Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-256) and index.

1 An introduction to the cognitive behavioural approach and why it is needed 1 Alec Grant, Jem Mills, Ronan Mulhern and Nigel Short 2 The therapeutic alliance and case formulation 7 Alec Grant, Jem Mills, Ronan Mulhern and Nigel Short 3 Key skills of assessment 23 Ronan Mulhern, Nigel Short, Alec Grant and Jem Mills 4 Cognitive behavioural interventions: understanding techniques in the context of theory 34 Jem Mills, Alec Grant, Ronan Mulhern and Nigel Short 5 Establishing cognitive behavioural work cultures 54 Alec Grant, Jem Mills, Ronan Mulhern and Nigel Short 6 Working with people who hear voices and have strange beliefs 68 Jem Mills, Ronan Mulhern, Nigel Short and Alec Grant 7 Working with people who have complex emotional and relationship difficulties (borderlines or people?) 82 Jem Mills, Ronan Mulhern, Alec Grant and Nigel Short 8 Working with people who have a dual diagnosis 100 Dave Jones and Ronan Mulhern