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The physical and mental health consequences of body image problems, eating disorders, and obesity in children and adolescents can be serious and can extend into adulthood. But as the empirical data presented in this second edition of a this volume show, these disorders are preventable and treatable. Research in these three areas has exploded since the publication of the first edition, and in these new pages leading researchers and practitioners detail...

In Working With Gay Male Clients, Douglas C. Haldeman demonstrates his eclectic, relationship-focused approach to therapy with gay men. In working with clients from this population, therapists must be aware of what it means to be part of a stigmatized sexual minority group. In this session, Dr. Haldeman works with a young man who, although he does socialize with other gay men, does not feel entirely comfortable identifying with gay culture. Dr. Haldeman...

Mindfulness is the central ingredient in a growing number of empirically supported treatments, and mindfulness practices hold great promise not only for personal development, but as remarkably powerful tools to augment virtually every form of psychotherapy. In Mindfulness for Anxiety, Dr. Siegel works with a young man who presents with stress-related chronic neck pain. First he helps the client to see that the mind plays a critical role in his presenting...

In Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy for Clients With Anxiety and Panic, Bunmi O. Olatunji demonstrates this effective and versatile approach to helping clients meaningfully change detrimental patterns in their thoughts and actions. Cognitive–behavioral therapy views anxiety as the result of maladaptive habits of thinking and behavior, usually including the tendency to overestimate the possibility of something negative occurring and to avoid that which...

Mentalization-based therapy, or MBT, is an evidence-based psychodynamic approach that is rooted in in the field of developmental research with conceptual origins in both psychoanalysis and attachment theory. It is also integrative in nature, as it incorporates elements of cognitive, psychodynamic, systemic and social-ecological under the theoretical umbrella of attachment theory. Although MBT is known for its usefulness with patients diagnosed with...

Dr. William Ming Liu presents his worldview model of psychotherapy, which focuses on the client's personal history and the messages they have received about social class. Dr. Liu interviews the client, a young female from an immigrant family, at length about her earlier experiences with class and how they influenced her social perspective throughout her life. As the discussion unfolds, therapist and client work together to establish understanding...