Why CBT Therapists Don’t Challenge Clients’ Cognitions—And Why It Matters
December 5, 2024/Sarah Fleming
Challenging clients’ cognitions violates a fundamental principle of CBT, that of collaborative empiricism. Dr. Judith Beck explains what to do instead.
November 19, 2024/Sarah Fleming
When clients have health-related goals like improving their nutrition, exercise, and sleep, cognitive and behavioral strategies can support lasting change and overall wellbeing.
October 28, 2024/Sarah Fleming
Therapists sometimes feel powerless to help their clients, despite an incredible amount of empathy and a sincere desire to support them. Thankfully, CBT offers options that can help.
September 16, 2024/Sarah Fleming
Traditionally, CBT has been taught primarily to mental health professionals working within conventional behavioral health settings. However, a growing body of evidence shows that non-mental health professionals are now applying CBT techniques effectively in various settings outside of traditional therapy environments.
August 8, 2024/Sarah Fleming
On July 18, the CBT community came together to celebrate Aaron T. Beck Day, honoring the life and work of our co-founder.
July 29, 2024/Sarah Fleming
Beck Institute is excited to announce that we have recently worked with Dr. Yutaka Ono and colleagues to translate one of our foundational online courses, CBT in Practice, into Japanese.
July 1, 2024/Sarah Fleming
Dr. Judith Beck marks Beck Institute’s 30th anniversary by reflecting on our past and current activities.
June 18, 2024/Sarah Fleming
Exposure is an important tool in helping clients overcome anxiety. Learn how to use clients’ values and aspirations to motivate them to engage in exposure exercises.
June 3, 2024/Sarah Fleming
Racism and African American Mental Health by Dr. Janeé Steele presents a Cognitive Behavioral approach to empowerment and healing for African Americans. Read Dr. Judith Beck’s complete foreword to this important book.
May 15, 2024/Sarah Fleming
While grief is one type of loss, there are many other types of losses people experience that elicit similar automatic thoughts, behaviors, and emotions.
January 4, 2024/Sarah Fleming
Happy New Year from Dr. Judith Beck and Beck Institute! Here are some of the exciting things we have planned for 2024.
December 5, 2023/Sarah Fleming
Beck Institute hosted a live virtual workshop for experienced CBT practitioners who wanted to improve their supervisory skills.
November 17, 2023/Sarah Fleming
Dr. Judith Beck shares three pieces of advice for clinicians and students who are just getting started learning CBT.
October 23, 2023/Sarah Fleming
Participants in a Beck Institute CBT supervision group from Malaysia reflected on the experience of learning from and with their peers.
August 31, 2023/Sarah Fleming
Although effective treatments have been developed for many mental health disorders, most people do not receive these life-changing evidence-based therapies.
July 26, 2023/Sarah Fleming
Dr. Norman Cotterell shares a useful metaphor that can help clients live fully in the present.
June 27, 2023/Sarah Fleming
Leading expert in culturally responsive CBT, Pamela A. Hays, PhD, talks to Beck Institute about the steps clinicians should take to ensure they are appropriately adapting CBT for clients from a range of backgrounds and cultures, and personal preferences, characteristics, and needs.
June 26, 2023/Sarah Fleming
Beck Institute’s leadership recently traveled to Japan, Jordan, and Korea to help disseminate CBT and learn more about CBT training needs internationally.
June 14, 2023/Sarah Fleming
Affirmative Cognitive Behavior Therapy can help sexual and gender minority clients increase self-compassion and decrease negative self-talk and beliefs.
June 8, 2023/Sarah Fleming
Identifying beliefs relating to a traumatic event can enhance CBT for clients with PTSD.