Open Access"Cool Kids" in Denmark: Continuing Reflections on a Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Group for Anxious Youth
Author(s) -
Mikael Thastum,
Irene Lundkvist-Houndoumadi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
pragmatic case studies in psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1553-0124
DOI - 10.14713/pcsp.v9i3.1829
Subject(s) - psychology , anxiety , inclusion (mineral) , group psychotherapy , cognitive behavioral therapy , psychotherapist , clinical psychology , cognition , cognitive therapy , cognitive behaviour therapy , psychiatry , social psychology
This paper responds to a commentary by Perini, Wuthrich, and Rapee (2013) on two case studies on cognitive behavioral therapy for anxious children and their parents using the "Cool Kids" treatment program (Lundkvist-Houndoumadi & Thastum, 2013a; Lundkvist-Houndoumadi & Thastum, 2013b). In our response we address the following topics: including fathers in the therapy; a stepped-care approach to treatment; treatment of non-responders; parental anxiety as a predictor of treatment response; combining group and individual formats; and inclusion of students in the treatment.