Integrating CBT and Third Wave Therapies offers a thought-through
approach to integrating evidence-based therapies. It provides help for
all of us who are developing or have expertise in a variety of
evidence-based approaches.
The theoretical part of the book briefly reviews four therapies, namely:
CBT, DBT, ACT and CFT. The authors identify core processes of change and
examine how each therapy contributes to each core process, helping in
the integration of all four. The text considers the influence of early
adversity on later mental wellbeing, the theoretical underpinnings of
mindfulness, behaviour analysis, reliving and re-scripting and
dissociation. Theory and practice chapters are illustrated using case
vignettes.
The book will be useful for therapists to structure sessions with
clients. It demonstrates how to follow a theoretical approach and offers
a therapeutic structure for integrated clinical work. It will be useful
in reflective practice and supervision, and for students learning about
a variety of therapeutic approaches.