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Metacognitive Therapy for Anxiety and Depression
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- Hardback: 316 pages
- Published: November 2008
- ISBN: 978-1-59385-994-7
- Publisher: Guilford Press
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This groundbreaking book explains the "whats" and "how-tos" of metacognitive therapy (MCT), a cutting-edge form of cognitive-behavioral therapy with a growing empirical evidence base. MCT developer Adrian Wells shows that much psychological distress results from how a person responds to negative thoughts and beliefs - for example, by ruminating or worrying - rather than the content of those thoughts. He presents innovative, practical techniques and specific protocols for addressing metacognitive processes to effectively treat Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and major Depression. Special features include reproducible treatment plans and assessment and case formulation tools, plus a wealth of illustrative case material.
Table of Contents
The Theory and Nature of Metacognitive Therapy. Assessment. Foundation Metacognitive Therapy Skills. Attention Training Techniques. Detached Mindfulness Techniques. Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Major Depressive Disorder. The Evidence for Metacognitive Theory and Therapy. Concluding Thoughts. Appendices. Metacognitions Questionnaire 30 (MCQ-30). Meta-worry Questionnaire (MWQ). Thought-fusion Instrument (TFI). Attention Training Technique Summary Sheet. Self-attention Rating Scale. CAS-1. Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale - Revised (GADS-R). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Scale (PTSD-S). Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Scale (OCD-S). Major Depressive Disorder Scale (MDD-S). GAD Case Formulation Interview. PTSD Case Formulation Interview. OCD Case Formulation Interview. Depression Case Formulation Interview. GAD Treatment Plan. PTSD Treatment Plan. OCD Treatment Plan. Depression Treatment Plan. New Plan Summary Sheet.
Reviews
"Wells has written a very important book, rich in clinical understanding and practical guidance. Metacognitive therapy is based on a well-developed and thoroughly tested model that addresses core disordered processes, including attentional bias and rumination. The procedures he describes will be enormously useful to therapists of all persuasions, and can form the bedrock of low-intensity and high-intensity interventions for a wide range of disorders." - Chris R. Brewin, Clinical, Educational, and Health Psychology, University College London, UK
"Metacognitive Therapy offers a strategy for addressing those well-learned and hard-to-fix thinking patterns that can be tough to change. As a clinician who has struggled with helping people work through dysfunctional thinking patterns, I can appreciate the usefulness of Wells's methods. Metacognitive therapy helps both the patient and the therapist take a step back from the sometimes repetitive work of cognitive therapy, and lends a new perspective with the potential for breaking through treatment roadblocks. Well done!" - Monica Ramirez Basco, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
"The metacognitive model is based on years of research on the nature of different levels and processes of thinking underlying psychological disorders. Clinicians who read this revolutionary book will be able to utilize techniques found nowhere else. Intriguing, creative, and effective clinical strategies are illustrated with clear case examples that demonstrate how to modify recurrent patterns of rumination, worry, and over-reliance on problematic processes of thinking. Chapters on specific disorders provide tools and conceptualizations that take the cognitive model in new and exciting directions. I highly recommend this brilliant contribution." - Robert L. Leahy, Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York Presbyterian Hospital, USA
"This book presents a new and innovative approach that focuses on how patients think, as much as what they believe. It is firmly grounded in basic science and packed full of powerful clinical strategies for helping people change the way they think. Wells shows how attention training and detached mindfulness techniques can be applied to a full array of anxiety and depressive disorders with impressive and lasting results. His approach will appeal to clinical practitioners, students, and mental health researchers alike, and should find widespread acceptance in the clinical community." - Steven D. Hollon, Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, USA
Author/Editor Biography
Adrian Wells, PhD, is Professor of Clinical and Experimental Psychopathology at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom, and Professor II in Clinical Psychology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim. He is internationally known for his contributions to understanding psychopathological mechanisms and advancing cognitive-behavioral therapy, particularly for anxiety disorders. The originator of metacognitive therapy, Dr. Wells has published over 130 scientific papers, chapters, and books. He is Associate Editor of the journals Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, and is a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy.
