Using CBT in general practice : the 10 minute CBT handbook

This book provides GPs with an overview of the basic principles of CBT and shows how these principles can be applied within a typical 10 minute consultation. The book is written in a user-friendly, interactive and practical style and focuses on realistic ways to make CBT work by helping patients to make positive changes to their lives. The book features case examples to highlight how the techniques can be applied in practice for patients with particular problems or clinical conditions; problem-solving sections on how to manage time constraints; a new consultation model that can be used to implement CBT in general practice; and a detailed overviews of the major clinical psychological conditions that can be treated using CBT, such as panic, low self-esteem, and insomnia.