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Aaron T. Beck

Expanding Access to a Foundational Course: Launching the Japanese Translation of CBT in Practice 

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.

The Power of a Pledge: Putting CBT in Action

Aaron T. Beck touched the lives of countless people around the world and across generations. His work developing and disseminating […]

Welcome to 2023

By Lisa Muchnick Pote, MSW  Executive Director  Welcome to 2023 at Beck Institute.  This is my favorite time to be […]

Aaron T. Beck: One Year Past His Death

It has been one full year since the death of Beck Institute’s co-founder and my father, Dr. Aaron T. Beck. […]

Graduate Student and Early Career Professional Workshop: An Account from Dr. Özlem Eylem-van Bergeijk

One of the most rewarding parts of the Graduate Student and Early Career Professional Workshop is learning about the participants’ […]

Remembering Dr. Beck on His Birthday

Dr. Aaron T. Beck was not only a pioneer in mental health, but a dedicated mentor, a passionate advocate, and […]

10 Lessons Learned from Dr. Aaron T. Beck

A. John Rush, MD is presently Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke Medical School, Durham, NC and […]

A Tribute to Our Founder, Dr. Aaron T. Beck

By Lisa Muchnick Pote, MSW, Beck Institute Executive Director We lost a giant in the field of psychotherapy early this […]

History of Beck Institute, Part Three: 2021 and Beyond

By Judith S. Beck, PhD, Beck Institute President and Sarah Fleming, BA, Public Relations Specialist The following blog post is […]

History of Beck Institute, Part Two: A Period of Exponential Growth

By Judith S. Beck, PhD, Beck Institute President and Sarah Fleming, BA, Public Relations Specialist The following blog post is […]

History of Beck Institute, Part One: Introduction & the Early Years

By Judith S. Beck, PhD, Beck Institute President and Sarah Fleming, BA, Public Relations Specialist The following blog post is […]

Dr. Aaron T. Beck, Founder of Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Turns 100

PRESS RELEASEJULY 15, 2021 BALA CYNWYD, PA – On July 18th, Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy (BI) will celebrate the […]

A Preview of ‘Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy for Serious Mental Health Conditions’

By Paul Grant, PhD, and Ellen Inverso, PsyD Co-Directors, Center for Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy for Serious Mental […]

Empirically Validated Treatments

There have been very interesting posts on the www.academyofct.org listserv this week, about the necessity (1) to validate the theory […]

Most influential therapists of the past 25 years

A 2006 survey of 2,598 therapists showed that the 2nd most influential therapist was Aaron T. Beck, M.D. (the 1st […]

Using Cognitive Therapy to treat Delusions

Dr. Aaron Beck recently responded to an interviewer’s questions about addressing delusions among Schizophrenic patients. One of the central tenets of […]

Maximizing daily satisfaction to help alleviate Depression

At a recent case conference, Dr. Aaron Beck met with a patient suffering from depression while graduate students watched the session via […]

Love is Never Enough

Say you’re having an argument with your partner, housemate or friend. What’s going through your mind during the interaction? How […]

Interview with Aaron Beck on the History of Cognitive Therapy

 Dr. Beck was originally trained in psychoanalysis in the 1950s. How did he transition from psychoanalysis, the predominant methodology of that time period, to developing Cognitive […]

Roleplaying with Aaron Beck

At our Extramural Workshop last week, we had about 40 trainees from around the world participate in a two-day Cognitive […]