Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Therapist Guide (Programs That Work)

The Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents , based in groundbreaking research from Jill Ehrenreich-May, David H. Barlow, and colleagues, suggest that there may be a simpler and more efficient method of utilizing effective strategies, such as those commonly included in CBT and third-wave behavior therapies, in a manner that addresses the broad array of emotional disorder symptoms in children and adolescents. The Unified Protocols for children and adolescents include a Therapist Guide with two full courses of therapy described (a modular, individual therapy for adolescents; and, a more structured, group therapy for children, complete with a full parent-directed component), as well as two Workbooks, one for children along with their parents or caregivers, and one for adolescents. The child and adolescent Unified Protocols frame effective strategies in the general language of strong or intense emotions and promote change through a common lens that applies across emotional disorders, including anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorders and others. Specifically, the child and adolescent Unified Protocols help youth by allowing them to focus on a straightforward goal across emotional disorders: reducing intense negative emotion states by extinguishing the distress and anxiety these emotions produce through emotion-focused education, awareness techniques, cognitive strategies, problem-solving and an array of behavioral strategies, including a full-range of exposure and activation techniques. Cover 1 Half title 2 Series 3 Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents 4 Copyright 5 Contents 10 Acknowledgments 12 Introduction 14 Part One Adolescents (UP-​A) 32 Chapter 1 Core Module 1: Building and Keeping Motivation 34 Chapter 2 Core Module 2: Getting to Know Your Emotions and Behaviors 64 Chapter 3 Core Module 3: Introduction to Emotion-​Focused Behavioral Experiments 84 Chapter 4 Core Module 4: Awareness of Physical Sensations 100 Chapter 5 Core Module 5: Being Flexible in Your Thinking 112 Chapter 6 Core Module 6: Awareness of Emotional Experiences 134 Chapter 7 Core Module 7: Situational Emotion Exposure 150 Chapter 8 Core Module 8: Reviewing Accomplishments and Looking Ahead 166 Chapter 9 Module-​P: Parenting the Emotional Adolescent 176 Part Two Children (UP-​C) 200 Chapter 10 Introduction to the Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children (UP-C)— Structural and Pragmatic Considerations in Using the UP-C 202 Chapter 11 UP-​C Session 1: Introduction to the Unified Protocol for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children—C Skill: Consider How I Feel 212 Chapter 12 UP-​C Session 2: Getting to Know Your Emotions— C Skill: Consider How I Feel 238 Chapter 13 UP-​C Session 3: Using Science Experiments to Change Our Emotions and Behavior—C Skill: Consider How I Feel 256 Chapter 14 UP-​C Session 4: Our Body Clues—C Skill: Consider How I Feel 274 Chapter 15 UP-​C Session 5: Look at My Thoughts—L Skill: Look at My Thoughts 290 Chapter 16 UP-​C Session 6: Use Detective Thinking—U Skill: Use Detective Thinking and Problem Solving 306 Chapter 17 UP-​C Session 7: Problem Solving and Conflict Management—U Skill: Use Detective Thinking and Problem Solving 324 Chapter 18 UP-​C Session 8: Awareness of Emotional Experiences— E Skill: Experience My Emotions 340 Chapter 19 UP-​C Session 9: Introduction to Emotion Exposure— E Skill: Experience My Emotions 360 Chapter 20 UP-​C Session 10: Facing Our Emotions—​Part 1— E Skill: Experience My Emotions 378 Chapter 21 UP-​C Sessions 11 Through 14: Facing Our Emotions—​Part 2—E Skill: Experience My Emotions 396 Chapter 22 UP-​C Session 15: Wrap-​up and Relapse Prevention— S Skill: Stay Healthy and Happy 410 Part Three Variations and Adaptations 426 Chapter 23 UP-​A Group and UP-​C Individual Therapy Variations, Other Adaptations—Considerations for Adapting UP-​A and UP-​C for Use with Different Populations 428 References 440 About the Authors 444 Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is arguably the most effective psychotherapy model for children and adolescents with emotional disorders (e.g., anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorders, trauma and stress-related disorders, etc.). Emotional disorders in youth frequently overlap or co-occur, and yet many of the existing, effective therapies available for children and adolescents with emotional disorders target just one or a smaller subset of these problems. The Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents, based in groundbreaking research from Jill Ehrenreich-May, David H. Barlow, and colleagues, suggest that there may be a simpler and more efficient method of utilizing effective strategies, such as those commonly included in CBT, in a manner that addresses the broad array of emotional disorder symptoms in children and adolescents. The child and adolescent Unified Protocols do this by framing effective strategies in the general language of strong or intense emotions, more broadly, and by targeting change through a common lens that applies across emotional disorders. Specifically, the child and adolescent Unified Protocols help youth by allowing them to focus on a straightforward goal across emotional disorders: reducing intense negative emotion states by extinguishing the distress and anxiety these emotions produce through emotion-focused education, awareness techniques, cognitive strategies, problem-solving and an array of behavioral strategies, including a full-range of exposure and activation techniques. The Unified Protocol for children and adolescents comprises a Therapist Guide, as well as two Workbooks, one for children, and one for adolescents. The therapy manuals included in this volume—the __Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children__ (UP-C) __and Adolescents__ (UP-A)—include evidence-based treatment strategies to assist child and adolescent clients to function better in their lives. The manuals include specific guidelines for treatment delivery, and they also contain information about how to introduce parent-directed strategies to help promote long-term uptake of youth-directed therapy skills. The evidence-based treatment skills presented may be applied by therapists to children and adolescents with a wide variety of emotional disorders. This treatment guide takes a __transdiagnostic__ approach to the treatment of emotional disorders. Some of the disorders that may be targeted include anxiety disorders and depressive disorders. This treatment is flexible enough for use with some trauma and stress-related disorders (including adjustment disorders), somatic symptom disorders, tic disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorders. The transdiagnostic presentation of evidence-based intervention techniques within these treatments may be particularly useful for children and adolescents presenting with multiple emotional disorders or mixed/subclinical symptoms of several emotional disorders. The Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents suggest that there may a simple and efficient method of utilizing effective treatment strategies, such as those commonly included in CBT, in a manner that addresses the broad array of emotional disorder symptoms in children and adolescents. The Unified Protocol for children and adolescents comprises a Therapist Guide, as well as two Workbooks, one for children, and one for adolescents.-- Source other than Library of Congress This Work Suggests That There May Be A Simple And Efficient Method Of Utilizing Effective Treatment Strategies, Such As Those Commonly Included In Cbt, In A Manner That Addresses The Broad Array Of Emotional Disorder Symptoms In Children And Adolescents.