Marie Chellingsworth

This book provides a proven delivery model for wider dissemination of the evidence-based cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) approach. It is based on feedback from clinicians, voluntary sector colleagues and people who have used the five areas approach in practice.

How to Beat Worry and Generalised Anxiety Disorder One Step at a Time is specifically addressed to low-intensity patients and follows an evidence-based cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) approach. This book is the perfect resource for helping you to beat worry or Generalised Anxiety Disorder, either by yourself or in conjunction with the support of an IAPT service. The book is written in a friendly, engaging (and jargon-free!) style and encourages interactive reading through tables, illustrations and worksheets. Real-life case studies illustrate the use of each intervention and demonstrate how you can work through your anxiety. The book teaches you effective CBT techniques for managing your worry more effectively and releasing tension through Progressive Muscle Relaxation.

How to Beat Panic Disorder One Step at a Time is specifically addressed to low-intensity patients and follows an evidence-based cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) approach. This book is the perfect resource for helping you to beat panic attacks and panic disorder, either by yourself or in conjunction with the support of an IAPT service. Written in a friendly, engaging (and jargon-free!) style, the book encourages interactive reading through tables, illustrations and worksheets. Real-life case studies illustrate the use of each intervention and demonstrate how you can work through your condition. This book will help you to understand your panic cycle, and to face your fears through gradual exposure. Paul Farrand and Marie Chellingsworth have both worked at a national level in the area of CBT self-help research and training, with past involvement in organisations and programmes as diverse as the Department of Health, British Psychological Society, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners and the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies.

The first in a series of self-help books for low-intensity patients, a significant gap identified by IAPT workers

This book is essential reading for practitioners involved in introducing the use of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) into their clinical practice and making it truly accessible to practitioners and patients alike. It covers:How to support someone in 10, 20 or 60 minutes using the successful and provenfive areas modelThe challenges faced and how to overcome these when working using guidedCBT self-helpHow to offer support face to face, or using telephone, email, or classesPractical information and advice for all those wishing to use the five areas guidedCBT interventions in their clinical practiceHow to introduce, support and review progress using the Plan, Do, Review modelA description of the wide range of five areas resources and how to use them withpatientsSupport scripts and linked online resourcesThe book provides a proven delivery model for wider dissemination of this evidence-based CBT approach. It is essential reading for general practitioners, psychologists, psychological well-being practitioners (PWPs), self-help support workers, coaches, counsellors, nurses, occupational therapists, teachers, psychiatrists, condition management/back to work teams, managers and commissioners and other practitioners wishing to incorporate CBT as part of their practice and services.