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Bringing together leading experts in the field, this book explores how cognitive therapy has become a treatment of choice not just for depression but for such diverse problems as eating disorders, health anxiety, OCD, panic, personality disorders, sexual problems, social phobia, and substance abuse. Theoretical and clinical issues that apply to particular populations, including children, adolescents, and the medically ill, are discussed in detail. In addition, important issues related to therapist competency, the therapeutic relationship, and empathy are systematically examined.
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Thirty psychologists and psychiatrists contributed essays to this overview of how cognitive theory and therapy is being used today to treat a range of psychological problems. The discussions arise from Aaron T. Beck's (author, Cognitive Therapy and the Emotional Disorders ) analysis of how cognitive models can account for phenomena often regarded as "personality disturbances." From this starting point, the writers share both clinical and research experiences in the areas of depression, eating disorders, hypochondriasis, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic, personality disorder, sexual problems, social phobia, and substance abuse. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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