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Cognitive Therapy: Basics and Beyond
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Written in a clear, step-by-step style, this text helps therapists sharpen their conceptualization skills, plan more effective treatment, expand their repertoire of techniques, and trouble-shoot difficulties. Throughout the volume, the author offers clinical examples and transcripts drawn from one patient's treatment to illuminate the narrative and illustrate cognitive therapy in action.
Introductory chapters describe how to conceptualize clients according to the cognitive model, plan and conduct the first session, identify initial problems and goals, and structure therapy within and across sessions. Then the basic steps for conducting cognitive therapy are presented, with specific instruction on how to identify, evaluate, and respond to a client's automatic thoughts. Effective strategies for modifying underlying assumptions and core beliefs are also explicated.
Methods for increasing homework compliance, preparing for termination, and preventing relapse are laid out. Even experienced cognitive therapists will find new strategies and insights in chapters on planning treatment, diagnosing problems, using imagery, and bringing about behavioral change.
In addition to numerous practical suggestions, this volume features a variety of sample patient worksheets and appendices that detail resource materials and reading lists for both the practitioner and the client. A final chapter offers guidance in progressing as a cognitive therapist.
An important resource for any therapist's shelf, Cognitive Therapy: Basics and Beyond is necessary reading for the practitioner or student new to cognitive therapy who wants to learn about this tested approach, and for the clinician already practicing cognitive therapy who wants to learn the cutting-edge strategies of conceptualization and treatment.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #7184 in Books
- Published on: 1995-05-19
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 338 pages
Editorial Reviews
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"Dr. Beck has provided a clearly written description of cognitive therapy, with helpful examples, that fills a need in the process of teaching and training students of cognitive therapy." --James L. Shenk, Ph.D., California School of Professional Psychology, course: Individual Psychotherapy: Cognitive
"....A superb textbook that fully realizes the promise of its title....This is essential reading for any student or therapist new to cognitive therapy, but even experienced therapists will find the author's ideas a rich source for enhanced skill-building." --Riki Koenigsberg, Ph.D. in Readings
"This is a most useful manual for beginning students and clinicians in mental health professions. Its emphasis on the pragmatics of cognitive therapy makes it a valuable tool for therapy educators and supervisors. Among the existing books on cognitive therapy that emphasize its theoretical foundations, this stands out as a concise, practical guide.****" --Sara J. Knight, PhD, Northwestern University Medical Schools
"An unusually detailed and clear description of Aaron T. Beck's cognitive therapy, with some notable additions by his daughter and colleague, Judith S. Beck. A definitive, comprehensive guidebook that creatively covers the ground of cognitive-behavioral therapy." --Albert Ellis, Ph.D., President, Institute for Rational-Emotive Therapy, NY, Author of A New Guide to Rational Living
"Judith Beck has written an uncommonly useful text both for therapists who want to learn about the concepts and procedures of cognitive therapy as well as for those involved in clinical teaching and supervision. All too often the phrase `cognitive therapy' is applied to any effort at helping people construe their world in more productive ways. But it is more subtle and more complex than simply telling a person to stop thinking in a particular way. This lucid, informative book makes the job of understanding cognitive therapy and how to apply it a good deal clearer and easier. I look forward to assigning it to my graduate students." --Gerald C. Davison, Ph.D., Dean and Professor of Psychology, Annenberg School for Communication, Univ of Southern California; Past President, Assoc for Advancement of Behavior Therapy
"...a practical, no-nonsense text that is extremely conprehensive and reader-friendly. Throughout the book, Ms. Beck offers clinical examples taken from actual transcripts of therapy sessions that clearly and practically illustrate each technique and concept...an important, timely, and valuable resource for psychiatric professionals who engage in formal cognitive behavioral therapy or who practice cognitive behavioral techniques in other contexts. This text provides a clarity of conceptualization and a review of techniques that will prove extremely useful to students as well as experienced therapists. This volume certainly will serve as the basic text for cognitive behavioral therapists and should be necessary reading for psychiatric professionals." --D. Thomas Blair in Journal of Psychosocial Nursing
"This is not just another book about cognitive therapy, or even abouth Aaron Beck's official brand of cognitive therapy. This book is really written for therapists and those training therapists. The essence of this book is not only a clear and scholarly presentation of cognitive therapy, but straight advice on how to overcome specific problems in introducing a patient (or therapist in training) to cognitive therapy. The appendixes include a case summary worksheet, reaading list for therapists, reading list for patients, and other resources." --Clinical Gerontologist
"An invaluable text for mental health professionals who want a theoretical and pragmatic reference in their attempts to deal effectively with managed care....This product is complemented by contemporary clinical examples, giving the reader a sense of empowerment about his or her own clinical potential as a cognitive therapist....Whether readers are graduate students getting their first exposure to cognitive therapy or seasoned professionals wanting a refresher on cognitive theory, Dr. Beck's book will satisfy most all professional training needs." --Psychiatric Services
" This valuable resource will enable therapists to strengthen their skills in cognitive therapy, a therapeutic approach whose effectiveness is repeatedly supported in research trials." --The Psychotherapy Newsletter, April 1996, Nancy Rosen, MSW, Executive Director of Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service of Tompkins County in Ithaca, NY
Named one of the "Best Books of the Year" (1996) by Doody's Rating Service
Gerald C. Davison, Ph.D., Dean and Professor of Psychology, Annenberg School for Communication, Univ of Southern California; Past President, Assoc for Advancement of Behavior Therapy
This lucid, informative book makes the job of understanding cognitive therapy and how to apply it a good deal clearer and easier. I look forward to assigning it to my graduate students
Readings, June 1996
....A superb textbook that fully realizes the promise of its title....This is essential reading for any student or therapist new to cognitive therapy, but even experienced therapists will find the author's ideas a rich source for enhanced skill-building
Customer Reviews
WELL WORTH INVESTING IN....
As a working adult, finishing my second Master's in Clinical Psych...and having NEVER acquired the art of speaking in psycho babble, I can say that Beck writes in PLAIN, UNDERSTANDABLE ENGLISH (gee, that's a novel idea!!!!). The older I get, the LESS impressed I become with academia and the more desirous I become of those who are able to communicate complex truth's in understandable fashion.
Do yourself a favor...buy the dang book!
Get This Book
One of my all time favorites. I'm not an M.D., Psychologist or even a very smart person, but the lessons in this book about self-evaluation and rational observation are crucial for all people. True it's geared to teach the very basics of Cognitive Therapy in a Clinical setting; I must say its applications are nearly endless. Take me for example. With this book under my belt I feel as if I've been given years of therapy in only a few hundred pages. I'm not kidding you. Not only that but I can usually always put my friends' fears, anxieties and whining to rest simply by mimicking the scenarios found within this wonderful text. Beck is a genius, his daughter is his disciple. Are you all about observing your life in a more rational fashion thereby alleviating your negative reactions to what you believe to be "not the end of the world" problems? Or do you need help counseling your needy friends? All I have to say is Enjoy. I read it at least once every year.
The Nuts and Bults
This book teaches the nuts and bolts of Cognitive Therapy. I first read this book as part of a graduate course on cognitive-behavioral therapy and have been using it as a reference book and an occasional refresher ever since. The book covers the most important structural and content components of cognitive therapy. It is didactic in format and interspersed with client/therapist dialogue illustrating various techniques and problem situations as well as the phases of therapy. This book is proof that Judith Beck is both a talented teacher and practitioner of cognitive therapy.
