Cbt for Adults ― A Practical Guide for Clinicians

Drummond offers clinicians practical advice on using cognitive and behavioral interventions to treat adults with psychological and psychiatric disorders. She uses case studies to illustrate points, and shies away from theory except for a theoretical overview in each chapter. Her topics include rules of reinforcement and practical examples, social skills training, phobic and social anxiety, treating obsessive-compulsive disorders, body dysmorphic disorder and the somatic symptom and related disorders, and cognitive and behavioral therapy (CBT) in combination with other therapy. Distributed in the US by Publishers Storage and Shipping Company, Fitchburg, MA. Annotation c2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

About the author:
Lynne M. Drummond has been a consultant psychiatrist and senior lecturer with South West London and St George’s NHS Mental Health Trust since 1985 as lead clinician for nationally and regionally commissioned services for severe, enduring, obsessive–compulsive and body dysmorphic disorders (OCD/BDD) and other intractable neurotic conditions. Specialising in CBT, she has published widely in the fields of CBT, OCD, anxiety disorders, communication skills, learning and acquisition of skills. Dr Drummond has a long-standing involvement in medical education and has been a clinical tutor and course leader for 20 years, particularly in CBT.