Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Second Edition

Judith S. Beck, PhD, is President of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy (www.beckinstitute.org), which provides state-of-the-art training in CBT and offers online courses on a variety of CBT topics, including Essentials of CBT: The Beck Approach. She is also Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She has written nearly 100 articles and chapters as well as several books for professionals and consumers; has made hundreds of presentations, nationally and internationally, on topics related to CBT; and is the codeveloper of the Beck Youth Inventories and the Personality Belief Questionnaire. Dr. Beck is a founding fellow and past president of the Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies.

Foreword, Aaron T. Beck

1. Introduction to Cognitive Therapy 2. Overview of Treatment 3. Cognitive Conceptualization 4. The Evaluation Session 5. Structure of the First Therapy Session 6. Behavioral Activation 7. Session 2 and Beyond: Structure and Format 8. Problems with Structuring the Therapy Session 9. Identifying Automatic Thoughts 10. Identifying Emotions 11. Evaluating Automatic Thoughts 12. Responding to Automatic Thoughts 13. Identifying and Modifying Intermediate Beliefs 14. Identifying and Modifying Core Beliefs 15. Additional Cognitive and Behavioral Techniques 16. Imagery 17. Homework 18. Termination and Relapse Prevention 19. Treatment Planning 20. Problems in Therapy 21. Progressing as a Cognitive Therapist Appendices Appendix A. Cognitive Case Write-Up Appendix B. Cognitive Behavior Therapy Resources Appendix C. Cognitive Therapy Rating Scale