1st Edition

Handbook of Self-Help Therapies

Edited By Patti Lou Watkins, George A. Clum Copyright 2008
    472 Pages
    by Routledge

    468 Pages
    by Routledge

    This volume constitutes the first solidly research-grounded guide for practitioners wending their way through the new maze of self-help approaches. The Handbook of Self-Help Therapies summarizes the current state of our knowledge about what works and what does not, disorder by disorder and modality by modality. Among the covered topics are: self-regulation theory; anxiety disorders; depression; childhood disorders; eating disorders; sexual dysfunctions; insomnia; problem drinking; smoking cessation; dieting and weight loss. Comprehensive in its scope, this systematic, objective assessment of self-help treatments will be invaluable for practitioners, researchers and students in counseling psychology, psychiatry and social work, health psychology, and behavioral medicine.

    Self-Help Therapies: Past and Present. Good Intentions Are Not Enough: Reflections on Past and Future Efforts to Advance Self-Help. Self-Help Therapies: Mapping the Role of Self-Administered Treatments in Healthcare. Self-Regulation Theory and Self-Help Therapies. Self-HelpTherapies for Anxiety Disorders. Self-Help Therapies for Depression. Self-Help Therapies for Childhood Disorders. Self-Help Therapies for Eating Disorders. Self-Help Therapies for Sexual Dysfunctions. Self-Help Therapies for Insomnia. Self-Help Therapies for Problem Drinking. Smoking Cessation. Self-Help Therapies for Dieting and Weight Loss. Preventing Weight Gain with Internet Programs. An Ecological Perspective on Self-Help: The Case of Diabetes. Self-Help Therapies in Primary Care. Self-Help Therapies: Retrospect and Prospect.

    Biography

    Patti Lou Watkins, George A. Clum

    "The volume comprehensively covers the definition, ethics, theoretical underpinnings, research modalities, and efficiacy of self-help therapies, as well as the politics of the self-help movement. In addition to the comprehensive content coverage, the format of the book sets it apart from many handbooks in the mental health field....As a moderately knowledgeable reader of the self-help literature, I found this text generally to be of superior quality."

    -Patricia L. Wolleat, in PsycCRITIQUES, October 22, 2008, Vol. 53, Release 43, Article 8

    "With the increasing need to practise from an evidence base, the Handbook of Self-Help Therapies could be an important resource both for recommending materials to clients and deciding how and when to work with self-help."

    -Sarah Hovington, in Healthcare Counselling and Pyschotherapy Journal, January 2009