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Title: Cognitive Therapy: Basics and Beyond by Judith S. Beck ISBN: 0-89862-847-4 Publisher: Guilford Press Pub. Date: 19 May, 1995 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.56 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Introductory Resource
Comment: Cognitive therapy/cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is exploding in application to many clinical populations, however there is a need for a basic introduction to its principles. So far, this is the best text for this purpose. I use it in my class of doctoral clinical psychology students, and then have them pick one of the many other population-specific CBT texts. They find Beck to be easy reading, and it helps to talk about the simple cases described in Beck before moving to more complex cases.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent reference
Comment: This is an excellent introductory source for anyone who is interested in learning Cognitive Therapy. I am a Master's level Professional Counselor in training, and therefore, needed to learn the basics of Cognitive Therapy. The book progresses from the basics of Cognitive Therapy to using advanced techniques. One of the greatest challenges for a Cognitive Therapist is to "teach" the client how to practice Cogntive techniques on their own. Dr. beck does a great job of explaining the rationale, as well as ways to empower the client to be their own therapist.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent book for the literate patient
Comment: I was introduced to cognitive therapy by a therapist
who recommended David Burns's popular "Feeling Good
Handbook". That is certainly a good book to start with,
but I wanted to learn more so I went to a bookstore and
found this book by Judith Beck. It is actually a textbook
for therapists and is not addressed to patients at all.
Nevertheless I have found it very useful because it is
much more structured than Burns's books. I particularly
found her schema of automatic thoughts (also found in
Burns), intermediate beliefs and core beliefs (the latter
two not found in Burns) to be very helpful. My personal
conclusion is that Burns's less disciplined approach is
probably helpful for simpler kinds of problems, whereas
Beck's formalism is going to be more relevant once you
discover that you want or need to get down below the
surface. The strength of Burns's book is he provides
lots of exercises. Since Beck's book is a text for
the therapist, it does not have exercises for the
patient reading it as self help. If you are reasonably
dedicated you can (and must) create your own exercises.
If you think you can make that bridge from text to
self help, then this may be a good book for you.
[ By the way, I think that Burns's discussion of
communication techniques in his "Feeling Good Handbook"
is the single most useful treatment of that subject I
have found for the single person (he doesn't consider
how committed couples can work on their communication
issues together, but there are lots of couples books
for that).]
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Title: The New Handbook of Cognitive Therapy Techniques by Rian E. McMullin ISBN: 0393703134 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 2000 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Clinical Handbook of Psychological Disorders, Third Edition: A Step-by-Step Treatment Manual by David H. Barlow ISBN: 1572306114 Publisher: Guilford Press Pub. Date: 19 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $68.00 |
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Title: Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think by Dennis Greenberger, Christine Padesky ISBN: 0898621283 Publisher: Guilford Press Pub. Date: 15 March, 1995 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Cognitive Therapy of Depression by Aaron T. Beck, A. John Rush, Brian F. Shaw, Gary Emery ISBN: 0898629195 Publisher: Guilford Press Pub. Date: 04 February, 1987 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Anxiety Disorders and Phobias: A Cognitive Perspective by Ruth L., Ph.D. Greenberg, Aaron T., M.D. Beck, Gary Emery ISBN: 0465003850 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: December, 1990 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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