Transdiagnostic CBT for Anxiety Disorders

Transdiagnostic Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the Treatment of Emotional Disorders: A Group Case Study

“…This case study illustrates the significant amount of natural overlap between the emotional disorders as a consequence of shared risk factors, with each client participating in the group commencing treatment with a principal depressive disorder diagnosis coupled with a co-principal and/or comorbid anxiety disorder diagnosis. The qualitative and quantitative data collected as part of the study, although preliminary, support the theory of an underlying core pathology for emotional disorders (Barlow et al, 2004;Barrera et al, 2014;Norton & Paulus, 2016, 2017 as outlined in the theoretical and research basis for treatment component of this article. The case study demonstrated how addressing shared mechanisms (i.e., automatic thoughts, core beliefs, and avoidance) inherent in emotional disorders that maintain the symptoms (Bullis et al, 2015) targets the underlying core pathology and assists with alleviating both depressive and anxiety symptoms and improves high negative affectivity more broadly.…”

“…A recent shift in the conceptualization of both depressive and anxiety disorders suggests that rather than viewing and treating these disorders as several distinct categories as those presented in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ( DSM-5 ; American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013) and previous iterations, they better fit within the more inclusive classification of emotional disorders (Barlow, Allen, & Choate, 2004; Norton & Paulus, 2016, 2017). With more similarities than differences, several commonalities suggest an underlying core pathology that manifests in emotional disorders (Barrera, Smith, & Norton, 2014). Emotional disorders share underlying temperament factors such as high neuroticism, low extraversion, low distress tolerance, and experiential avoidance, and these factors may impact on the development and maintenance of the disorders over the life span (Sherman, Tonarely, & Ehrenreich-May, 2018).…”

“…pathology that manifests in emotional disorders (Barrera, Smith, & Norton, 2014). Emotional disorders share underlying temperament factors such as high neuroticism, low extraversion, low distress tolerance, and experiential avoidance, and these factors may impact on the development and maintenance of the disorders over the life span (Sherman, Tonarely, & Ehrenreich-May, 2018).…”

Abordajes transdiagnósticos en los trastornos emocionales a nivel iberoamericano: una revisión crítica

“…Adaptado a distintos diseños terapéuticos, incluyendo formatos individuales, grupales y en línea, ha evidenciado su eficacia en todas sus modalidades (Sakiris y Berle, 2019). Con cinco módulos principales diseñados para abordar el procesamiento y regulación de la emoción y tres módulos adicionales dirigidos a componentes motivacionales, psicoeducativos y prevención de recaídas, el PU se centra en la regulación emocional y aborda los mecanismos patogénicos comunes identificados en los trastornos de ansiedad y depresión, más que en la sintomatología específica de cada diagnóstico (Barrera et al, 2014). De esta manera, y considerando la evidencia científica disponible, su principal ventaja reside en su eficacia para conseguir resultados similares a los observados por la TCC tradicional enfocada en el diagnóstico, con la ventaja añadida que permite a través de un abordaje unificado el tratamiento de todas las condiciones diagnósticas alineadas bajo la etiqueta de TEs.…”