Pattern Focused Therapy Highly Effective CBT Practice in Mental Health and Integrated Care Settings

Pattern-Focused Therapy incorporates brief cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) interventions for symptom reduction and a step-by-step therapeutic strategy for effectively changing clients? maladaptive patterns and increasing their well-being.

Integrating research, clinical expertise, and client needs and values, Pattern Focused Therapy is a highly effective third-wave CBT approach that can be applied to a wide range of clients. This text guides therapists through the pattern focused approach, facilitating learning through session-by-session transcriptions and commentaries from the first to the final session. Interventions for optimizing treatment and indicators of successful therapy are included along with a chapter on Pattern Focused Therapy in integrated care settings.

Seasoned and beginner therapists alike will benefit from this invaluable method for learning and mastering this evidence-based approach.

1. Pattern Focused Therapy and Psychotherapy Practice: Today and Tomorrow 2. Pattern: Assessment and Case Conceptualization 3. Practicing Pattern Focused Therapy 4. Ultra-Brief Therapeutic Interventions 5. Outcomes Assessment and Indicators of Successful Therapy 6. The First Session 7. The Middle Sessions 8. The Final Sessions 9. Interventions for Optimizing Treatment 10. Pattern Focused Therapy in Integrated Care Settings

Len Sperry, M.D., Ph.D., is a professor at Florida Atlantic University. He has practiced, taught, and written about CBT for four decades. Among his 1000+ professional publications are six other CBT books.