“The Compassion Will Come Back”: A Conversation with Antiwar Activist Seddiq Weera
November 8, 2024/Sarah Fleming
Seddiq Weera, a physician and antiwar activist, is hoping to design and test a scalable protocol using Dr. Aaron Beck’s landmark book Prisoners of Hate to examine and address cognitive distortions that maintain hatred and discord between groups of people.
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.
October 3, 2024/Sarah Fleming
To learn more about current research into the prevention of community gun violence, we spoke with the VRC’s Founding Director, Professor Thomas Abt.
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.
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.
March 5, 2024/Sarah Fleming
We spoke with Rob Rosa from Philadelphia nonprofit New Leash on Life about how the organization helps justice-impacted individuals build resilience using principles from both CBT and CT-R in their animal-assisted therapy approach.
February 16, 2024/Sarah Fleming
A common misconception about CBT is that it is outdated and even harmful for the treatment of trauma. But research shows just the opposite.
January 16, 2024/Sarah Fleming
When violent conflict erupts, it is natural for the public to react strongly. People who bear witness feel a range of emotions, including anger, sorrow, disgust, horror, fear, and grief.
June 8, 2023/Sarah Fleming
Identifying beliefs relating to a traumatic event can enhance CBT for clients with PTSD.
January 12, 2023/Annika Norris
Beck Institute hosts on-demand and live virtual trainings in CBT and Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy (CT-R) throughout the year. Our expert […]
November 7, 2022/Annika Norris
Patrick McElwaine, PsyD, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), and a Beck Institute CBT Certified Clinician. Dr. […]
November 11, 2021/Hallie Grossman
Rosanna Sposato, PsyD, specializes in CBT for a variety of disorders and presenting problems. She has led Beck Institute workshops […]
June 8, 2021/Sarah Fleming
By Sarah Fleming, BA, PR Specialist I recently had the honor of traveling to Wrightsville Beach, NC, to meet a […]
June 8, 2021/Other
Trauma Treatment: Evidence-Based Approaches versus Intuituve Approaches By Aaron Brinen, PsyD Sitting in her first session, a 24-year old, anxious […]
June 8, 2021/Other
Exposure Strategies for PTSD Treatment By Aaron Brinen, PsyD Although Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) was originally codified in the DSM-III as […]
June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman
CBT for Suicide Prevention By Marjan Ghahramanlou-Holloway, PhD In 1996, Aaron Beck proposed the concept of “modes” to describe the “synchronous […]
June 8, 2021/Robert Hindman, PhD
Behavioral Activation Tip Robert Hindman, PhD Depressed clients often isolate themselves from others and withdraw from life. A depressed client […]
June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman
PTSD as a Survival Mechanism by Norman Cotterell, PhD Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), as defined in the DSM-V, is characterized by […]