Psychotherapy for individuals with intellectual disability

This book shows the reader how to provide psychotherapy for individuals with intellectual disabilities. It brings together individual, couple and group therapy and discusses a variety of models and techniques. Contents include: dialectical behavior therapy for special populations - treatment with adolescents and their caregivers; dialectical behavioral therapy for adults who have intellectual disability; positive psychology for persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities; the adaptation and application of mindfulness-based psychotherapeutic practices for individuals with intellectual disabilities; behavioral relaxation training (BRT) for persons who have intellectual disability; treating victims of sexual and interpersonal abuse in psychotherapy for people with intellectual disabilities; cognitive behavioral therapy for adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD); psychotherapy for individuals who have intellectual disabilities and are mourning; group psychotherapy with trauma survivors who have intellectual disabilities; family and couple therapy; psychotherapy with families impacted by intellectual disability, throughout the lifespan; couple therapy for people with intellectual disabilities; the effectiveness of psychotherapy with persons with intellectual disabilities; ethical issues in counseling clients with disabilities; training psychotherapy interns to work with people who have intellectual disabilities.