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Cognitive Therapist: A Dialogue with Aaron Beck
Author(s) -
WEINRACH STEPHEN G.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1988.tb02082.x
Subject(s) - dysfunctional family , psychology , cognition , feeling , psychotherapist , cognitive therapy , psychoanalysis , social psychology , psychiatry
In the mid‐1950s Aaron Beck rejected his early training in psychoanalysis and developed an approach to the treatment of mental disorders similar to that of Albert Ellis. Beck focuses on thoughts or cognitions as well as on feelings. His greatest contribution is undoubtedly the formulation of the cognitive model of emotional disorders and the development of cognitive therapy, which is derived from that model. Beck believes that what we feel is influenced by what we think, and in order to feel better we need to avoid “dysfunctional” thoughts. His work in these areas has influenced an entire generation of researchers and clinicians.