Cognitive Therapy and the Emotional Disorders

by Aaron T. Beck

Book Overview

Is the emotionally disturbed person a victim of forces beyond his awareness, over which he has no control? This is the belief on which neuropsychiatry, psychoanalysis, and behavior therapy are all based. But what if this premise is wrong? What if a person's psychological difficulties stem from his own erroneous assumptions and faulty concepts of himself and the world? Such a person can be helped to recognize and correct distortions in thinking that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452009286
• ISBN13: 9780452009288
• Release Date: October 1979
• Publisher: Plume Books
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Excellent For The Therapist Inside...

Excellent Customer Service Skills. Very satisfied with the product and the price! Shipping was a breeze! Purchased for some enlightment into different theraputic measures and expectations far exceeded our belief's! Great for the therapist inside you! God Bless :))

Very easy and educational

From the originator of the practice, this is an easy book to understand, and had some very helpful tools in it, especially if you are already proactive with therapy.

Cognitive Therapy and The Emotional Disorders

We found this book to be very helpful when working with our adopted Son with emotional and mental health issues. It helped us to see things in a better light and to understand why he does some of the things he does.

An Accomplished Piece - but not really for lay readers

Dr Beck's book is particularly comprehensive and advances a strong argument for the establishment of Cognitive Therapy - it is, of course, accepted now as a valuable tool in the fight against the various anxiety/emotional disorders.The book itself is directed towards the academic or professional reader and, although it is useful for the interested lay reader, I found the book to have excessive "psychobabble". On numerous occasions I found myself saying that a much simpler language would have sufficed. Furthermore there is a hint of patronisation running through the text - again indicating that the book is not really for lay readers.Notwithstanding, the book is more than 20 years old yet is still a landmark in its field. Recommended for the student but only for the (already) well-informed lay reader.