Aaron T. Beck (born July 18, 1921) is an American psychiatrist who developed CBT / Cognitive Behavior Therapy . . . 2,271 total views Originally posted 2019-02-24 06:15:40.
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Conversation with Aaron Beck, Founder Cognitive Therapy
Fascinating Conversation with Aaron T. Beck, founder of Cognitive Therapy Watch this fascinating video about the life and times of Dr. Beck, and join in the discussion. 5,870 total views Originally posted 2013-04-08 21:04:46.
5,870 total views
Can you dispute a “secondary disburbance”?
A reader asks what David Burns means in Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy when he says that you cannot dispute a feeling, you can only dispute a thought. 4,225 total views, 1 views today Originally posted 2012-09-21 05:22:16.
4,225 total views, 1 views today
REBT, Mindfulness, Behaviorism potpourri
From Vipasana to Zen to Mindfulness to CBT-REBT to Acceptance to the “Third Wave” of behaviorism, to Tourette’s (and maybe a few comments about the kitchen sink as well) 7,819 total views Originally posted 2015-07-05 04:09:57.
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How much stimulation is enough?
Do you find roller coasters and “thrill rides” to be stimulating and exciting or frightening and enervating? 2,246 total views, 1 views today Originally posted 2016-05-18 21:55:56.
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Ten Cognitive Distortions
Here an expanded discussion of the Ten Cognitive Distortions as conceptualized by David Burns and the Big Four, four irrational beliefs (IB’s) that drive emotional as conceptualized by Dr. Albert Ellis. 1,500 total views Originally posted 2019-08-24 18:57:56.
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How helpful is CBT, really?
We have been discussing the approach of Dr. David Burns, renowned member of the Beck team which developed Cognitive Therapy in the 1980’s, best-selling author of the evergreen “Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy” and many other fine books on CBT. 3,173 total views Originally posted 2014-10-01 20:41:19.
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Ten Cognitive Distortions & Four IB’s
REBT-CBT is built on the premise that we all make fundamental mistakes in the way we think about ourselves, other people and life in general, and that these mistakes (irrational beliefs and cognitive distortions) are the real cause of (virtually all) of our misery and dysfunction and failure. This is so important! Continue reading to see […]
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Is keeping emotions “bottled up” dangerous?
In my callow and shallow youth, I used to subscribe to the “teapot model” of emotions. You know, our emotional systems are like teapots with water boiling, generating steam and pressure. If the steam does not have an outlet, or the outlet becomes overwhelmed by too much steam expanding too quickly . . . POW !!! Explosion […]
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The Beck Diet Solution
The Beck Diet Solution by Judith S. Beck This time, it’s going to be different. This time, you are going to diet successfully . . . 1,921 total views Originally posted 2017-10-30 04:41:55.
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Quotes That Matter
