Cognitive Therapy and the Emotional Disorders - Paperback
by Aaron T. Beck (Author)
Is the emotionally disturbed person a victim of forces beyond his awareness, over which he has no control? This is the belief on which neuropsychiatry, psychoanalysis, and behavior therapy are all based. But what if this premise is wrong? What if a person's psychological difficulties stem from his own erroneous assumptions and faulty concepts of himself and the world? Such a person can be helped to recognize and correct distortions in thinking that cause his emotional disturbance.
Now one of the founders of cognitive therapy has written a clear, comprehensive guide to its theory and practice, highlighting such important concepts as: - Learning the meaning of hidden messagesAaron T. Beck received his M.D. degree from the Yale University School of Medicine and was certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Beck is a Professor of Psychiatry at the School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, President of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, a member of the visiting staff of the Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital, and consultant to the Philadelphia Veterans Administration Hospital.
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