Treating Childhood Depression with Contextual Emotion Regulation Therapy
Maria Kovacs
Introduction
1. Childhood Depression: Key Features and the Need for Treatment
2. Emotion Regulation and Mood Repair: What the Research Shows
3. Introduction to CERT for Children
4. Getting Ready to Deliver CERT
5. Assessment, Case Formulation, and Treatment Planning
6. The Initial CERT Sessions
7. Treatment of Sadness and Dysphoria
8. Treatment of Nonaffective Symptoms
9. Coping Skills Training: Its Purpose, Components, and Challenges
10. Implementing Coping Skills Training and Ending Therapy
Appendix A. Mood Repair Questionnaires and Monitoring Forms
Appendix B. Posters
Appendix C. Case Formulations and Personalized Training Plans for Four Young Patients
Appendix D. Parent Manual: Overcoming Your Child’s Depression with CERT
References
Index