Using a process-based approach to personalize CBT for better success Presents a unique dynamic
approach to CBT Shows how to implement this approach Provides downloadable tools The
process-based approach to cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is a unique method for
understanding psychological problems as complex networks of interacting processes. It allows
therapists to grasp the individuality complexity and dynamics of psychological disorders -
things that often get missed in diagnosis-oriented approaches. The authors both experienced
researchers and practitioners of this method explore how understanding these complex networks
enables therapists using CBT to focus on the core processes responsible for a person's
suffering. First the reader is shown how emotional cognitive behavioral and somatic
processes interact in maintaining maladaptive states and how this approach identifies the
points at which therapeutic interventions can be applied to achieve maximum leverage. This is
followed by guidance on implementing the approach in practice including addressing diagnostic
issues to create an individual process-based model network for selecting the right
evidence-based interventions. The process-based approach forms a connecting foundation that
combines classical CBT with third-wave approaches (acceptance commitment therapy schema
therapy) and integrates helpful recent developments in psychotherapy research such as
evolutionary theories. Practitioners will find the downloadable tools in the appendix
invaluable for their clinical practice. This book is of interest to clinical psychologists
psychiatrists psychotherapists mental health practitioners students and trainees.
