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Cowles, Megan; Randle-Phillips, Cathy; Medley, Andrew – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder are more prevalent in people with intellectual disabilities (PWID) than in the general population, yet the evidence base for trauma interventions in this population is sparse. Compassion-focused therapy (CFT) may be particularly well-suited to PWID for a number of reasons, including its…
Descriptors: Empathy, Psychotherapy, Trauma, Intellectual Disability
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Webb, Christian A.; Auerbach, Randy P.; DeRubeis, Robert J. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2012
A growing body of research supports the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for adolescent depression. The mechanisms through which CBT exerts its beneficial effects on adolescent patients suffering from depression, however, remain unclear. The current article reviews the CBT for adolescent depression process literature. Our review…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Psychotherapy, Patients
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Webb, Christian A.; DeRubeis, Robert J.; Dimidjian, Sona; Hollon, Steven D.; Amsterdam, Jay D.; Shelton, Richard C. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: Previous research has found that therapist adherence to concrete, problem-focused cognitive therapy (CT) techniques predicts depressive symptom change (e.g., Feeley, DeRubeis, & Gelfand, 1999). More recently, Strunk, DeRubeis, Chui, and Alvarez (2007) demonstrated that in-session evidence of patients' use of CT skills was related to…
Descriptors: Evidence, Rating Scales, Depression (Psychology), Psychotherapy
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Gibbons, Mary Beth Connolly; Crits-Christoph, Paul; Barber, Jacques P.; Stirman, Shannon Wiltsey; Gallop, Robert; Goldstein, Lizabeth A.; Temes, Christina M.; Ring-Kurtz, Sarah – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009
The goal of this article was to examine theoretically important mechanisms of change in psychotherapy outcome across different types of treatment. Specifically, the role of gains in self-understanding, acquisition of compensatory skills, and improvements in views of the self were examined. A pooled study database collected at the University of…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Patients, Psychotherapy, Anxiety
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Hoffart, Asle; Borge, Finn-Magnus; Sexton, Harold; Clark, David M. – Behavior Therapy, 2009
The purpose of this study was to test cognitive and interpersonal models for improving social phobia. Eighty patients with social phobia were randomized to 10-week residential cognitive (RCT) or residential interpersonal psychotherapy (RIPT). They completed process measures every Thursday and a sub-outcome measure every Monday. The ratings were…
Descriptors: Safety, Patients, Probability, Psychotherapy
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Prather, Walter; Golden, Jeannie A. – International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 2009
Attachment theory provides a useful conceptual framework for understanding trauma and the treatment of children who have been abused. This article examines childhood trauma and attachment issues from the perspective of behavior analysis, and provides a theoretical basis for two alternative treatment models for previously abused children and their…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Childhood Attitudes, Behavior Modification, Prior Learning
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Pole, Nnamdi; Ablon, J. Stuart; O'Connor, Lynn E. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2008
This article illustrates a method of testing models of change in individual long-term psychotherapy cases. A depressed client was treated with 208 sessions of control mastery therapy (CMT), an unmanualized approach that integrates elements of psychodynamic therapy (PDT) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Panels of experts developed prototypes…
Descriptors: Models, Cognitive Restructuring, Psychotherapy, Behavior Modification
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Meichenbaum, Donald – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1993
Presents retrospective analysis of cognitive behavior modification which reveals that three major metaphors have been offered to explain the role that cognitions play in behavior change; these metaphors include cognition as form of conditioning, information processing, and, currently, narrative construction. Discusses implications of using each of…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Change Strategies, Cognitive Restructuring
Coffey, Janet I.; Oakley, Suzanne J. – 1984
This paper discusses bulimia among college women, and describes a workshop utilizing structured short-term group treatment for these bulemic women. An overview and definitions of bulimia are given, and research supporting the theory that binge eating is a reaction to excessive dietary restraint is reviewed. Treatment goals and techniques used in…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Cognitive Restructuring, College Students, Eating Habits
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Hayes, Adele M.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
Gotlib and Hammen's (1992) psychopathology model of depression was used as a conceptual framework for studying the process of change in an effective course of cognitive therapy (CT) for depression. Archived CT transcripts from 30 depressed outpatients in the Cognitive-Pharmacotherapy Treatment project were studied. Interventions addressing…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Change Agents, Cognitive Restructuring
Bohart, Arthur C. – 1987
Although the importance of an experiential component in differing approaches to psychotherapy has been acknowledged, confusion over the concepts of "experience" and "emotion" has resulted in a focus on emotion rather than experience. The fundamental change event in psychotherapy is a kind of experiential learning or reorganization, and while…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Theories, Change Strategies, Clinical Psychology
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Kazdin, Alan E.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1989
Evaluated alternative treatments for children (N=112) referred for severe antisocial behavior. Assigned children to one of three treatments: (1) problem-solving skills training (PSST); (2) PSST with in vivo practice (PSST-P); or (3) client-centered relationship therapy (RT). Found increases in prosocial behavior in PSST and PSST-P children while…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification
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Reisner, Andrew D. – Psychological Record, 2005
I review the Common Factors Model, the Empirically Validated Therapy Model, and the Recovery Model of therapeutic change and effectiveness. In general, psychotherapy appears to be effective and common factors account for more of the variance than do specific techniques. However, in some areas, particularly in the treatment of anxiety disorders,…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Psychotherapy, Models, Mental Health
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Rosen, James C.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1995
Randomly assigned 54 body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) subjects to cognitive behavior therapy or no treatment. BDD symptoms were significantly decreased in therapy subjects and the disorder was eliminated in 82 percent of cases at posttreatment and 77 percent at follow-up. Subjects' overall psychological symptoms and self-esteem also improved. (RJM)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Body Image, Clinical Psychology
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Weiss, Bahr; Weisz, John R. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1995
Evaluated the hypothesis that the apparent superiority of behavioral interventions among children is due to differences in the methodological quality of studies of behavioral and nonbehavioral treatments. Meta-analytic results found little support for this hypothesis. Because meta-analysis is a correlational technique, these results should be…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Child Behavior, Children
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