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Beck Institute’s 2022 Intentions

By Lisa Muchnick Pote, MSWExecutive Director Hello, January, and welcome to 2022. I know a lot of people are ready […]

Cultivating Resilience in the Year’s End

By Ellen Inverso, PsyD For many of us, this time of year evokes a lot of emotions: for some, excitement, […]

Training a Range of Professionals in Schools: An Interview with Kerrie Smedley, PhD, Beck Institute Faculty

We recently caught up with Kerrie Smedley, PhD, who leads trainings in schools across the country through Beck Institute’s Training […]

Beck Institute’s Training Team Reacts to ABCT Recognition

By Sofia Chernoff, PsyD, Beck Institute Assistant Director of CBT Programs As Assistant Director of CBT Programs, I was especially […]

The Bipolar Disorder Diagnosis: Establishing A Sense of Care, Trust, and Understanding

By Cory Newman, PhDBeck Institute Faculty Part of establishing a constructive therapeutic relationship with an individual diagnosed with bipolar disorder […]

Announcing the Beck Institute International Advisory Committee

The Beck Institute is excited to announce the founding of our International Advisory Committee. The Beck Institute is a global […]

What is the Status of “Homework” in Cognitive Behavior Therapy, 50 Years On?

By Nikolaos Kazantzis, PhD The comedian Jerry Seinfeld once asked: “What’s the deal with ‘homework?’ It’s not like you’re doing […]

Difficult Rewards: Chronic Pain and Opioid Use

By Allen R. Miller, PhD, MBA Many therapists tell me that they don’t want to work with clients who have […]

Evil Pink Monsters and the Use of Externalization in Child CBT

Evil Pink Monsters and the Use of Externalization in Child CBT On my desk sits a stack of pictures that […]

Treating Substance Misuse Disorders with CBT

Expert Beck Institute faculty member Bruce Liese, PhD, will lead our upcoming CBT for Addictive Disorders interactive virtual workshop in […]

Generalized Anxiety Disorder Benefited More by CBT than by Short-term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

A recent randomized controlled study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry compared the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) […]

Cognitive Behavior Therapy of Anxiety for Terminal Cancer Patients

Patients suffering from terminal cancer are often plagued by anxiety over disease progression, pain, decreased functioning, and death. Cognitive Behavior […]

UK national guidelines emphasize CBT for children and adolescents

A recent article in Current Opinion in Psychiatry summarized the UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) clinical […]

For children and adolescents, psychological harm of traumatic events reduced by CBT

In a review in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, it was noted that children and adolescents who experience psychological […]

CT reduces cerebral atrophy in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Researchers from Raboud University Nijmegen investigated whether Cognitive Therapy (CT) affected the cerebral atrophy of patients suffering from Chronic Fatigue […]

Role of therapist competence in CBT for Depression

The role of therapist competence in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) outcomes was the subject of a naturalistic process-outcome study conducted […]

Child and adolescent Anxiety: Most effective treatments combine CBT and pharmacotherapy

Authors of a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine reported that anxiety disorders in children and adolescents […]

Severe eating disorders helped by CBT

In a recent study in the American Journal of Psychiatry, investigators reported that people with severe eating disorders can be […]

Generalized Anxiety Disorder — CBT Benefits Older Adults in Primary Care

The results of a randomized clinical trial published in JAMA indicate that cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) can be effective for […]

Cognitive Therapy is Helping Veterans

Guest Blogger: John Milwee, Psy.D., Veterans Administration therapist and Beck Institute alumnus Veterans returning from the conflicts in Afghanistan and […]