Managing Therapy-Interfering Behavior ─ Strategies from Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Drawing on their experience, expertise, and clinical wisdom, Chapman and Rosenthal present this accessible, how-to volume which aims to help practitioners effectively manage therapy-interfering behavior (TIB)--intentional or unintentional, strategic or automatic, calculated or absentminded--using principles and strategies from dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). Twelve chapters are: why people get in their own way; core dialectical behavior therapy principles applied to therapy-interfering behavior; core dialectical behavior therapy strategies for managing therapy-interfering behavior; setting the stage: orienting and observing limits; enhancing therapy attendance; enhancing psychotherapy homework compliance; effectively responding to anger; how to confront therapy-interfering behavior; helping clients overcome avoidance; responding to sexually related behavior; ending therapy effectively; when the therapist gets in the way. Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)