Psicologia

CONTEMPORARY COGNITIVE THERAPY

Contemporary
Cognitive Therapy
Theory, Research, and Practice

Edited by
R OBERT L. L EAHY

THE G UILFORD PRESS
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Contemporary cognitive therapy : theory, research, and practice / edited by
Robert L. Leahy.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-10 1-59385-343-2 ISBN-13 978-1-59385-343-3 (paperback)
ISBN-10 1-59385-062-X ISBN-13 978-1-59385-062-3 (hardcover)
1. Cognitive therapy. I. Leahy, Robert L.RC489.C63C665 2004
616.89′142—dc22
2004011772

For Aaron T. Beck, man of vision

About the Editor

Robert L. Leahy, PhD, is President of the International Association for
Cognitive Psychotherapy, President-Elect of the Academy of Cognitive
Therapy, Founder and Director of the American Institute for Cognitive
Therapy (www.CognitiveTherapyNYC.com), and Professor of Psychology
in Psychiatryat Weill–Cornell University Medical College. He is the author
or editor of many publications, including Roadblocks in CognitiveBehavioral Therapy, Psychological Treatment of Bipolar Disorder (with
Sheri L. Johnson), Overcoming Resistance in Cognitive Therapy, Cognitive
Therapy Techniques, and Treatment Plans and Interventions for Depression and Anxiety Disorders (with Stephen J. Holland). Dr.Leahy’s book
The Worry Cure was named by Self magazine as one of the top eight selfhelp books of all time.
Dr. Leahy is frequently invited to lecture nationally and internationally. He is Associate Editor of the Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy (having served as Editor from 1998 to 2003) and is a Founding Fellow of the
Academy of Cognitive Therapy. He serves on the Executive Committee of
theInternational Association of Cognitive Psychotherapy, the Executive
Board of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, and the Scientific Advisory
Committee of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, as well as on advisory committees for numerous national and international conferences on
cognitive-behavioral therapy.

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Contributors
Contributors

Contributors

Judith S. Beck, PhD, BeckInstitute for Cognitive Therapy, Bala Cynwyd,
Pennsylvania
Dianne L. Chambless, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
David A. Clark, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of New
Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
David M. Clark, PhD, Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry,
London, United Kingdom
Frank M. Dattilio,PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard University
Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Robert J. DeRubeis, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Anke Ehlers, PhD, Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry,
London, United Kingdom
Norman B. Epstein, PhD, Department of Family Studies, University of
Maryland, College Park, Maryland
ArthurFreeman, EdD, Department of Clinical Psychology, Philadelphia
College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Steven D. Hollon, PhD, Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt
University, Nashville, Tennessee
Rick E. Ingram, PhD, Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist
University, Dallas, Texas
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Janet Klosko, PhD, private practice, Great Neck, New...