| Description |
xxxvi, 343 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Turning anxiety on its head : an overview -- Symptoms and their significance -- The cognitive model of threat reaction -- Cognitive structures and anxiogenic rules -- Vulnerability : the core of anxiety disorders -- Generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder -- Simple phobias -- The agoraphobic syndrome -- The evaluation anxieties -- Principles of cognitive therapy -- Strategies and techniques for cognitive restructuring -- Modifying imagery -- Modifying the affective component -- Modifying the behavioral component -- Restructuring a patient's assumptions and major issues |
| Summary |
"Aaron T. Beck and his two colleagues show how the basic concepts of cognitive therapy, used successfully for many years in treating depression, are also highly effective in treating people who suffer from anxiety and phobias. The widely acclaimed "father of cognitive psychotherapy" presents a new preface to this gold-standard book on anxiety disorders."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [325]-331 |
| Subject |
Anxiety.
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Cognitive therapy.
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Phobias.
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Anxiety Disorders.
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Behavior Therapy.
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Cognition.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
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Phobic Disorders.
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| Author |
Emery, Gary.
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Greenberg, Ruth L.
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| LC no. |
2006279778 |
| ISBN |
0465003842 (hbk.) |
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046500587X (paper) |
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