DOI: 10.5176/2251-1865_CBP13.69
Authors: Lisa C. Hoyman, Melissa E. Tamas, Nina M. Pacholec, Nathan Chow, Robert D. Friedberg, Rosa M. Poggesi, Brandi Schmeling, Laura Wetherbee
Abstract:
Self-monitoring in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a fundamental procedure. In fact, self-directed change and self-regulation are impossible without it. Self-monitoring offers young patients and their families essential information about targets for change, as well as, benchmarks for assessing progress. In addi-tion to being a CBT procedure, self-monitoring is also a thera-peutic process. Accordingly, this paper equips attendees with specific clinical strategies for applying self-monitoring proce-dures with young patients. Traditional and innovative methods for emotional, behavioral, and cognitive self-monitoring are dis-cussed. Finally, clinical processes for obtaining robust data from self-monitoring procedures are recommended.
Behavioral self-monitoring techniques are procedures that keep tabs on target behaviors. Traditional methods such as be-havior logs and hierarchies are described. Inventive techniques, which engage children, are introduced to attendees.
Cognitive self-monitoring methods offer a molecular look at children’s thoughts. A variety of conventional measures, which tap specific cognitive content, are examined. Creative ways to capture children’s cognitions are also presented.
Emotional self-monitoring is a way to attend to young pa-tients’ mood and feeling states. Traditional self-report measures for anxiety, depression, and anger are reviewed. Further, more idiographic, child-friendly methods such as feeling signals, ther-mometers, compasses, and rulers are explained.
Careful attention is devoted to obtaining good cognitive, emo-tional, and behavioral self-reports from young patients. Accord-ingly, guidelines for obtaining useful self-monitoring data are suggested.
Keywords: self-monitoring; CBT; child; youth; anxiety
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