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Contemporary Cognitive Therapy: Theory, Research, and Practice

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This book presents the level of sophistication to which Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) has risen to after 50 years of development and scrutiny. It points out that CBT has been subject to more clinical trials than any other therapeutic approach. Part I of the book covers theoretical and conceptual issues. Chapter Three gives a detailed account of the rigor applied in trying to isolate the effects that can be directly attributed to CBT from those of medication or the therapeutic alliance. Part II of the book provides information on how CBT is applied to specific disorders including anxiety, mood disorders and other Axis I disorders. The author, Dr. Robert Leahy, is the President of the International Association for Cognitive Psychotherapy, Founder and Director of the American Institute for Cognitive Therapy, and Professor of Psychiatry at Weill-Cornell University Medical College. The book is well written and provides a good snapshot of this dynamic form of therapy.

This is probably the best and up-to-date contribution to the contemporary cognitive therapy, for which it is likely to become the reference text.
The Arthur Freeman's article is absolutely fundamental.