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Brief behavioural activation for adolescent depression a clinician's manual and session-by-session guide /

Reynolds, Shirley, 1955-

Brief behavioural activation for adolescent depression a clinician's manual and session-by-session guide / [electronic resource] : Shirley Reynolds, Laura Pass ; illustrated by Masha Pimas. - London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2020. - 1 online resource.

A comprehensive, accessible guide to Brief Behavioural Activation, a structured intervention for treating adolescents with depression. It provides guidance on every stage of delivering the process in practice, with photocopiable worksheets, and a section on the theory behind the approach. Suitable for both new and experienced practitioners. This step-by-step guide to Brief Behavioural Activation (Brief BA) provides everything practitioners need to use this approach with adolescents. It is suitable for new practitioners as well as those who are more experienced.Brief BA is a straightforward, structured and effective intervention for treating adolescents showing symptoms of depression, focusing on helping young people to recover through doing more of what matters to them. This practical manual contains guidance on how to deliver Brief BA at every stage, photocopiable activities and worksheets for the client and their parents, and a section on the research and theory behind the approach. It includes information and advice on how to assess adolescent depression, get to know the young person and their priorities better and help them to do more of what matters.

9781787755031 (ePub ebook) : 24.99 24.99


Depression in adolescence.
Health and Wellbeing
Clinical & internal medicine
Clinical psychology
Counselling of students
Mental health services
Psychotherapy
Psychology
Abnormal psychology
Psychotherapy: child & adolescent

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