression
18. Be aware of depression about depression which can arise because the person concludes that there are no justifying event/s. Ensure that there are slow motion action replays of dips in mood using the MOOD chart.
19. Ensure that after tracking their mood and developing objective thinking, the depressed client does not engage in rumination [...]

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Tips from Simply Effective Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (part one)

May 29, 2009

Some reminders and tips from Simply Effective Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, to make comments or raise queries use the blog. Over the coming months all the common mental disorders will be covered, keep watching this space!

Based on Chapter One – Simple CBT strengths and limitations,  Chapter Two – Getting started – diagnosis and beyond  and Chapter [...]

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KIS

March 15, 2009

“KIS” (keep it simple), avoid getting lost in the quagmire of ‘case formulation’. Simply Effective Cognitive Behaviour Therapy gets you off to a great start by empowering you to appropriately tackle the common mental disorders, providing a sure foundation for more complex work. With lively transcripts of sessions, it is intended as an antidote to [...]

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