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A 30-year history of cognitive therapy theory followed by a significant body of treatment research has given the practitioner credible and effective paths to conceptualize and remedy mood disorders (Beck, 1961, 1963, 1967; Beck, Rush, Shaw, & Emery, 1979; Ellis, 1962). This may be especially true for the client who is dealing with emotional problems associated with adjusting to demanding changes in life. The cognitive model promotes a collaboration with patients in defining problems in their own terms and using common sense to change thinking and to manage those problems (Beck, 1976; Beck et al., 1979). The therapist’s role in this model of treatment is to work with clients’ conscious ideas and to enhance or modify thought patterns and coping techniques to restore or improve functioning.
“We cannot think first and act afterwards. From the moment of birth we are immersed in action, and can only fitfully guide it by taking thought.” —Alfred North Whitehead
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Gilson, M. (1992). An Adjustment Disorder. In: Freeman, A., Dattilio, F.M. (eds) Comprehensive Casebook of Cognitive Therapy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9777-0_10
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