Cognitive Therapy: Basics and Beyond | 
 enlarge | Author: Judith S. Beck
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 338
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Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 6.4 x 1.3
ISBN: 0898628474
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.89142
EAN: 9780898628470
ASIN: 0898628474
Publication Date: May 19, 1995
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Product Description
Since its development in the 1960s as a structured, short-term psychotherapy for depression, cognitive therapy has come of age. Today the approach is successfully applied in the treatment of a broad range of psychological disorders, an evolution reflected in the myriad titles now available. Regardless of the disorder, all these applications are based on core, underlying principles, which are clearly articulated in this volume. Providing readers with a solid foundation for practice, Cognitive Therapy: Basics and Beyond delineates the fundamental building blocks of cognitive conceptualization and treatment.
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.
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 Solid September 29, 2008
Cognitive Therapy is written for the psychologist but it's an interesting and thoughtful approach to a topic (mental health) that can be read by anyone trying to get an understanding of their own processes.
Good for beginners June 30, 2008
This book is written with concrete examples of a very obvious cognitive case. In practice things are much more difficult or less approachable in cognitive terms. Still good to start getting a good idea about CBT.
Good for beginners June 30, 2008
This book is written with concrete examples of a very obvious cognitive case. In practice things are much more difficult or less approachable in cognitive terms. Still good to start getting a good idea about CBT.
 Great Read! June 13, 2008
I purchased this book as a precursor to my, just getting started, undergraduate education in Psychology. This book provided me with a means to both understand cognitive therapy and its application. In fact, I do not think it gets any more rudimentary then this, but with that said, it offers practical information beyond just the basics. The book is gracefully easy to read and will keep you interested and actively challenges you to participate, using yourself as a focus to understanding the application of therapy, by asking you to challenge your own core and intermediate beliefs and automatic thoughts.
While I'm sure cognitive therapy could be far more complex, if one sought to uncover its deepest understanding, this book offers a very practical guide for even the experts! Maybe I'm not qualified to say that, but it was a thought that crossed my mind numerous times while reading. "If I can understand this, without much training or practical experience, an expert on the subject matter could easily use it to guide and enhance their own application of cognitive therapy."
Anyway, if you are looking for something that is both basic and offers depth and practical use for cognitive therapy, I don't think you're going to find anything much better than this. It is a fantastic book, and I plan on re-reading it numerous times throughout my undergraduate studies and into graduate school. It will no doubt, become a valuable asset in honing my skills and knowledge of psychology.
WELL WORTH INVESTING IN.... March 22, 2008
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!
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