Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents

The Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents suggest that there may a simple and efficient method of utilizing effective treatment strategies, such as those commonly included in CBT, in a manner that addresses the broad array of emotional disorder symptoms in children and adolescents. The Unified Protocol for children and adolescents comprises a Therapist Guide, as well as two Workbooks, one for children, and one for adolescents.

Jill Ehrenreich-May, PhD, is Associate Professor and Director of the Child and Adolescent Mood and Anxiety Treatment (CAMAT) program in the Child Division of the Department of Psychology at the University of Miami. Sarah M. Kennedy, PhD, is a postdoctoral fellow at Children's Hospital Colorado, where she provides clinical services and conducts research on transdiagnostic approaches to assessment and treatment of emotional disorders in youth. Jamie A. Sherman, MS, is a doctoral candidate in the child clinical psychology program at the University of Miami. Emily L. Bilek, PhD, is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan in the Department of Psychiatry. Brian A. Buzzella, PhD, ABPP, is currently Director of the VA San Diego's Family Mental Health Program and H. S. Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California San Diego. Shannon M. Bennett, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine, and is the Director of Psychology for the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. David H. Barlow, PhD, ABPP, is Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology Emeritus at Boston University and the Founder and Director of the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Emeritus.

- Introduction to the Unified Protocols for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children (UP-C) and Adolescents (UP-A) - PART ONE: ADOLESCENTS (UP-A) - Chapter 1 - Core Module 1: Building and Keeping Motivation - Chapter 2 - Core Module 2: Getting to Know your Emotions and Behaviors - Chapter 3 - Core Module 3: Introduction to Emotion-Focused Behavioral Experiments - Chapter 4 - Core Module 4: Awareness of Physical Sensations - Chapter 5 - Core Module 5: Being Flexible in Your Thinking - Chapter 6 - Core Module 6: Awareness of Emotional Experiences - Chapter 7 - Core Module 7: Situational Emotion Exposure - Chapter 8 - Core Module 8: Reviewing Accomplishments and Looking Ahead - Chapter 9 - Module P: Parenting the Emotional Adolescent - PART TWO: CHILDREN (UP-C) - Chapter 10 - Introduction to the Unified Protocol for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children (UP-C) - Chapter 11 - UP-C Session 1: Introduction to the Unified Protocol for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children - C Skill: Consider How I Feel - Chapter 12 - UP-C Session 2: Getting to Know Your Emotions - C Skill: Consider How I Feel - Chapter 13 - UP-C Session 3: Using Science Experiments to Change our Emotions and Behavior - C Skill: Consider How I Feel - Chapter 14 - UP-C Session 4: Our Body Clues - C Skill: Consider How I Feel - Chapter 15 - UP-C Session 5: Look at My Thoughts - L Skill: Look at My Thoughts - Chapter 16 - UP-C Session 6: Use Detective Thinking - U Skill: Use Detective Thinking and Problem Solving - Chapter 17 - UP-C Session 7: Problem Solving and Conflict Management - U Skill: Use Detective Thinking and Problem Solving - Chapter 18 - UP-C Session 8: Awareness of Emotional Experiences - E Skill: Experience My Feelings - Chapter 19 - UP-C Session 9: Introduction to Emotion Exposure - E Skill: Experience My Feelings - Chapter 20 - UP-C Session 10: Facing Our Feelings-Part 1 - E Skill: Experience My Feelings - Chapter 21 - UP-C Sessions 11-14: Facing Our Feelings-Part 2 - E Skill: Experience My Feelings - Chapter 22 - UP-C Session 15: Wrap Up and Relapse Prevention - S Skill: Stay Healthy and Happy - PART THREE: VARIATIONS AND ADAPTATIONS - Chapter 23 - UP Group and Individual Therapy Variations, Other Adaptations - Considerations for adapting UP-A and UP-C for use with different populations