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Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders: Therapist Guide
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The Unified Protocol (UP) for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders: Therapist Guide is a treatment programv applicable to all anxiety and unipolar depressive disorders and potentially other disorders with strong emotional components (e.g., eating disorders, borderline personality disorder). The UP for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders addresses neuroticism by targeting the aversive, avoidant reactions to emotions that, while providing relief in the short term, increase the likelihood of future negative emotions and maintains disorder symptoms. The strategies included in this treatment are largely based on common principles found in existing empirically supported psychological treatments—namely, fostering mindful emotion awareness, reevaluating automatic cognitive appraisals, changing action tendencies associated with the disordered emotions, and utilizing emotion exposure procedures. The focus of these core skills has been adjusted to specifically address core negative responses to emotional experiences.
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“Transdiagnostic approaches focus on shared processes across emotional disorders that maintain symptoms (Barlow et al., 2017; Tasca, Mikail, & Hewitt, 2020), as well as shared stressors and experiences across various CIDs that impact adaptation (Heijmans et al., 2004).”
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- Barlow, D. H., Farchione, T. J., Sauer-Zavala, S., Murray Latin, H., Ellard, K. K., Bullis, J. R., Bentley, K. H., Boettcher, H. T., & Cassiello-Robbins, C.
- Affiliations
- Boston University (US)
- Research Assistant Professor, Boston University
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Lexington VA Health Care System (US)
- ORCID
- Publisher
- Oxford University PressNew York
- Published
- 2017-11
- OpenAlex
- W4242722257
- Cited by
- 124
- References
- 46
- Citations by year
- 2026: 15 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 5.34
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Keywords
- Unified Protocol, transdiagnostic treatment, emotional disorders, anxiety disorders, major depressive disorder, neuroticism, emotion avoidance, cognitive appraisal, emotion regulation, therapist guide
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