How do cognitive-behavioral therapists adapt their techniques to work with children and adolescents? Give at least one specific example.

What will be an ideal response?


Cognitive-behavioral therapists working with children often adapt their interventions into games of various kinds. Such games include “Bravery Bingo,” in which a phobic child earns a token for each successful exposure on an anxiety hierarchy, and “Mr. OCD,” in which kids practice cognitive restructuring by refuting a Mr. OCD puppet who exhibits flawed logic.

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