Cognitive Behavioural Chairwork Distinctive Features CBT Distinctive Features Series

Cognitive Behavioural Chairwork: Distinctive Features provides a practical, accessible, and concise introduction to both the theory and practice of chairwork, one of the most powerful and exciting methods of intervention in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), and is the first book to synthesise its many applications in CBT and allied therapies.

Part of the popular 'CBT Distinctive Features' series, this book contains a wealth of effective experiential procedures for working with automatic thoughts, emotions, behaviours, core beliefs, ambivalence, strengths, well-being, and cognitive processes such as worry and self-criticism. Readers will also learn how chairwork is applied in other areas, such as clinical supervision and associated psychotherapeutic approaches including compassion focused therapy, schema therapy, positive psychotherapy, and motivational interviewing. Techniques are presented in an easy-to-understand format and illustrated using clinical examples and therapy transcripts. The result is a comprehensive guide which demystifies chairwork and places it at the heart of CBT?s continued evolution.

Created for practising clinicians, researchers, and training therapists, CognitiveBehavioural Chairwork: Distinctive Features will appeal to both individuals who are new to chairwork and those who are familiar with its techniques.

Part I THEORETICAL FEATURES OF COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL CHAIRWORK

1 A brief history of chairwork

2 Chairwork in cognitive and behavioural therapy

3 Forms of chairwork

4 Forms of facilitation

5 Forms of perspective-taking

6 Lights! Self-multiplicity (principle I)

7 Camera! Embodiment and personification (principle II)

8 Action! Dialogue (principle III)

9 Process skills

10 Mechanisms I – information processing

11 Mechanisms II – emotion

12 Mechanisms III – imagery

13 Mechanisms IV – retrieval competition

14 Mechanisms V – other processes

15 Evidence base

Part II PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL CHAIRWORK

16 Applying chairwork in CBT

17 Using chairwork to socialise clients to the cognitive-behavioural model and allied approaches

18 Using chairwork to address negative automatic thoughts

19 Using chairwork to address problematic emotions

20 Using chairwork to assess and modify behaviours

21 Using chairwork to address dysfunctional cognitive processes

22 Using chairwork to modify negative core beliefs

23 Using chairwork to develop and consolidate positive core beliefs

24 Using chairwork to resolve ambivalence and enhance motivation

25 Using chairwork to develop compassion for the self and others

26 Using chairwork to modify schema modes

27 Using chairwork in positive CBT

28 Using emotion-focused chairwork to augment CBT

29 Using chairwork in CBT supervision

30 Addressing common obstacles when using chairwork

Matthew Pugh is a Clinical Psychologist, Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist, and Advanced Schema Therapist. He works with the Vincent Square Eating Disorders Service (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) and is an Honorary Clinical Lecturer with University College London.