There’s nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so…

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

Does Shakespeare’s famous maxim apply to head injury? According to a new study, the answer is yes. Researchers recently looked at […]

Love is Never Enough

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

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

All-male CBT workshops effective for men with insomnia

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

CBT has been successfully used to treat insomnia in both men and women, but according to a recent article men […]

Maximizing daily satisfaction to help alleviate Depression

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

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

Cognitive Behavior Therapy helps prevent spread of HIV

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) recently launched a Healthy Living Project to promote healthful behaviors among those who have HIV. The […]

Unemployed? Cognitive Behavior Therapy may be able to help

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

Usually we write in about recent studies — and this unemployment study is actually from 1997, but we thought it was […]

Men Have Eating Disorders – Cognitive Therapy Can Help

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

Anorexia and bulimia are not just affecting women. A recent Harvard Medical School survey showed that nationally, 25% of those with anorexia […]

Cognitive Restructuring Group

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

We recently received the following update from Kevin Benbow about the positive effects of teaching Cognitive Restructuring in a group […]

CBT for Smoking Cessation among Cancer Patients

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

Smoking, alcohol use and depression often co-exist at high rates among patients with head and neck cancer. Researchers recently designed a […]

Using Cognitive Therapy to treat Delusions

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

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

Can’t leave home? Phone therapy can help

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

A new study shows that Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) delivered entirely by phone can help depressed patients – with lasting […]

Forbes Magazine: Patient Fix Thyself… Cognitive Behavior Therapy… may be better than Prozac

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

  “Dump the Couch! And ditch the Zoloft. A new therapy revolution is here,” says the cover of the April, 2007 […]

HBO Film on Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Addiction

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

HBO is launching a new addiction project, and one of its films features Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) as the “most effective treatment […]

Most influential therapists of the past 25 years

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

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

Homework

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

I often tell therapists and patients that the way people get better is to make small changes in their thinking […]

Cognitive Behavioral Aspects of Irritable Bowel Syndrome

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

A recent study followed 620 patients with gastroenteritis (an infection or inflammation of the stomach area) to see if they went on to […]

Women War Vets with PTSD improve through CBT

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

In the U.S., post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is more prevalent among women than men, and is especially prevalent among women in […]

Cognitive Behavior Therapist – How to Find One

June 8, 2021/Hallie Grossman

Two days ago, we received a great comment that said, “This is *not* what I experienced when I saw a […]

Roleplaying with Aaron Beck

June 8, 2021/Beck Institute Staff

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

Interview with Aaron Beck on the History of Cognitive Therapy

June 8, 2021/Beck Institute Staff

 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 […]