Treating Childhood Depression with Contextual Emotion Regulation Therapy

Download or read book Treating Childhood Depression with Contextual Emotion Regulation Therapy written by Maria Kovacs and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2023-07-21 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the authoritative presentation of contextual emotion regulation therapy (CERT), an innovative intervention expressly designed for depressed children ages 7–13 and their parents. CERT is grounded in decades of research on the development of emotion regulation and on "mood repair" difficulties as a risk factor for clinical depression. Step by step, Maria Kovacs describes ways to teach children skills to modulate feelings of sadness and distress and break the hold of depression symptoms. Extensive therapist, parent, and child exchanges illustrate key treatment principles. Clinicians learn how to structure CERT sessions and implement personalized social–interpersonal, cognitive, behavioral, problem-solving, and psychoeducational interventions. Reproducible tools in the appendices--including forms, posters, and a parent manual--can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.