The Integrative Power of Cognitive Therapy - Hardcover

Alford, Brad A.; Beck, Aaron T.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1572301716 ISBN 13: 9781572301719

Publisher: The Guilford Press, 1997

Synopsis

Shows how cognitive therapy can serve as an integrated paradigm for psychotherapy. Part I presents the theory and metatheory of cognitive therapy, and Part II discusses controversies facing the current psychotherapy integration movement. Part III offers clinical and theoretical vignettes of the use of integrated cognitive therapy in cases of panic disorder, schizophrenia, and other psychotic disorders. For researchers, students, and clinicians. Author Beck is considered the father of cognitive therapy. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About this title

About the Author:

Aaron T. Beck, MD, is the founder of cognitive therapy, University Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania, and President Emeritus of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Dr. Beck is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Albert Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award, the American Psychological Association (APA) Lifetime Achievement Award, the American Psychiatric Association Distinguished Service Award, the Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for Research in Neuropsychiatry, and the Institute of Medicine's Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health and Gustav O. Lienhard Award.

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I. Theory and Metatheory of Cognitive Therapy 1. Theory 2. Metatheory 3. Cognitive Mediation of Consequences II. Cognitive Therapy and Psychotherapy Integration 4. An Analysis of Integrative Ideology 5. Cognitive Theory as an Integrative Theory for Clinical Practice III. Cognitive Therapy as Integrative Therapy: Examples in Theory and Clinical Practice 6. Panic Disorder: The Convergence of Conditioning and Cognitive Models 7. Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders

About this edition

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1572301716
• ISBN 13: 9781572301719
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 197