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 - 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. Rating: - Great, well-written and deep introductionThis is an excellent book for both clients and therapists. It presents cognitive therapy concepts without jargon in a straightforward and practical manner. This text is well-organized and covers all the most important points of cognitive therapy. It also does go well beyond the basics and makes a useful reference book. I have read a lot of books on cognitive therapy and this is my favorite. It is dense, yet very readable without a lot of unnecessary detail. Rating: - Cognitive Therapy: Basics and BeyondI am a patient that got more help from reading part of this book than I have from 11 years of therapy Rating:  - Cognitive therapy- a primer.Excellent source of primary information on the techniques involving cognitive therapy. Rating: - Very comprehensive and well-organized textDr. Beck has done a great job with this text. She discusses everything from structuring the first session to identifying, evaluating, and responding to feelings, thoughts, and beliefs to various assignments and treatment planning. She even addresses relapse prevention and how to tackle various problems in therapy. This book is a great resource, particularly for those new to cognitive therapy. It is also useful, however, as a refresher for those of us who have been practicing awhile. In association with Amazon.com | |