Mensen met een sociale angststoornis zijn bang dat anderen hen negatief evalueren en kunnen zich gespannen voelen in sociale situaties die bijna iedereen moeilijk vindt. Ze denken sneller en vaker dan anderen dat ze dom, raar, zwak, minder, vervelend, irritant, saai, oninteressa…
The 15th anniversary edition of this foundation work on cognitive therapy features a new introduction by Aaron Beck, in which he offers an up-to-date appraisal of the current state of cognitive therapy and its application to the treatment of phobias and anxiety.
"Aaron T. Beck and his two colleagues show how the basic concepts of cognitive therapy, used successfully for many years in treating depression, are also highly effective in treating people who suffer from anxiety and phobias. The widely acclaimed "father of cognitive psychother…
"By one of the leaders in the field of cognitive therapy, this is a thorough and readily applicable guide to the cognitive structures and restructuring techniques for generalized anxiety, panic, simple phobia, agoraphobia, and social phobia."--Core Readings in Psychiatry (1995).
