Emily L. Bilek

The Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents, based in groundbreaking research from Jill Ehrenreich-May, David H. Barlow, and colleagues, suggest that there may be a simpler and more efficient method of utilizing effective strategies, such as those commonly included in CBT and third-wave behavior therapies, in a manner that addresses the broad array of emotional disorder symptoms in children and adolescents. The Unified Protocols for children and adolescents include a Therapist Guide with two full courses of therapy described (a modular, individual therapy for adolescents; and, a more structured, group therapy for children, complete with a full parent-directed component), as well as two Workbooks, one for children along with their parents or caregivers, and one for adolescents. The child and adolescent Unified Protocols frame effective strategies in the general language of strong or intense emotions and promote change through a common lens that applies across emotional disorders, including anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorders and others. Specifically, the child and adolescent Unified Protocols help youth by allowing them to focus on a straightforward goal across emotional disorders: reducing intense negative emotion states by extinguishing the distress and anxiety these emotions produce through emotion-focused education, awareness techniques, cognitive strategies, problem-solving and an array of behavioral strategies, including a full-range of exposure and activation techniques.

The Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents, based in groundbreaking research from Jill Ehrenreich-May, David H. Barlow, and colleagues, suggest that there may be a simpler and more efficient method of utilizing effective strategies, such as those commonly included in CBT and third-wave behavior therapies, in a manner that addresses the broad array of emotional disorder symptoms in children and adolescents. The Unified Protocols for children and adolescents include a Therapist Guide with two full courses of therapy described (a modular, individual therapy for adolescents; and, a more structured, group therapy for children, complete with a full parent-directed component), as well as two Workbooks, one for children along with their parents or caregivers, and one for adolescents. The child and adolescent Unified Protocols frame effective strategies in the general language of strong or intense emotions and promote change through a common lens that applies across emotional disorders, including anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorders and others. Specifically, the child and adolescent Unified Protocols help youth by allowing them to focus on a straightforward goal across emotional disorders: reducing intense negative emotion states by extinguishing the distress and anxiety these emotions produce through emotion-focused education, awareness techniques, cognitive strategies, problem-solving and an array of behavioral strategies, including a full-range of exposure and activation techniques.

OBS: Tyvärr är undertiteln fel på den tryckta bokens omslag. Den rätta är ”Diagnosöverskridande psykologisk behandling”, såsom står på bokens titelsida. Unified protocol för barnär skriven för åldrarna 7–13 år och hjälper barn att hantera starka känslor. Barnet får vara en känslodetektiv som genom lekar, aktiviteter och experiment lär sig olika knep som gör det lättare att delta i och uppskatta vardagsaktiviteter. Dessa knep kan användas oavsett om det är rädsla, ångest, nedstämdhet, ledsenhet, ilska, skam eller någon annan känsla som ställer till med problem. Den här arbetsboken ska användas i samarbete med en terapeut som vägleder barn och föräldrar genom behandlingsprogrammet. Som barnets förälder har du en nyckelroll i behandlingen och får lära dig samma färdigheter som ditt barn. På bokens webbplats finns allt arbetsmaterial samlat. Unified protocol för barnär framtaget av några av de främsta experterna på känslomässiga svårigheter hos barn och har vetenskapligt stöd. Teknikerna bygger på kognitiv beteendeterapi. Denna svenska utgåva är fackgranskad av leg. psykolog Cecilia Arlinger Karlsson, som även har skrivit ett svenskt förord. Huvudförfattaren Jill Ehrenreich-Mayär docent vid Child division of the department of psychology, University of Miami. Övriga medförfattare är David H. Barlow, professor emeritus i psykatri och psykologi vid Boston University samt Sarah M. Kennedy, Jamie A. Sherman och Emily L. Bilek.