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.
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 26, 2024/Sarah Fleming
We are thrilled to announce a special free, open-to-the-public presentation on the historical partnership between Dr. Aaron T. Beck and the public health agency in Philadelphia that brought recovery-oriented evidence-based behavioral health treatment to vulnerable individuals throughout the continuum of care.
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 21, 2024/Sarah Fleming
In a conversation with Dr. Judith Beck, Hal Rosenbluth discusses Illness Anxiety Disorder and makes the case for increased access to CBT.
August 14, 2024/Sarah Fleming
Learn more about Beck Institute’s new Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Morgan Hagner!
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 18, 2024/Sarah Fleming
In this video, recorded in 2014, Dr. Aaron T. Beck reveals his motivations for becoming a doctor, his early influences, and how he came to develop Cognitive Therapy.
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.
May 1, 2024/Sarah Fleming
This presentation by Beck Institute President Dr. Judith Beck and acting Executive Director Dr. Allen Miller provides an overview of the CBT approach to suicide prevention.
April 25, 2024/Sarah Fleming
Dr. Judith Beck connected with Arjmand Publishing, who recently published the Farsi language version of her landmark textbook Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond.
April 10, 2024/Sarah Fleming
Beck Institute was proud to play a pivotal role in the 8th Asian CBT Conference which was held in New Delhi, India from February 28 to March 2, 2024.
April 2, 2024/Sarah Fleming
Dr. Judith Beck is pleased to announce that Dr. Allen Miller has been appointed acting Executive Director. Dr. Miller has been with Beck Institute since 2018.