Cognitive Behavior Therapy, 2nd Edition: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fundamentals and Beyond

DesireeSayre: I like the ongoing case study with Sally that Dr. Beck uses to demonstrate how to effectively implement CBT in the therapy setting.

United States on Aug 27, 2022

Shoil: Exactly as ordered,excellent book.Being used for a course .Next day delivery!!!!

Canada on Aug 15, 2021

James: Authoratative introduction to CBT with core examples of how to conduct CBT therapy, with transcripts of sessions, demonstrating concepts in action.

Australia on Jan 01, 2021

Suja S: Good text book for beginners in CBT

India on May 23, 2020

Cliente de Amazon: Es bibliografía indispensable para cualquiera interesado en la TCC. 100% recomendable

Mexico on Feb 15, 2019

Anonymous: This book is the one you have been looking for my friend. As a graduate student in Counseling Psychology I felt confused by all these theories of psychotherapy. I didn’t know how to start self learning because I wanted to learn everything at once. Now I’m near my practicum so I realize I just need a good model to work with. Since most of my professors are CBT trained, I gave it a shot by reading this book. It’s perfect. It gives you an evidence based model that actually helps patients/clients even if you’re not a master therapist yet. It emphasizes the therapeutic relationship like the Rogerian model, it follows research and it’s easy to follow as a novice. With adecuate supervision I think I will provide a good service for any client that walks in.

P. S. I tried reading books about Gestalt, Narrative Therapy, Solution Focused therapy, REBT, ACT, DBT etc... the only one that compares to this one is the REBT practitioners manual by the Albert Ellis institute and a Solution focused therapy book by Heather Fiske.

United States on Aug 17, 2018

Tony Burton: A fine outline of mainly the Beckian CBT approach - all the basic theory and techniques are here....if you are learning CBT it would be a very useful addition, especially in how to conduct structured sessions.

United Kingdom on Jan 30, 2018

Gypsy Samuels: This is a book that should be read by every member of the psychological community. It should be mandatory reading for every LMFT, LCSW, and PhD student who wants to practice therapy in the 21th Century. It does not make any difference how long you have been practicing. You will benefit from this update and review of the basic concepts. The interactive client method is very important to the success of this book. You may not agree with Beck's approach, but your skills will be greatly sharpened by your counter arguments to her methods and approaches. You can easily incorporate your experience and approach within the structure she uses. A little more on the many alternatives and expansions using CBT would have been useful, however. But, there are many other books that cover the multitude of newer applications to this basic theory to fill that gap. If you are teaching a graduate level course to students who will be actually practicing counseling then you really should use this as a text or standard reference to help the student understand the reality of what CBT is in the market place and the world of today. Necessary--very necessary. It is well rounded and totally debunks the "deep...

United States on Sep 21, 2014

Tswj: I love how detailed this book is while it goes over the basics of CBT. It's a really easy read. I wish there was one for all the DSM diagnoses. It really goes into details of specific techniques like the downward arrow, rational-emotional role play, evidence testing etc, and there's a lot of scripts of real session to illustrate them. I also love that with in the book, there are exerts about "what if" the client does or doesn't do this or that, which is really helpful for beginners to address all the different responses that clients can have to the techniques in treatment.

United States on Dec 21, 2012

Todd Finnerty: Judith Beck's book is like a playbook for psychotherapy. Imagine a football team where the coaches never drew up plays and the quarterback never established any expectations about what would happen after the ball was snapped. What is the common factor in sports teams that don't develop a cohesive strategy and don't collaborate and work together on common goals? They lose. They fail to achieve their objectives. They're left sad and burned out watching others win championships.

The same holds true for psychotherapy. Offering support, building a relationship or "establishing rapport" is only one piece of an effective game plan. Psychotherapists who line up for their sessions unprepared and without a plan or coherrent case conceptualization are doing a serious disservice to those they are suppose to serve. They are setting themselves up to be in situations where they hope to connect on Hail Mary passes or complete next to impossible 50+ yard field goals. Ultimately, their sessions may fail to rise to "greatness."

Good sports teams not only focus on the fundamentals, they execute on their gameplans as opposed to simply talking a good game. A good therapist should also...

United States on Nov 14, 2011