Scott H. Waltman - Socratic Questioning for Therapists and Counselors: Learn How to Think and Intervene Like a Cognitive Behavior Therapist

This book presents a framework for the use of Socratic strategies in psychotherapy and counseling.

The framework has been fine-tuned in multiple large-scale cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) training initiatives and is presented and demonstrated with applied case examples. The text is rich with case examples, tips, tricks, strategies, and methods for dealing with the most entrenched of beliefs. The authors draw from diverse therapies and theoretical orientation to present a framework that is flexible and broadly applicable. The book also contains extensive guidance on troubleshooting the Socratic process. Readers will learn how to apply this framework to specialty populations such as patients with borderline personality disorder who are receiving dialectical behavior therapy. Additional chapters contain explicit guidance on how to layer intervention to bring about change in core belief and schema.

This book is a must read for therapists in training, early career professionals, supervisors, trainers, and any clinician looking to refine and enhance their ability to use Socratic strategies to bring about lasting change.

Scott H. Waltman, PsyD, ABPP, is a clinician and an international CBT trainer specializing in case-conceptualization-driven approaches to psychotherapy.

R. Trent Codd, III, EdS, is a clinician and trainer.

Lynn M. McFarr, PhD, is President of the Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies, a fellow of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and President-Elect of the International Association for Cognitive Therapy.

Bret A. Moore, PsyD, ABPP, is a prescribing psychologist and the author and editor of 22 books in the area of psychological trauma, military psychology, and psychopharmacology.

Clinical Topics in Psychology and Psychiatry

Much of the available information relevant to mental health clinicians is buried in large and disjointed academic textbooks and expensive and obscure scientific journals. Consequently, it can be challenging for the clinician and student to access the most useful information related to practice. Clinical Topics in Psychology and Psychiatry includes authored and edited books that identify and distill the most relevant information for practitioners and presents the material in an easily accessible format that appeals to the psychology and psychiatry student, intern or resident, early career psychologist or psychiatrist, and the busy clinician.

Series Editor: Bret A. Moore, PsyD, Boulder Crest Retreat, Virginia, USA

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Socratic Questioning for Therapists and Counselors

Learn How to Think and Intervene Like a Cognitive Behavior Therapist

Scott H. Waltman, R. Trent Codd, III, Lynn M. McFarr, and Bret A. Moore

For more information about this series, please visit: www.routledge.com/Clinical-Topics-in-Psychology-and-Psychiatry/book-series/TFSE00310