Treating Depression

Peter Fisher is a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of Liverpool, UK. He has published over 50 articles and book chapters on metacognitive therapy and cognitive therapy, and is the co-author with Adrian Wells of Metacognitive Therapy: Distinctive Features (2009). He is a supervisor for the Metacognitive Therapy-Institute and has lectured and conducted workshops on metacognitive therapy nationally and internationally. Adrian Wells is Professor of Clinical and Experimental Psychopathology at the University of Manchester, UK, and Professor in Clinical Psychology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim. He is the originator of metacognitive therapy, a highly respected approach to understanding and treating psychological disorders. His publications include Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders (Wiley, 1997), which has become a benchmark text for therapists and Metacognitive Therapy for Anxiety and Depression (Guilford Press, 2008) the first treatment manual for MCT. He has published more than 200 scientific papers and articles.