Director of the Center for Cognitive Therapy, Professor of Psychology, in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.
Cory F. Newman, PhD is Director of the Center for Cognitive Therapy, Professor of Psychology, in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine (in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA), and Adjunct Faculty at the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Dr. Newman did his postdoctoral training under the mentorship of Dr. Aaron T. Beck, and he is a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy.
In addition to maintaining a full clinical caseload for his entire career (and all through the pandemic), Dr. Newman has extensive experience as a CBT supervisor, having supervised hundreds of professionals-in-training, both at the University of Pennsylvania, and through the Beck Institute’s international training programs. Dr. Newman has served as a protocol CBT therapist and supervisor in psychotherapy outcome studies on the treatment of bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, avoidant and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders, major depression, substance misuse, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and other clinical problems.
Dr. Newman is an international lecturer, having presented approximately 300 Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy workshops and seminars at home in the U.S., as well as in twenty-three other countries, and more recently in webinar format. Dr. Newman has published over 100 articles and chapters on Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for a wide range of clinical issues, and has authored or co-authored six books, including, Bipolar Disorder: A Cognitive Therapy Approach; Core Competencies in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Becoming an Effective and Competent Cognitive-Behavioral Therapist; Choosing to Live: How to Defeat Suicide Through Cognitive Therapy; and Supervision Essentials for Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy.
In treating bipolar disorder, Dr. Newman routinely works in tandem with psychiatrists within and outside the University of Pennsylvania Health System to provide expert dual-provider care. Dr. Newman was the 2019 recipient of the “Outstanding Clinician Award” presented by the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy.