Dedication To my father, Aaron T. Beck, and the wonderful staff of the Beck Institute for Cogniti...
About the Author vii Judith S. Beck, PhD, is President of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavi...
Foreword ix I am delighted that this third edition of Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyo...
Preface xiii I ’m excited to introduce this third edition of Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics a...
Acknowledgments xv A t the age of 98, Aaron Beck, my father, is still teaching me about cognitive...
Contents xvii 1. Introduction to Cognitive Behavior Therapy 2. Overview of Treatment 3. Cog...
1. Introduction to Cognitive Behavior Therapy A be1 is a 55-year-old divorced man of European her...
2. Overview of Treatment I n this chapter, you’ll read about CBT principles of treatment. While C...
3. Cognitive Conceptualization A cognitive conceptualization is the cornerstone of CBT. You’ll be...
4. The Therapeutic Relationship I think it’s an act of courage for most clients to enter treatmen...
5. The Evaluation Session E ffective CBT requires you to evaluate clients thoroughly, so you can ...
6. The First Therapy Session T he most important objective in the first session is to inspire hop...
7. Activity Scheduling O ne of the most important initial steps for depressed clients is scheduli...
8. Action Plans A ction Plans (traditionally labeled as “homework”) should be considered an integ...
9. Treatment Planning I t’s helpful to view therapy as a journey, and the conceptualization as th...
10. Structuring Sessions B ecause you have so much to cover in Session 1, it has a different form...
11. Problems in Structuring Sessions M any clients become easily socialized to the usual structur...
12. Identifying Automatic Thoughts T o review, the cognitive model suggests that the interpretati...
13. Emotions E motions are of primary importance in CBT. After all, a major objective of treatmen...
14. Evaluating Automatic Thoughts C lients have hundreds or thousands of thoughts a day, some dys...
15. Responding to Automatic Thoughts T he previous chapter demonstrated how to help clients evalu...
16. Integrating Mindfulness into CBT M indfulness has been studied intensively, sometimes as a st...
17. Introduction to Beliefs I n previous chapters, you learned how to identify and modify automat...
18. Modifying Beliefs I n the previous chapter, we discussed how to identify important positive a...
19. Additional Techniques W e’ve already covered many basic CBT techniques in this book, among th...
20. Imagery M any clients experience automatic thoughts not only as unspoken words in their minds...
21. Termination and Relapse Prevention R esearch shows that sessions focused on relapse preventio...
22. Problems in Therapy P roblems of one kind or another arise with many clients. Even experience...
Appendix A. CBT Resources For principles of CBT, worksheets, videos, conceptualization diagrams, ...
Appendix B. Beck Institute Case Write‑Up: Summary and Conceptualization PART ONE: INTAKE INFORMAT...
Appendix C. Steps in the AWARE Technique Accept anxiety. Anxiety is natural, normal, and necessa...
Appendix D. Restructuring the Meaning of Early Memories through Experiential Techniques I have pu...
References Abbott, R. A., Whear, R., Rodgers, L. R., Bethel, A., Coon, J. T., Kuyken, W., . . . D...
Index Abe (case example) Action Plan dealing with negative predictions, 153–154 dealing with proc...
