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 - SolidCognitive Therapy is written for the psychologist but it's an interesting and thoughtful approach to a topic (mental health) that can be read by anyone trying to get an understanding of their own processes. Rating: - Good for beginnersThis book is written with concrete examples of a very obvious cognitive case. In practice things are much more difficult or less approachable in cognitive terms. Still good to start getting a good idea about CBT. Rating: - Good for beginnersThis book is written with concrete examples of a very obvious cognitive case. In practice things are much more difficult or less approachable in cognitive terms. Still good to start getting a good idea about CBT. Rating:  - Great Read!I purchased this book as a precursor to my, just getting started, undergraduate education in Psychology. This book provided me with a means to both understand cognitive therapy and its application. In fact, I do not think it gets any more rudimentary then this, but with that said, it offers practical information beyond just the basics. The book is gracefully easy to read and will keep you interested and actively challenges you to participate, using yourself as a focus to understanding the application of therapy, by asking you to challenge your own core and intermediate beliefs and automatic thoughts. While I'm sure cognitive therapy could be far more complex, if one sought to uncover its deepest understanding, this book offers a very practical guide for even the experts! Maybe I'm not qualified to say that, but it was a thought that crossed my mind numerous times while reading. "If I can understand this, without much training or practical experience, an expert on the subject matter could easily use it to guide and enhance their own application of cognitive therapy." Anyway, if you are looking for something that is both basic and offers depth and practical use for cognitive therapy, I don't think you're going to find anything much better than this. It is a fantastic book, and I plan on re-reading it numerous times throughout my undergraduate studies and into graduate school. It will no doubt, become a valuable asset in honing my skills and knowledge of psychology. Rating: - WELL WORTH INVESTING IN....As a working adult, finishing my second Master's in Clinical Psych...and having NEVER acquired the art of speaking in psycho babble, I can say that Beck writes in PLAIN, UNDERSTANDABLE ENGLISH (gee, that's a novel idea!!!!). The older I get, the LESS impressed I become with academia and the more desirous I become of those who are able to communicate complex truth's in understandable fashion. Do yourself a favor...buy the dang book! In association with Amazon.com | |