Integrative CBT for Anxiety Disorders : an Evidence-Based Approach to Enhancing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with Mindfulness and Hypnotherapy

Integrative CBT for Anxiety Disorders applies a systematic integrative approach, Cognitive Hypnotherapy (CH), to the psychological treatment of anxiety disorders; it demonstrates how simple techniques can be used to create a therapeutic context within which CBT is more effective. An evidence-based approach to enhancing CBT with hypnosis and mindfulness when treating anxiety disorders shows how simple techniques can be used to create a therapeutic context within which CBT can become more effective Offers detailed and comprehensive coverage for practitioners, with specific protocols for each anxiety disorders covered and a hort case study per treatment chapter in order to demonstrate the approach in action Anxiety disorders is an area where the interaction between conscious and unconscious processes is especially important, and where the use of hypnotherapeutic and mindfulness techniques can therefore be especially effective Builds on the author's research and experience and develops his significant earlier work in this area – notably Cognitive Hypnotherapy: An Integrated Approach to the Treatment of Emotional Disorders (Wiley, 2008) Title Page 5 Copyright Page 6 Contents 7 About the Author 10 Foreword 12 Preface 15 Acknowledgements 18 Chapter 1 An Integrative Approach for Understanding and Treating Anxiety Disorders 19 Overview 19 Introduction 19 Self-Wounds Model of Anxiety Disorders 20 Origin of self-wounds 20 Negative self-hypnosis in anxiety disorders 22 Cognitive distortions 22 Cogitation 23 Rumination 23 Pathological worry 24 Negative self-hypnosis 25 Unconscious processing in anxiety disorders 26 How does different anxiety disorders develop? 28 Lack of acceptance 30 Summary 31 Chapter 2 Integrated Therapy for Anxiety Disorders 32 Overview 32 Integrated Therapy 32 Cognitive Hypnotherapy for Anxiety Disorders 34 Phase I: Assessment, case conceptualization and therapeutic alliance 35 Phase II: Management of symptoms 38 Phase III: Hypnotherapy for eliciting and healing self-wounds 55 Phase IV: Promoting acceptance, mindfulness and gratitude 59 Mindfulness and acceptance-based treatments for anxiety disorders 61 Summary 70 Chapter 3 Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia) 72 Case of Betty 72 Diagnostic Criteria for Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia) 73 Prevalence of Social Anxiety Disorder 74 Causes of Social Anxiety Disorder 75 Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder 76 Cognitive Hypnotherapy for Social Anxiety Disorder 77 Hypnotherapy for managing symptoms of social anxiety disorder 77 Cognitive behavioural therapy 84 Promoting acceptance and gratitude 90 Summary 95 Chapter 4 Specific Phobia 97 Case of Mandy 97 Diagnostic Criteria for Specific Phobia 98 Prevalence of Specific Phobia 98 Causes of Specific Phobia 99 Treatment of Specific Phobia 101 Cognitive Hypnotherapy for Specific Phobia 102 Hypnotherapy for managing symptoms of specific phobia 102 Hypnosis-aided systematic desensitization 109 Cognitive behavioural therapy 111 Summary 121 Chapter 5 Panic Disorder 122 Case of Harry 122 Diagnostic Criteria for Panic Disorder 123 Prevalence of Panic Disorder 124 Causes of Panic Disorder 124 Treatments for Panic Disorder 126 Pharmacological treatment 126 Psychological treatment 127 Cognitive Hypnotherapy for Panic Disorder 127 Hypnotherapy for managing symptoms of panic disorder 127 Cognitive behavioural therapy 133 Promoting acceptance and gratitude 149 Summary 157 Chapter 6 Generalized Anxiety Disorder 159 Case of Fred 159 Diagnostic Criteria for Generalized Anxiety Disorder 160 Prevalence of Generalized Anxiety Disorder 161 Causes of Generalized Anxiety Disorder 162 Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder 162 Cognitive Hypnotherapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder 164 Hypnotherapy for managing symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder 164 Cognitive behavioural therapy 170 Promoting acceptance and gratitude 183 Summary 193 Chapter 7 Agoraphobia 194 Case of Margaret 194 Diagnostic Criteria for Agoraphobia 195 Prevalence of Agoraphobia 196 Causes of Agoraphobia 196 Treatment of Agoraphobia 199 Cognitive Hypnotherapy for Agoraphobia 202 Hypnotherapy for managing symptoms of agoraphobia 202 Hypnotherapy combined with behavioural therapies 210 Hypnosis-aided systematic desensitization 210 Cognitive behavioural therapy 212 Summary 225 Chapter 8 Separation Anxiety Disorder 226 Case of Andrew 226 Diagnostic Criteria for Separation Anxiety Disorder 227 Prevalence of Separation Anxiety Disorder 228 Causes of Separation Anxiety Disorder 229 Treatment of Separation Anxiety Disorder 230 Cognitive Hypnotherapy for Separation Anxiety Disorder 231 Hypnotherapy for Managing Symptoms of Separation Anxiety Disorder 231 Cognitive behavioural therapy 239 Hypnosis-aided systematic desensitization 241 Case of Fran 251 Promoting acceptance and gratitude 252 Summary 257 Chapter 9 Selective Mutism 259 Case of Jessica 259 Diagnostic Criteria for Selective Mutism 261 Prevalence of Selective Mutism 261 Causes of Selective Mutism 262 Treatment of Selective Mutism 263 Cognitive Hypnotherapy for Selective Mutism 264 Phase I: Hypnotherapy for managing symptoms of SM 265 Phase II: Behavioural and cognitive therapies for selective mutism 272 Phase III: Healing self-wounds 280 Phase IV: promoting acceptance and gratitude 288 Summary 293 Chapter 10 Conclusions and Future Directions 294 APPENDIX A Appendix 1A: Cognitive-Hypnotherapy Case Formulation and Treatment Plan 296 Identifying Information: 296 APPENDIX B Cognitive-Hypnotherapy Case Formulation and Treatment Plan 298 A Completed Example 298 Problem List 298 References 303 Index 337 EULA 343 __Integrative CBT for Anxiety Disorders__* An evidence-based approach to enhancing CBT with hypnosis and mindfulness when treating anxiety disorders shows how simple techniques can be used to create a therapeutic context within which CBT can become more effective * Offers detailed and comprehensive coverage for practitioners, with specific protocols for each anxiety disorders covered and a hort case study per treatment chapter in order to demonstrate the approach in action * Anxiety disorders is an area where the interaction between conscious and unconscious processes is especially important, and where the use of hypnotherapeutic and mindfulness techniques can therefore be especially effective * Builds on the author’s research and experience and develops his significant earlier work in this area – notably __Cognitive Hypnotherapy: An Integrated Approach to the Treatment of Emotional Disorders__ (Wiley, 2008) An evidence-based approach to enhancing CBT with hypnosis and mindfulness when treating anxiety disorders shows how simple techniques can be used to create a therapeutic context within which CBT can become more effective. This guide offers detailed and comprehensive coverage for practitioners, with specific protocols for each of the anxiety disorders covered and a short case study per treatment chapter in order to demonstrate the approach in action An Integrative Approach For Understanding And Treating Anxiety Disorders -- Integrated Therapy For Anxiety Disorders -- Social Anxiety Disorder (social Phobia) -- Specific Phobia -- Panic Disorder -- General Anxiety Disorder -- Agoraphobia -- Separation Anxiety Disorder -- Selective Mutism. Assen Alladinches Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web.