I.Theory and Metatheory of Cognitive Therapy
1.Theory
2.Metatheory
3.Cognitive Mediation of Consequences
II.Cognitive Therapy and Psychotherapy Integration
4.An Analysis of Integrative Ideology
5.Cognitive Theory as an Integrative Theory for Clinical
Practice
III. Cognitive Therapy as Integrative Therapy: Examples in Theory
and Clinical Practice
6.Panic Disorder: The Convergence of Conditioning and Cognitive
Models
7.Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
Brad A. Alford, Ph.D., a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology (ABPP), is currently Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Scranton, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Mississippi for training in clinical psychology and applied behaviorism, and later was a Fellow at the Center for Cognitive Therapy, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Dr. Alford's research and publications have examined empirical, theoretical, and philosophical aspects of behaviorism and cognitive therapy. Aaron T. Beck, MD, until his death in 2021, was University Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and President Emeritus of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Internationally recognized as the founder of cognitive therapy, Dr. Beck has been credited with shaping the face of American psychiatry, and was cited by The American Psychologist as “one of the five most influential psychotherapists of all time.” Dr. Beck was the recipient of awards including the Albert Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association, the Distinguished Service Award from the American Psychiatric Association, the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award in Applied Psychology from the Association for Psychological Science, and the Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health and Gustav O. Lienhard Award from the Institute of Medicine. He authored or edited numerous books for professionals and the general public.
"In this scholarly and clinically informed volume, we are treated
to a thinking man's (and woman's) approach to cognitive therapy
that is as respectful of the need for a coherent theory of human
functioning as it is of clinically informed practice. Alford and
Beck do not shy away from the broadly philosophical and
metatheoretical concepts that undergird cognitive therapy or, for
that matter, any therapy worthy of our attention. The authors
convincingly demonstrate the integrative nature of cognitive
therapy in a way that will be of great interest to therapists of
any theoretical stripe. This very sophisticated volume is ideal for
use in educating the next generation of cognitive and integrative
therapists." --Stanley B. Messer, Ph.D., Professor and Chairman,
Department of Clinical Psychology, Rutgers University
"Tim Beck is to dynamic psychotherapy as Mikhail Gorbachov is to
Soviet Russia: both promised reform and improvement, but
effectively swept away the old order. But whereas Gorbachov did not
manage to pursue a leadership role in the new Russian Federation,
Tim Beck effortlessly sweeps all before him --and applies his
creative intelligence to fresh problems in our subject." --Sir
David Goldberg, Maudsley Hospital, London
"A broad-ranging, sophisticated, and fascinating text. The authors
tackle some of the most difficult issues in cognitive therapy head
on. The nature of causation in cognitive therapy, prospects and
pitfalls of psychotherapy integration, the relation between
conditioning and cognitive models, developments in theory and
treatment of personality disorders and psychoses, and many other
important topics are thoughtfully addressed. Anyone interested in
cognitive therapy is likely to find this book a veritable treasure
trove." --David M. Clark,
D. Phil, Professor of Psychiatry, Oxford University
"This is a very thoughtful, scholarly and comprehensive monograph
which successfully integrates the past development, the present
status and the future of cognitive-behavioral approaches into a
single, cohesive theory of psychopathology and the
psychotherapeutic process. Only the brilliant and creative
innovator of cognitive and behavioral therapy, Dr. Aaron Beck,
could have written this monograph with as much insight, knowledge
and scholarship that has gone into this very important work. In
some ways, this monograph is long overdue, since it provides a
sound theoretical basis of the development of this very important
empirically proven psychotherapeutic technique and extends into an
understanding of all human psychopathology. It is a prodigious
work, which interestingly uses two examples in the cognitive
behavioral therapy, that of panic disorder and schizophrenic
delusions, not as commonly identified with the cognitive behavioral
approach as the depressive disorders. This book is a 'must read'
for serious students, trainees, and practitioners of cognitive and
behavioral therapy and I would recommend it to all who are
interested in this very important psychotherapeutic approach to the
management of mental disorders, which has now become standard
practice in our field. Alford and Beck are to be congratulated for
undertaking this intellectually challenging integrative task in the
development of a comprehensive theory of psychopathology and
psychotherapeutic change based upon the cognitive-behavioral
model." --Lewis L. Judd, M.D., Mary Gilman Professor; Chair,
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego
- An important contribution to the ongoing dialogue concerning the
search for a unifying paradigm in psychology. --Journal of
Cognitive Psychotherapy, 7/15/1998ƒƒ Newcomers to cognitive therapy
should appreciate the introduction to and overview of Beck's
therapy....Readers who are cognitive therapists will also enjoy the
book...[as will] those seeking an introduction to the psychotherapy
integration movement...The book is concise and clearly written. The
authors present their arguments in a clear and well-organized
manner. --Contemporary Psychology, 7/15/1998
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