Synopses & Reviews
Review
"Fresh ideas [are] evident in this rich collection, edited by one of the leading contributors to the advance of cognitive-behavioral therapy. There are excellent and up-to-date chapters on a full range of psychological problems." --From the Foreword by S. Rachman, PhD
"A masterful compilation illustrating cognitive therapy's impact on psychiatry and clinical psychology. The widespread application of cognitive therapy across continents and syndromes is indicative of the wide dissemination of this particular treatment modality. The broad spectrum is reflected in the adaptations of this treatment that extend across the lifespan." --David J. Kupfer, MD
"Aaron T. Beck has laid the foundation for an empirical, testable form of psychotherapy which is destined to be practiced well into the next century. It is a form of therapy that can be applied to a wide range of problems....[This book presents] a stimulating and wide-ranging set of chapters from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean....It describes progress being made in cognitive psychotherapy across a wide range of problems seen in clinical work." --Sir David Goldberg, DM, FRCP
Review
"Salkovskis...assembled a stellar group of theorists, researchers, and therapists to contribute....Will appeal particularly to therapists who apply the principles of cognitive therapy to many different kinds of problems, as well as to the rarer therapist who specializes in cognitive therapy for a particular disorder....Should be required reading by all psychotherapists, as well as by students in psychotherapy training, and their supervisors."--Contemporary Psychology
Review
"This erudite text...[brings] together many of the foremost researchers and clinicians in the field....The work achieves its goal of mapping the frontiers of cognitive therapy."--Psychiatric Services
Synopsis
Bringing together cognitive therapy clinicians, researchers, and theoreticians, this volume integrates the latest findings on the conceptualization and treatment of a range of psychological and psychiatric problems. From depression and anxiety, to eating disorders, hypochondriasis, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic, personality disorders, sexual problems, social phobia, and substance abuse, authors discuss the needs of individual patients and structuring effective interventions. Factors such as therapist competencey, the theraputic relationship and empathy are systematially examined. Chapters also consider the specific needs of populations such as children and adolescents and the mentally ill.
Synopsis
Bringing together leading experts in the field, this book explores how cognitive therapy has become a treatment of choice not just for depression but for such diverse problems as eating disorders, health anxiety, OCD, panic, personality disorders, sexual problems, social phobia, and substance abuse. Theoretical and clinical issues that apply to particular populations, including children, adolescents, and the medically ill, are discussed in detail. In addition, important issues related to therapist competency, the therapeutic relationship, and empathy are systematically examined.
About the Author
Paul M. Salkovskis, Ph.D., is Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow in Basic Biomedical Science and Honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry at Oxford University in England. A major contributor to the development of cognitive approaches who is well known for his clinical teaching and research presentations, he is author of more than 100 articles and chapters on anxiety and the editor of
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy.
Table of Contents
Contents
Foreword, S. Rachman
1. Beyond Belief: A Theory of Modes, Personality, and Psychopathology, Aaron T. Beck
2. Clinically Relevant Theory: Integrating Clinical Insight with Cognitive Science, John D. Teasdale
3. The Cognitive Approach to Anxiety: Threat Beliefs, Safety-Seeking Behavior, and the Special Case of Health Anxiety Obsessions, Paul M. Salkovskis
4. Empirical Status of the Cognitive Model of Anxiety and Depression, David A. Clark and Robert A. Steer
5. Memory Processes in Psychotherapy, J. Mark G. Williams
6. Biology and Cognitions in Depression: Does the Mind Know What the Brain Is Doing?, Jan E. Weissenburger and A. John Rush
7. Therapeutic Empathy in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Does it Really Make a Difference?, David D. Burns and Arthur Auerbach
8. Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders, Judith S. Beck
9. Schema-Focused Therapy, Lata K. McGinn and Jeffrey E. Young
10. Inpatient Cognitive Therapy, Jesse H. Wright
11. Cognitive Risk Factors in Suicide, Marjorie E. Weishaar
12. Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression, I. M. Blackburn
13. Developing Cognitive Therapist Competency: Teaching and Supervision Models, Christine A. Padesky
14. Cognitive Therapy in the Treatment and Prevention of Depression, Steven D. Hollon, Robert J. DeRubeis, and Mark D. Evans
15. Panic Disorder: From Theory to Therapy, David M. Clark
16. Cognitive Approaches to the Psychopathology and Treatment of Social Phobia, Dianne L. Chambless and Debra A. Hope
17. The Current Status of Cognitive-Behavioral Models of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa, Kelly M. Vitousek
18. Conceptualizing the Cognitive Component of Sexual Arousal: Implications for Sexuality Research and Treatment, Tracy Sbrocco and David H. Barlow
19. When Bad Things Happen to Rational People: Cognitive Therapy in Adverse Life Circumstances, Stirling Moorey
20. Treating Substance Use Disorders with Cognitive Therapy: Lessons Learned and Implications for the Future, Bruce S. Liese and Robert A. Franz
21. Emotional Disorders in Youth, Philip C. Kendall and Melissa J. Warman
Epilogue: Cognitive Therapy and Aaron T. Beck, Paul M. Salkovskis