Comprehensive Handbook of Cognitive Therapy

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Hal Arkowitz, L.E. Beutler, Karen Simon
Springer Science & Business Media, Jun 30, 1989 - Psychology - 622 pages
In reviewing the Contents of this Handbook edited by Freeman, Simon, Beutler, and Arkowitz, I am both impressed and gratified with the enormous strides made by cognitive behavior therapy since the late 1960s. A perusal of the Contents reveals that it is used with adults, children, couples, and families; it is clinically appropriate for such problems as anxiety, depression, sexual dysfunctions, and addictions; and it is employed in conjunction with psy chopharmacological and other psychotherapeutic interventions. It was in the mid-1960s when Breger and McGaugh published an article in the Psychological Bulletin, taking behavior therapists to task for using only classical and operant principles in devising their therapeutic interventions. Breger and McGaugh argued that the field of learning was undergoing a major revolution, paying considerably more attention to cognitive processes than had previously been the case. In short, they criticized the growing behavioral orientation for being limited in its exclusively peripheralistic orientation. At the time, behavior therapists were initially somewhat resistant to any allusion to cognitive metaphors. Indeed, my own initial reactions to the Breger and McGaugh article was quite negative. Yet, in rereading their critique, many of their suggestions now seem most appealing. No doubt, I and my behavior colleagues lacked the appropriate "cognitive set" for incorporating such contradictory information. Nonetheless, the clinical evidence for the rele vance of cognitive factors in the behavior change process was simply too compelling to ignore.
 

Contents

The History of Cognition in Psychotherapy
3
Cognitive Therapy
19
The Measurement of Cognition in Psychopathology Clinical and Research Applications
35
Process and Outcome in Cognitive Therapy
59
Cognitive Therapy and Cognitive Science
81
Constructs of the Mind in Mental Health and Psychotherapy
97
The Role of Cognitive Change in Psychotherapy
121
Cognitive Behavioral and Psychodynamic Therapies Converging or Diverging Pathways to Change?
141
Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety
345
Cognitive and Behavioral Approaches to the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa
365
Treatment of Obesity
383
Cognitive Therapy Applied to Personality Disorders
401
A CognitiveBehavioral Approach to Sex Therapy
433
Psychotherapy for Chronic Pain A Cognitive Approach
447
Cognitive Therapy with the Elderly
465
CognitiveBehavioral Marital Therapy
489

Experiential Therapy Its Relation to Cognitive Therapy
167
Piagetian Theory and Cognitive Therapy
187
The Relativity of Reality SecondOrder Change in Psychotherapy
211
Thinking Postcognitively about Depression
225
Cognitive Assessment
247
Combined Cognitive Therapy and Pharmacotherapy
265
Cognitive Restructuring through Guided Imagery Lessons from Gestalt Therapy
281
Cognitive Therapy with the Adult Depressed Patient
297
The Treatment of Suicidal Behavior
319
Cognitive Therapy with Children
513
Enhancing Cognitive Therapy with Women
533
Cognitive Group Therapy
557
Cognitive Therapy with Inpatients
581
Synthesis and Prospects for the Future
595
About the Authors
599
Index
611
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