"Cool Kids" in Denmark: Continuing Reflections on a Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Group for Anxious Youth

Mikael Thastum; Irene Lundkvist-Houndoumadi

doi:10.14713/pcsp.v9i3.1829

"Cool Kids" in Denmark: Continuing Reflections on a Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Group for Anxious Youth

Authors

Mikael Thastum
Irene Lundkvist-Houndoumadi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14713/pcsp.v9i3.1829

Keywords:

case studies, clinical case studies, child anxiety, cognitive behavioral treatment, group treatment, non-responders, parental involvement, stepped-care treatment

Abstract

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.

Author Biographies

Mikael Thastum

Man Fishman, Ph.D. Editor-in-Chief, Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy Professor of Clinical and Organizational Psychology Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology Rutgers University Mailing address: 57 Jaffray Court Irvington, NY 10533 914-693-8549 fax: 603-917-2567 email: dfish96198@aol.com

Irene Lundkvist-Houndoumadi

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Published

2013-10-27

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 3 (2013)

Section

Part 2: Comments on Case Studies From a "Cool Kids" Therapy Group (Presented in Vol. 9, No. 2)

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