Cognitive and Behavioral Flexibility

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This book examines the critical function of being able to think and respond fluidly. Rigid patterns—like rumination, narrow ways of interpreting events, or behavioral avoidance—are often linked to problems such as anxiety, depression, eating disorders and obsessive compulsive spectrum disorders. Because of this, many effective therapies focus on helping people broaden their thinking and try new, healthier behaviors. This book brings together research from both science and clinical practice to explain what flexibility is and why it matters for mental health. It translates recent scientific findings into practical guidance for therapists and highlights current treatment approaches that target inflexible thinking and behavior. 

"Dr. Boisseau and Dr. Behar, two world renowned experts in internalizing psychopathology and its treatment, have compiled a set of chapters that distill the most up-to-date research on behavioral and cognitive flexibility into a forward-thinking book that will be helpful to researchers and clinicians alike. It provides a much needed bridge from basic science to clinical practice that will enrich both. Behavioral and cognitive flexibility has long been a focus of clinical theorizing, but recent empirical advances have highlighted the transdiagnostic nature of this phenomenon. It is rare for a book to do such a thorough job spanning basic science to treatment implications."

- Aidan G.C. Wright, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry; Phil F. Jenkins, Research Professor in Depression, Eisenberg Family Depression Center, University of Michigan

"A fascinating account of how we adapt or fail to adapt to changing life circumstances that will be of interest to clinicians and researchers. Cognitive and Behavioral Flexibility: Science into Practice bridges the gap between basic studies of cognitive control and clinical observation to offer practical evidence-based strategies for improving cognitive flexibility across a transdiagnostic range of psychiatric conditions."

- Steven A. Rasmussen, MD, MMS, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and Chairman Emeritus, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University  

This book examines the critical function of being able to think and respond fluidly. Rigid patterns—like rumination, narrow ways of interpreting events, or behavioral avoidance—are often linked to problems such as anxiety, depression, eating disorders and obsessive compulsive spectrum disorders. Because of this, many effective therapies focus on helping people broaden their thinking and try new, healthier behaviors. This book brings together research from both science and clinical practice to explain what flexibility is and why it matters for mental health. It translates recent scientific findings into practical guidance for therapists and highlights current treatment approaches that target inflexible thinking and behavior.

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Christina L. Boisseau

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