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).
Understanding anxiety -- Anxiety as adaptation -- The anxiety rule book -- "That's dangerous!" : specific phobia -- "I'm losing control" : panic disorder and agoraphobia -- "Never enough" : obsessive-compulsive disorder -- "Yeah, but what if--?" : generalized anxiety disorder --…
We live in the Age of Anxiety. The rates of overall anxiety have increased dramatically during the last 50 years. In fact, the average child today exhibits the same level of anxiety as the average psychiatric patient in the 1950s. We now know where it comes from, how it operates…
We live in the Age of Anxiety. The rates of overall anxiety have increased dramatically during the last 50 years. In fact, the average child today exhibits the same level of anxiety as the average psychiatric patient in the 1950s. We now know where it comes from, how it operates…
""Yet again I was screaming in the night" is the opening sentence in this book. The author decided to deliberately overcome her fear of spiders by observing and studying them, and learning as much as she could about them. As well as being an authoritative book on spiders this bo…
"Yet again I was screaming in the night" is the opening sentence in this book. The author decided to deliberately overcome her fear of spiders by observing and studying them, and learning as much as she could about them. As well as being an authoritative book on spiders this boo…