Comprehensive Handbook of Cognitive Therapy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Theory and Research

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-4

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   2. The History of Cognition in Psychotherapy

      • Albert Ellis

      Pages 5-19

   3. Cognitive Therapy

      • Aaron T. Beck, Marjorie Weishaar

      Pages 21-36

   4. The Measurement of Cognition in Psychopathology

      • Joel O. Goldberg, Brian F. Shaw

      Pages 37-59

   5. Process and Outcome in Cognitive Therapy

      • E. Edward Beckham, John T. Watkins

      Pages 61-81

   6. Cognitive Therapy and Cognitive Science

      • D. J. Tataryn, L. Nadel, W. J. Jacobs

      Pages 83-98

   7. Constructs of the Mind in Mental Health and Psychotherapy

      • Richard S. Lazarus

      Pages 99-121

   8. The Role of Cognitive Change in Psychotherapy

      • Larry E. Beutler, Paul D. Guest

      Pages 123-142

   9. Cognitive, Behavioral, and Psychodynamic Therapies

      • Hal Arkowitz, Mo Therese Hannah

      Pages 143-167

   10. Experiential Therapy

       • Leslie S. Greenberg, Jeremy Safran, Laura Rice

       Pages 169-187

   11. Piagetian Theory and Cognitive Therapy

       • Hugh Rosen

       Pages 189-212

   12. The Relativity of Reality

       • E. Thomas Dowd, Terry M. Pace

       Pages 213-226

   13. Thinking Postcognitively about Depression

       • James C. Coyne

       Pages 227-244

3. Clinical Applications of Cognitive Therapy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 245-248

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   2. Cognitive Assessment

      • Thomas V. Merluzzi, Michael D. Boltwood

      Pages 249-266

   3. Combined Cognitive Therapy and Pharmacotherapy

      • Jesse H. Wright, G. Randolph Schrodt Jr.

      Pages 267-282

   4. Cognitive Restructuring through Guided Imagery

      • David J. A. Edwards

      Pages 283-297

   5. Cognitive Therapy with the Adult Depressed Patient

      • Carlo Perris

      Pages 299-319

   6. The Treatment of Suicidal Behavior

      • Arthur Freeman, David M. White

      Pages 321-346

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.

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• Center for Cognitive Therapy, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

  Arthur Freeman, Karen M. Simon

• Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, USA

  Larry E. Beutler

• Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

  Hal Arkowitz

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