Clinical Advances in Cognitive Psychotherapy: Theory an Application

by Leahy, Robert L.

• ISBN13: 9780826123060
• ISBN10: 0826123066
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-04-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Summary

Ken State Univ., OH. Traces the history and derivation of cognitive psychotherapy and discusses its recent developments as an evolving and integrative therapy. Illustrates the applications of cognitive psychotherapy to treat such disorders as anxiety, depression, and social phobia. Empirically based research is cited. DNLM: Cognitive therapy--methods.

Author Biography

E. Thomas Dowd is Professor of Psychology at Kent State University in Ohio Robert Leahy (B.A., Ph.D., Yale) is currently Associate Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Weill-Cornell Medical School

Table of Contents

Prologue: The Life of Aaron T. Beck	p. 1
General Theory
History and Recent Developments in Cognitive Psychotherapy	p. 15
Cognitive Models of Depression	p. 29
Treating Dysfunctional Beliefs: Implications of the MoodState Hypothesis	p. 62
Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression: Theory and Evidence	p. 75
An Integrative Schema-Focused Model for Personality Disorders	p. 93
Constructivism and the Cognitive Psychotherapies: Conceptual and Strategic Contrasts	p. 110
Psychotherapy and the Cognitive Sciences: An Evolving Alliance	p. 127
Cognitive Therapy: The Repair of Memory	p. 148
An Investment Model of Depressive Resistance	p. 170
Cognitive Psychotherapy and Postmodernism: Emerging Themes and Challenges	p. 189
Applications
Empirically Supported Treatment for Panic Disorder: Research, Theory, and Application of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy	p. 211
Cognitive Factors in Panic Attacks: Symptom Probability and Sensitivity	p. 240
The Consequences of Panic	p. 259
A New Cognitive Treatment for Social Phobia: A Single-Case Study	p. 272
Cognitive Therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Significance of Comorbid Personality Disorders	p. 287
Imagery Rescripting: A New Treatment for Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse Suffering From Posttraumatic Stress	p. 294
Hypotheticals in Cognitive Psychotherapy: Creative Questions, Novel Answers, and Therapeutic Change	p. 311
Implicit Learning, Tacit Knowledge, and Implications for Stasis and Change in Cognitive Psychotherapy	p. 325
Stress and Stress Management: A Cognitive View	p. 345
Dysfunctional Beliefs About Intimacy	p. 361
Patterns of Attachment and the Assessment of Interpersonal Schemata: Understanding and Changing Difficult Patient-Therapist Relationships in Cognitive Psychotherapy	p. 377
Cognitive Therapy with A Depressed HIV-Positive Gay Man	p. 389
Content, Origins, and Consequences of Dysfunctional Beliefs in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa	p. 399
Cognitive Therapy: Current Problems and Future Directions	p. 418
Index	p. 435
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