Neuroscience-based Cognitive Therapy: New Methods for Assessment, Treatment, and Self-Regulation
Author(s): Tullio Scrimali (Author)
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Publication Date: April 23, 2012
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Print length: 256 pages
ISBN-10: 9781119993742
ISBN-13: 9781119993742
Book Description
A pioneer of CBT explores recent advances in neuroscience, showing how they can be applied in practice to improve the effectiveness of cognitive therapy for clients with a wide range of diagnoses including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, eating disorders and schizophrenia
Utilizes the latest advances in neuroscience to introduce tools that allow clinicians, for the first time, to directly ‘measure’ the effectiveness of cognitive therapy interventions
Rigorously based in neuroscientific research, yet designed to be readable and jargon-free for a professional market of CBT practitioners
Covers theory, assessment, and the treatment of a wide range of specific disorders including anxiety disorders, mood disorders, eating disorders, addictions and schizophrenia
Written by a respected pioneer in the field
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From the Inside Flap
Neuroscience is the most powerful emerging force in the contemporary landscape of psychotherapy. In Neuroscience-based Cognitive Therapy, Tullio Scrimali explores recent advances in neuroscience, showing how they can be applied in practice to improve the effectiveness of cognitive therapy for clients with a wide range of diagnoses, including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, eating disorders and schizophrenia.
Taking a hands-on approach to a topic that has previously been treated only theoretically, Scrimali provides a thorough evaluation of both old and new techniques. He introduces new technologies, including portable devices that allow clinicians for the first time to directly assess changes in brain activity within the clinical setting. He then explains how therapists can improve outcomes by using those neuroscientific findings in the ongoing therapeutic process.
With its wide-ranging explication of theories and their applications, Neuroscience-based Cognitive Therapy making cutting-edge developments accessible to clinicians in their practices, as well as providing valuable tools for further research
From the Back Cover
Neuroscience is the most powerful emerging force in the contemporary landscape of psychotherapy. In Neuroscience-based Cognitive Therapy, Tullio Scrimali explores recent advances in neuroscience, showing how they can be applied in practice to improve the effectiveness of cognitive therapy for clients with a wide range of diagnoses, including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, eating disorders and schizophrenia.
Taking a hands-on approach to a topic that has previously been treated only theoretically, Scrimali provides a thorough evaluation of both old and new techniques. He introduces new technologies, including portable devices that allow clinicians for the first time to directly assess changes in brain activity within the clinical setting. He then explains how therapists can improve outcomes by using those neuroscientific findings in the ongoing therapeutic process.
With its wide-ranging explication of theories and their applications, Neuroscience-based Cognitive Therapy making cutting-edge developments accessible to clinicians in their practices, as well as providing valuable tools for further research
About the Author
Professor Tullio Scrimali is a pioneer of clinical psychophysiology and cognitive therapy, recognized for his contribution to the discipline worldwide. He was a founding fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy (ACT), and obtained the first Chair of Cognitive Therapyat the University of Catania, Sicily, where he currently directs the European School of Cognitive Therapy (ALETEIA International).
Neuroscience-based Cognitive Therapy: New Methods for Assessment, Treatment, and Self-Regulation
Author(s): Tullio Scrimali (Author)
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Publication Date: 10 April 2012
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Print length: 256 pages
ISBN-10: 111999375X
ISBN-13: 9781119993759
Book Description
A pioneer of CBT explores recent advances in neuroscience, showing how they can be applied in practice to improve the effectiveness of cognitive therapy for clients with a wide range of diagnoses including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, eating disorders and schizophrenia
Utilizes the latest advances in neuroscience to introduce tools that allow clinicians, for the first time, to directly ‘measure’ the effectiveness of cognitive therapy interventions
Rigorously based in neuroscientific research, yet designed to be readable and jargon-free for a professional market of CBT practitioners
Covers theory, assessment, and the treatment of a wide range of specific disorders including anxiety disorders, mood disorders, eating disorders, addictions and schizophrenia
Written by a respected pioneer in the field
Editorial Reviews
From the Inside Flap
Neuroscience is the most powerful emerging force in the contemporary landscape of psychotherapy. In Neuroscience-based Cognitive Therapy, Tullio Scrimali explores recent advances in neuroscience, showing how they can be applied in practice to improve the effectiveness of cognitive therapy for clients with a wide range of diagnoses, including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, eating disorders and schizophrenia.
Taking a hands-on approach to a topic that has previously been treated only theoretically, Scrimali provides a thorough evaluation of both old and new techniques. He introduces new technologies, including portable devices that allow clinicians for the first time to directly assess changes in brain activity within the clinical setting. He then explains how therapists can improve outcomes by using those neuroscientific findings in the ongoing therapeutic process.
With its wide-ranging explication of theories and their applications, Neuroscience-based Cognitive Therapy making cutting-edge developments accessible to clinicians in their practices, as well as providing valuable tools for further research
From the Back Cover
Neuroscience is the most powerful emerging force in the contemporary landscape of psychotherapy. In Neuroscience-based Cognitive Therapy, Tullio Scrimali explores recent advances in neuroscience, showing how they can be applied in practice to improve the effectiveness of cognitive therapy for clients with a wide range of diagnoses, including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, eating disorders and schizophrenia.
Taking a hands-on approach to a topic that has previously been treated only theoretically, Scrimali provides a thorough evaluation of both old and new techniques. He introduces new technologies, including portable devices that allow clinicians for the first time to directly assess changes in brain activity within the clinical setting. He then explains how therapists can improve outcomes by using those neuroscientific findings in the ongoing therapeutic process.
With its wide-ranging explication of theories and their applications, Neuroscience-based Cognitive Therapy making cutting-edge developments accessible to clinicians in their practices, as well as providing valuable tools for further research
About the Author
Professor Tullio Scrimali is a pioneer of clinical psychophysiology and cognitive therapy, recognized for his contribution to the discipline worldwide. He was a founding fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy (ACT), and obtained the first Chair of Cognitive Therapyat the University of Catania, Sicily, where he currently directs the European School of Cognitive Therapy (ALETEIA International).
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