Thinking Good, Feeling Better

A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Workbook for Adolescents and Young Adults

Paul Stallard

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About the author

Paul Stallard is Professor of Child and Family Mental Health at the University of Bath and Head of Psychological Therapies (CAMHS) for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. He has worked with children and young people for over 30 years since qualifying as a clinical psychologist in Birmingham in 1980.

Clinically, Paul continues to work within a specialist child mental health team where he leads a Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) clinic for children and young people with a range of emotional disorders including anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

He is an international expert in the development and use of CBT with children and young people and has provided training in many countries. He is the author of the widely used Think Good Feel Good: A Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Workbook for Children and Young People and Editor of the book series Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with Children, Adolescents and Families.

He is an active researcher and has published widely in high-impact peer-reviewed journals. Recent research projects have included large school-based CBT programmes for depression and anxiety and the use of eHealth with children and young people.

Acknowledgement

There are many people who have directly and indirectly contributed to the development of this book.

First, I would like to thank my family, Rosie, Luke, and Amy for their encouragement and enthusiasm. Despite many long hours working, writing, and travelling, their support for this project has been unwavering.

Second, I have had the good fortune to work with many amazing colleagues during my career. A number of our clinical discussions have informed the ideas in this book. Of my colleagues, I would particularly like to thank Kate and Lucy who I have had the privilege to work with in our CBT clinic for over a decade. Their patience, creativity, and thoughtfulness have helped me to develop and test the ideas contained in this book.

Third, I would like to thank the children and young people I have had the honour to meet. Their determination to overcome their challenges continues to inspire and motivate me to find ways in which effective psychological interventions can be made more available.

Finally, I would like to thank those who read this book. I hope that these materials will help you to help a young person make a real difference to their life.

Online resources

All the text and workbook resources in this book are available free, in colour, to purchasers of the print version. To find out how to access and download these flexible aids to working with your clients visit the website

www.wiley.com/go/thinkinggood

The online facility provides an opportunity to download and print relevant sections of the workbook that can then be used in clinical sessions with young people. The materials can be used to structure or supplement clinical sessions or can be completed by the young person at home.

The online materials can be used flexibly, and can be accessed and used as often as required.