From leading experts in behavioral activation research and clinical practice, this volume presents an empirically tested approach for helping clients overcome depression by becoming active and engaged in their own lives. Behavioral activation is a stand-alone treatment whose principles can be integrated easily with other approaches that therapists already use. Guidelines are presented for identifying individualized treatment targets, monitoring and scheduling 'antidepressant' activities--experiences that are likely to be rewarding and pleasurable--and decreasing avoidance and ruminative thinking.

Introduction: the development of behavioral activation --The core principles of behavioral activation -- The structure and style of therapy -- Identifying the ingredients of the behavioral antidepressant -- Activity scheduling and structuring -- Solving problems and countering avoidance -- How thinking can be problematic behavior -- Troubleshooting problems with activation -- Tying it all together: relapse prevention and beyond.

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