In Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Social Anxiety, Amy Wenzel demonstrates the execution of this system of psychotherapy, which is based on the premise that inaccurate and unhelpful ways of thinking about oneself, the world, and the future have the potential to cause, exacerbate, and maintain emotional distress. Cognitive behavioural therapy's ......
Demonstrates this empirically validated approach over the course of six sessions with one client. Cognitive behavioral theory posits that modifying ones thoughts can change not only cognitions, but also behaviours and feelings. Similarly, behavioural strategies can produce fairly immediate reductions in emotional distress, while also serving as ......
In engaging language, this slim and approachable volume follows the typical sequence of delivering CBT to a client, with chapters focusing on assessment, case conceptualizations, core beliefs, behavioural strategies, problem-solving strategies, cultural responsiveness, and techniques to address distorted thinking.
Brings the study of cognitive dissonance into the 21st century. Contributors survey discoveries about the role dissonance plays in a variety of information processes, as well as connections between dissonance processes and other motivational processes. Mathematical and action-based models that summarize how dissonance works are also presented.
This volume discusses the popularly used cognitive tasks in applied research, including the Stroop, Selective Attention, Implicit Memory, Directed Forgetting, and Autobiographical Memory tasks.
Demonstrates and discusses essential techniques for helping clients identify distorted thoughts and move forward with positive alternatives. The guest experts explore interventions such as the application of thought assessment and modification, use of the thought record, and ways to help the client detect unhealthy beliefs that underlie negative, ......
Judith Beck illustrates how this present-oriented, brief form of psychotherapy works. Dr Beck meets with an African American woman in her late 30's who is a single parent dealing with life-long depression. Dr Beck helps the client begin to sort out her problems and modify her dysfunctional cognitions through Socratic questioning and other ......
Demonstrates the author's approach to working with clients with Borderline Personality Disorder. This video features a session the author had with a 40-year-old woman who reveals some potentially suicidal and homicidal thoughts.