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Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders

Science and Practice

By David A. Clark, Aaron T. Beck

Published November 11th 2009 by Guilford Press – 628 pages

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    Winner of the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award - Mental Health Nursing!

    Aaron T. Beck: Winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Nursing Centers Consortium!

    Updating and elaborating on Aaron T. Beck’s pioneering cognitive model of anxiety disorders, this groundbreaking work is both authoritative and highly practical. The authors synthesize the latest thinking and empirical data on anxiety treatment and offer step-by-step instruction in cognitive assessment, case formulation, cognitive restructuring, and behavioral intervention. They provide evidence-based mini-manuals for treating the five most common anxiety disorders: panic disorder, social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive–compulsive disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder. User-friendly features include vivid case examples, concise “Clinician Guidelines” that reinforce key points, and over three dozen reproducible handouts and forms.

    Combining scholarly depth and comprehensiveness with practical utility, this is an essential reference for mental health practitioners and researchers of all stripes. It is an invaluable text for graduate-level seminars and clinical practica in clinical psychology, psychiatry, counseling, and social work.

    Reviews

    "Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders will serve as a master text on the overall direction in which this work should be heading. It should also serve as a solid starting point for other writers, such as myself, who are working towards describing more fully what CBT looks like in practice – warts and all!" - Frank Wills, Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, July 2010

    "The authors provide students and practitioners with the strong theoretical base that is a sine qua non for effective treatment. They show how cognition links up with multiple other etiological factors in anxiety and hence can serve well as a treatment target and focus. Marvelous, instructive clinical pearls accompany each theoretical point. An excellent chapter on assessment contains all the necessary rating forms needed for patient evaluation and monitoring of outcomes. Treatment techniques are described in depth; the book concludes with outstanding disorder-specific chapters. The definitive text." - Peter P. Roy-Byrne, Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine at Harborview Medical Center, USA

    Contents

    Part I: Cognitive Theory and Research on Anxiety. Anxiety: A Common but Multifaceted Condition. The Cognitive Model of Anxiety. Empirical Status of the Cognitive Model of Anxiety. Vulnerability to Anxiety. Part II: Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety: Assessment and Intervention Strategies. Cognitive Assessment and Case Formulation. Cognitive Interventions for Anxiety. Behavioral Interventions: A Cognitive Perspective. Part III: Cognitive Theory and Treatment of Specific Anxiety Disorder. Cognitive Therapy of Panic Disorder. Cognitive Therapy of Social Phobia. Cognitive Therapy of Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Cognitive Therapy of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Cognitive Therapy of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

    Author Bio

    David A. Clark, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at the University of New Brunswick, Canada. He has published 7 books and over 100 articles and chapters on various aspects of cognitive theory and therapy of depression and anxiety disorders. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association, Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, and a recipient of the Academy's Aaron T. Beck Award for significant and enduring contributions to cognitive therapy. Dr. Clark is an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Cognitive Therapy and maintains a private practice.

    Aaron T. Beck, MD, is University Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA, and President of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research. Dr. Beck developed cognitive therapy in the early 1960s as a psychiatrist at the University of Pennsylvania. He has published over 540 articles and numerous books and has lectured throughout the world. Dr. Beck is the recipient of many honors from professional and scientific organizations, including "America's Nobel," the Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award.

    Name: Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders: Science and Practice (Hardback) – Guilford Press 
    Description: By David A. Clark, Aaron T. Beck. Winner of the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award - Mental Health Nursing! Aaron T. Beck: Winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Nursing Centers Consortium! Updating and elaborating on Aaron T. Beck’s...
    Categories: Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Anxiety in Adults, Psychiatry & Clinical Psychology - Adult, Mental Health Nursing, Psychotherapy