Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Second Edition
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- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Valerie L. Gaus
- ISBN：1462537685
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Summary
Now revised and expanded， this is the leading resource for psychotherapists working with adults who have autism spectrum disorder （ASD） without significant cognitive and language impairments （also known as Asperger syndrome）。 Valerie L。 Gaus shows how to adapt the proven techniques of cognitive-behavioral therapy （CBT） to build clients' social and coping skills， facilitate self-acceptance， and treat comorbid anxiety and depression。 Illustrated with detailed case examples， the book is grounded in cutting-edge knowledge about information-processing differences in ASD。 It gives clinicians critical guidance for conceptualizing these clients' presenting problems and optimizing the effectiveness of interventions。 Reproducible worksheets can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size。 First edition title: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Adult Asperger Syndrome。
New to This Edition
*Explains the significant terminology changes in DSM-5 and their impact。
*Chapter on mindfulness-based strategies for emotion regulation problems。
*Additional strategies and resources for teaching social and coping skills。
*Describes new and updated assessment instruments。
*Incorporates cutting-edge research on CBT and on clinical problems associated with ASD。
See also the author's related self-help resource， Living Well on the Spectrum， an ideal client recommendation。
New to This Edition
*Explains the significant terminology changes in DSM-5 and their impact。
*Chapter on mindfulness-based strategies for emotion regulation problems。
*Additional strategies and resources for teaching social and coping skills。
*Describes new and updated assessment instruments。
*Incorporates cutting-edge research on CBT and on clinical problems associated with ASD。
See also the author's related self-help resource， Living Well on the Spectrum， an ideal client recommendation。
Reviews
Amy
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More clinical。 Did give some good background information though。
Warooda
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I need to find a free ebook/epub version of this book ASAP PLEASE！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！
Lorraine
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This book is for the clinician only。 It has nothing whatsoever about CBT for the layman。 It does not even have general insights were an aspie could personally utilize the information presented。 It only is a loooong argument about why CBT will work for those with aspergers， which is basically a good hearted guess on the author's part。 The book was more than half way finished before the topic of CBT was even uncovered。 The entire first half and thensome was about diagnosing people with aspergers。 This book is for the clinician only。 It has nothing whatsoever about CBT for the layman。 It does not even have general insights were an aspie could personally utilize the information presented。 It only is a loooong argument about why CBT will work for those with aspergers， which is basically a good hearted guess on the author's part。 The book was more than half way finished before the topic of CBT was even uncovered。 The entire first half and thensome was about diagnosing people with aspergers。 The author uses ad nauseum case studies and about five client histories to support methodological applications of treatment options。 The author's ideas are easily pulled out of thin air and dusted with common sense。 I don't need to read a book to know that if a patient moves they may not be able to continue therapy。 I don't need to spend time and money to learn that sometimes patients have medical insurance which may change and therefore end treatment for financial reasons。 And once these points are made， I certainly do not need them extrapolated on。 It was like a bad term paper。 Aside from the forever obvious， this book is riddled with re re re re re re recapitulations。 Arrrgh！ I am very sorry to have wasted my dollars on a book which only told me to read about CBT elsewhere。 Gee， for real？？ 。。。more
Jon Cox
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Three fatal flaws sunk this book。 1。 Ms。 Gaus spends too much time reviewing the nature of Asperger Syndrome， discussing how to assess and conceptualize new cases， and giving extensive case histories。 The first 132 pages drone on about this in way too much detail。 It sets up the expectation that she will go into as much detail about interventions。2。 Ms。 Gaus glosses over the interventions in a haphazard manner， explaining her sudden lack of comprehensiveness to the existence of extensive literat Three fatal flaws sunk this book。 1。 Ms。 Gaus spends too much time reviewing the nature of Asperger Syndrome， discussing how to assess and conceptualize new cases， and giving extensive case histories。 The first 132 pages drone on about this in way too much detail。 It sets up the expectation that she will go into as much detail about interventions。2。 Ms。 Gaus glosses over the interventions in a haphazard manner， explaining her sudden lack of comprehensiveness to the existence of extensive literature on these topics。 This choice is an affront to everyone who chooses to read the book， since the whole reason we would pick it up is to learn how to apply the CBT skills to this specific population。 Instead of giving the reader a comprehensive source for CBT skills and how to apply them to adults with Asperger Syndrome， Ms。 Gaus writes as if you have done all you need to do in assessing the client， and then you can just go ahead and use the skills you have learned from other sources。 This point， along with point number 1 makes the book very lopsided and front heavy， and extremely disappointing。3。 Reading the book is like trying to eat a bucket of sand sand: dry dry dry。 。。。more
The Angry Lawn Gnome
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