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 - The Nuts and BultsThis book teaches the nuts and bolts of Cognitive Therapy. I first read this book as part of a graduate course on cognitive-behavioral therapy and have been using it as a reference book and an occasional refresher ever since. The book covers the most important structural and content components of cognitive therapy. It is didactic in format and interspersed with client/therapist dialogue illustrating various techniques and problem situations as well as the phases of therapy. This book is proof that Judith Beck is both a talented teacher and practitioner of cognitive therapy. Rating: - InformativeThis book was useful and had many good resource tools in it for use in sessions. It was basic and I am next reading the challenging problems in therapy book by the same author. I believe that will help with those clients that are not so receptive to change and counseling. Rating:  - came as orderedThe book came in a timely manner and arrived in new condition exactly as I ordered it. Very pleased. Rating: - Text for grad schoolThe book is easy to follow. Cognitive therapy seems like a good way to go, if you like things simple and organized. Rating: - Applications of Cognitive Behavioral TherapyThis text has two clear applications. First, it is a very good summary of techniques for the clinician, with multiple examples of tools available to conduct and reinforce CBT sessions and to maintain close patient involvement with accelerated self-management over time. Second, for intelligent, well informed patients (of well-informed family and friends) it can serve as design for some very useful self-management tools (or, for family / friends, a way to develop support tools). While I would not recommend this book for a lot of patients, there are certainly those who are motivated and will quickly adapt much of what Beck covers to supplement sessions with their therapist. One of the key aspects to optimal CBT is to address automatic negative thoughts early, and to work on ways to manage them and replace them with positive automatic thoughts. Judith Beck outlines this process and clarifies the stages of a typical therapy course in a manner that lays a foundation and builds of the work to be completed. Perhaps, for the clinician, the greatest value lies deeper in the book where several approaches are discussed about techniques to consider when the earlier approaches have failed or yielded questionable gains. Overall, an excellent resource for the basics of CBT. In association with Amazon.com | |