The Integrative Power of Cognitive Therapy - Softcover

Alford, Brad A.; Beck, Aaron T.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572303964 ISBN 13: 9781572303966

Publisher: The Guilford Press, 1998

Synopsis

This volume presents a comprehensive statement of cognitive theory and maps the dynamic evolution of cognitive therapy into a multidimensional approach applicable to an impressive range of problems. The authors also show how cognitive therapy meets the aims and criteria of the current psychotherapy integration movement, incorporating as it does elements of interpersonal, behavioral, and psychodynamic approaches.

About this title

About the Author:

Brad A. Alford, Ph.D., a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology (ABPP), is currently Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Scranton, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Mississippi for training in clinical psychology and applied behaviorism, and later was a Fellow at the Center for Cognitive Therapy, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Dr. Alford's research and publications have examined empirical, theoretical, and philosophical aspects of behaviorism and cognitive therapy.

Aaron T. Beck, MD, is University Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the founder of cognitive therapy. He has published more than 21 books and over 560 articles in professional and scientific journals. Dr. Beck is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health, the Albert Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award, the Gustav O. Lienhard Award, the American Psychological Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the American Psychiatric Association Distinguished Service Award, and the Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for Research in Neuropsychiatry. He is President of The Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research and Honorary President of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy.

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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: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1572303964
• ISBN 13: 9781572303966
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 197