A practical guide to the wide range of cognitive behavioural therapy techniques used in the assessment and treatment of depression, describing them in usable detail and setting them in the context of current theories of depression.
1 Introduction 2 Psychological models of depression I: The behavioural background 3 Psychological models of depression II: The cognitive foreground 4 Psychological treatment of depression: Outcome studies 5 The assessment of depression: Some representative procedures 6 Treatment techniques I: Overview, basic behavioural techniques and symptom management 7 Treatment techniques II: Cognitive strategies 8 Treatment techniques III: Behavioural and cognitive therapy for chronic and unremitting depression 9 Training exercises 10 The cognitive theory of depression revisited 11 Cognitive-behavioural therapy and the process of change