1st Edition
CBT: A Clinician's Guide to Using the Five Areas Approach
Introduction
Getting To Know the Five Areas Approach
Why is there a need for accessible forms of cognitive behavioral therapy?
Key elements of the Five Areas model
Using The Five Areas Approach
Clinical assessment and selling the model
Completing a collaborative Five Areas assessment
Using the Five Areas assessment to understand why the person feels as they do
Supporting and reviewing progress
Setting goals and monitoring progress using the Plan, Do, Review model
Offering structured support face to face and by telephone or email
Delivering support in the LLTTF and other classes
Resources Overview
Five Areas written resources for low mood and stress
Five Areas online, DVD and audio multimedia resources for low mood and stress
Supervision, Training and Service Implications
Case management and supervision
Training and supporting practitioners in using the Five Areas approach
The Five Areas In Action
Five Areas model as a first contact assessment tool in an IAPT team in England
Five Areas books with GP support
Five Areas depression book plus telephone support in Canada
Use of the Overcoming Anxiety book in an IAPT service
Little CBT Books delivered by housing workers in England
Little CBT Books delivered by social services via telephone and LLTTF classes
LLTTF classes delivered in community settings
LLTTF classes with university students
LLTTF classes in schools
Using the Little CBT Books in secondary schools
Living Life to the Full free online course (www.llttf.com)
Living Life to the Full Interactive (www.llttf.com) offered across Scotland (pilot service)
Overcoming Bulimia Online (www.overcomingbulimiaonline.com) delivered in a specialist eating disorders service
Overcoming Anorexia Online (www.overcominganorexiaonline.com) delivered in a specialist eating disorders clinic
Self-help clinic in a primary care mental health team
Supporter Scripts and Resources
Biography
Chris Williams
'This book is a 'must have' for any clinician working across all steps; not only with common mental health problems but also with physical and long term health conditions. It is a brilliant and user friendly guide to using the five areas approach...'
CBT Today'... a fantastic and flexible way to illustrate how common mental health problems affect people's lives and how to help people overcome their problems through the five areas approach whether in large group settings or face to face working'.
CBT Today
