Cognitive Therapy and the Emotional Disorders

Cognitive Therapy and the Emotional Disorders by Aaron T Beck Md

Is the emotionally disturbed person a victim of forces beyond his awareness, over which he has no control? This is the belief on which neuropsychiatry, psychoanalysis, and behavior therapy are all based. But what if this premise is wrong? What if a person's psychological difficulties stem from his own erroneous assumptions and faulty concepts of himself and the world? Such a person can be helped to recognize and correct distortions in thinking that cause his emotional disturbance.

Now one of the founders of cognitive therapy has written a clear, comprehensive guide to its theory and practice, highlighting such important concepts as:

- Learning the meaning of hidden messages
- Listening to your automatic thoughts
- The role of sadness, anger, and anxiety
- Understanding and overcoming phobias and depression
- Applying the cognitive system of therapy to specific problems

A book by a significant contributor to our knowledge. immensely readable, logical, and coherent. This is Beck at his best.--Psychiatry

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 awards including the Albert Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association, the Distinguished Service Award from the American Psychiatric Association, the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award in Applied Psychology from the Association for Psychological Science, and the Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health and Gustav O. Lienhard Award from the Institute of Medicine. He is author or editor of numerous books for professionals and the general public.

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ISBN 13	9780452009288
ISBN 10	0452009286
Title	Cognitive Therapy and the Emotional Disorders
Author	Aaron T Beck Md
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	1979-10-01
Number of pages	368
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