Beck’s Cognitive Therapy: Distinctive Features

Frank Wills, “Beck’s Cognitive Therapy: Distinctive Features”
English | ISBN: 0415439523, 0415439515 | 2009 | 193 pages | PDF | 1 MB

Beck’s Cognitive Therapy: Distinctive Features explores the key contributions made by Aaron T. Beck to the development of cognitive behaviour therapy.

This book provides a concise account of Beck’s work against a background of his personal and professional history. The author, Frank Wills, considers the theory and practice of Beck’s cognitive therapy by firstly examining his contribution to the understanding of psychopathology, and going on to explore Beck’s suggestions about the best methods of treatment. Throughout the book a commentary of how Beck’s thinking differs from other approaches to CBT is provided, as well as a summary of the similarities and differences between Beck’s methods and other forms of treatment including psychoanalysis and humanistic therapy.

Beck’s Cognitive Therapy will be ideal reading for both newcomers to the field and experienced practitioners wanting a succinct guide.

A Transdiagnostic Approach to CBT using Method of Levels Therapy: Distinctive Features

Warren Mansell, Timothy A. Carey, Sara J. Tai, “A Transdiagnostic Approach to CBT using Method of Levels Therapy: Distinctive Features”
English | ISBN: 0415507642, 0415507634 | 2012 | 192 pages | PDF | 2 MB

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is the treatment of choice for most mental health problems. Each different problem is usually treated by a different model of CBT. Yet evidence tells us that the same processes are responsible for long term distress in us all. This handy manual draws on evidence and theory to provide the key principles to aid change and recovery.

The transdiagnostic approach is supported by a wealth of evidence that processes such as worry, emotion suppression, self-criticism and avoidance maintain distress across psychological disorders. Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) explains all of these processes as forms of ‘inflexible control’, and Method of Levels Therapy (MOL) helps people to let go of these habits. The principles and techniques of MOL are clearly and practically described for clinicians to offer a transdiagnostic CBT that is tailor-made to the goals of each client.

This novel volume will be essential reading for novice and experienced CBT therapists, as well as counsellors and psychotherapists. Its accessible explanation of Perceptual Control Theory and its application to real world problems also makes a useful resource for undergraduates, graduates and researchers in psychology.