Frank Wills (Independent Practitioner and UK Researcher)

Beck's Cognitive Therapy

Distinctive Features 2nd Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Beck's Cognitive Therapy explores the key contributions made by Aaron T. Beck to the development of cognitive behaviour therapy.

Produktdetails

• CBT Distinctive Features
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 122mm x 184mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 188g
• ISBN-13: 9780367519476
• ISBN-10: 036751947X
• Artikelnr.: 62113765

Autorenporträt

Frank Wills has been a cognitive therapist, author, and trainer over many years. He has been keen to promote a pluralistic model of practice that is grounded in emotional and interpersonal, as well as cognitive, skills.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: From Kraepelin to Beck to us; Part I: THEORY; 1. Aaron. T.
Beck: His life and the development of the principles of cognitive therapy;
2. Problem areas in psychological functioning are marked out by specific
cognitive themes and processes; 3. Cognitive therapy addresses a variety of
levels and types of cognition: We begin with Beck's discovery of 'automatic
thoughts'; 4. Cognitive distortions play a key role in psychological
problems; 5. Cognitive organisation is underpinned by deep modes, schemas,
beliefs, and assumptions; 6: Cognitive therapy draws richly on evolutionary
theory; 7. Images also reflect key elements of cognitive distortions; 8.
Cognition, emotion, behaviour, and physiology interact with mutual and
reciprocal influence on each other; 9. Safety behaviours, including
avoidance, over-preparation, and reassurance-seeking, play a major role in
maintaining anxiety; 10. Understanding the role of negative biases in
attention strengthens cognitive therapy; 11. Metacognitive analysis
strengthens our understanding of psychopathology; 12. Mindfulness has added
power and subtlety to cognitive therapy; 13. Cognitive therapy is a
formulation-driven and conceptualisation-driven form of psychological
therapy; 14. Beckian epistemology has a clear research process for
developing appropriate therapeutic knowledge; 15. Therapy protocols have
played a role in the development of the cognitive approach; Part II:
PRACTICE; 16. Cognitive therapy requires a collaborative therapeutic
relationship; 17. Cognitive therapists, like other therapists, use
conceptualisations to tackle interpersonal and alliance issues; 18.
Cognitive therapy is, at least initially, a time-sensitive and relatively
structured form of therapy; 19. Cognitive therapy is problem- and
goal-oriented, and is focused, initially at least, on 'here and now'
functioning; 20. Cognitive therapy has an educational focus and uses
regular homework; 21. Cognitive therapy has a well-identified set of
methods and skills; 22. Cognitive therapy builds on the identification of
unhelpful automatic thoughts; 23. Cognitive therapists teach clients to
evaluate and then respond to their negative thoughts; 24. Cognitive
therapists have developed methods for identifying beliefs and schemas; 25.
Cognitive therapy has methods for working on unhelpful beliefs and schemas;
26. Cognitive therapy has been strengthened by including interventions
focused on emotions and imagery; 27. Cognitive therapists use a variety of
methods to promote behaviour change; 28. Cognitive therapy has developed
new ways of working with cognitive processes, especially via mindfulness;
29. Cognitive therapists are key participants in large systems delivering
psychological therapy; 30. Cognitive therapy aspires to be a unifying
model: Both in terms of using concepts and skills from other therapies, and
of offering them its own methods; Concluding comments: Let's all raise a
glass to Aaron 'Tim' Beck