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Each of the protocols in this series presents a session-by-session, research-based treatment plan, including evaluation instruments, sample treatment summaries for use with managed care, handouts, weekly homework, and strategies to use for delivering key information. A client manual is available for each protocol, containing all the materials that the client will need. A ten-session treatment. Techniques include reestablishing goals, motivational skills, and management of thoughts, feelings, and moods.

Effective protocols save time, increase the probability of obtaining good results, make it easier to train and supervise new therapists, and satisfy the needs of third parties to know that the proposed treatment follows the best available practices. Protocols are consistently formatted and organized; a detailed session-by-session treatment program that includes worksheets, homework assignments, in-session treatment exercises, and didactic material; specific assessment measures, both for the target disorder and for the overall treatment program; a treatment plan summary for managed care requirements. This protocol outlines a ten-session treatment for individual adults experiencing depression. Techniques include acceptance of loss, reestablishing goals, motivational skills, and management of thoughts, feelings, and moods. All of the therapist protocols in the Best Practices series share these common features: -A consistent format and organization -A detailed, session-by-session treatment program that includes worksheets, homework assignments, in-session treatment exercises, and didactic material -Specific assessment measures--both for the target disorder and for the overall treatment program -A treatment plan summary for managed care requirements Each therapist protocol is accompanied by its own corresponding step-by-step client manual, containing all the education materials, worksheets, and skill-building assignments that the client will need.