Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents

The Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents suggest that there may a simple and efficient method of utilizing effective treatment strategies, such as those commonly included in CBT, in a manner that addresses the broad array of emotional disorder symptoms in children and adolescents. The Unified Protocol for children and adolescents comprises a Therapist Guide, as well as two Workbooks, one for children, and one for adolescents.

Jill Ehrenreich-May, PhD, is Associate Professor and Director of the Child and Adolescent Mood and Anxiety Treatment (CAMAT) program in the Child Division of the Department of Psychology at the University of Miami.
Sarah M. Kennedy, PhD, is a postdoctoral fellow at Children's Hospital Colorado, where she provides clinical services and conducts research on transdiagnostic approaches to assessment and treatment of emotional disorders in youth.
Jamie A. Sherman, MS, is a doctoral candidate in the child clinical psychology program at the University of Miami.
Emily L. Bilek, PhD, is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan in the Department of Psychiatry.
Brian A. Buzzella, PhD, ABPP, is currently Director of the VA San Diego's Family Mental Health Program and H. S. Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California San Diego.
Shannon M. Bennett, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine, and is the Director of Psychology for the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
David H. Barlow, PhD, ABPP, is Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology Emeritus at Boston University and the Founder and Director of the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Emeritus.

Introduction to the Unified Protocols for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children (UP-C) and Adolescents (UP-A)
PART ONE: ADOLESCENTS (UP-A)
Chapter 1
Core Module 1: Building and Keeping Motivation
Chapter 2
Core Module 2: Getting to Know your Emotions and Behaviors
Chapter 3
Core Module 3: Introduction to Emotion-Focused Behavioral Experiments
Chapter 4
Core Module 4: Awareness of Physical Sensations
Chapter 5
Core Module 5: Being Flexible in Your Thinking
Chapter 6
Core Module 6: Awareness of Emotional Experiences
Chapter 7
Core Module 7: Situational Emotion Exposure
Chapter 8
Core Module 8: Reviewing Accomplishments and Looking Ahead
Chapter 9
Module P: Parenting the Emotional Adolescent
PART TWO: CHILDREN (UP-C)
Chapter 10
Introduction to the Unified Protocol for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children (UP-C)
Chapter 11
UP-C Session 1: Introduction to the Unified Protocol for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children
C Skill: Consider How I Feel
Chapter 12
UP-C Session 2: Getting to Know Your Emotions
C Skill: Consider How I Feel
Chapter 13
UP-C Session 3: Using Science Experiments to Change our Emotions and Behavior
C Skill: Consider How I Feel
Chapter 14
UP-C Session 4: Our Body Clues
C Skill: Consider How I Feel
Chapter 15
UP-C Session 5: Look at My Thoughts
L Skill: Look at My Thoughts
Chapter 16
UP-C Session 6: Use Detective Thinking
U Skill: Use Detective Thinking and Problem Solving
Chapter 17
UP-C Session 7: Problem Solving and Conflict Management
U Skill: Use Detective Thinking and Problem Solving
Chapter 18
UP-C Session 8: Awareness of Emotional Experiences
E Skill: Experience My Feelings
Chapter 19
UP-C Session 9: Introduction to Emotion Exposure
E Skill: Experience My Feelings
Chapter 20
UP-C Session 10: Facing Our Feelings-Part 1
E Skill: Experience My Feelings
Chapter 21
UP-C Sessions 11-14: Facing Our Feelings-Part 2
E Skill: Experience My Feelings
Chapter 22
UP-C Session 15: Wrap Up and Relapse Prevention
S Skill: Stay Healthy and Happy
PART THREE: VARIATIONS AND ADAPTATIONS
Chapter 23
UP Group and Individual Therapy Variations, Other Adaptations
Considerations for adapting UP-A and UP-C for use with different populations