Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in a Nutshell – Second Edition is a concise introduction to one of the most widely-practised approaches to counselling and psychotherapy.
Leading authors, Michael Neenan and Windy Dryden, explain the model and the core techniques used during the therapeutic process to:
– elicit and examine negative automatic thoughts
– uncover and explore underlying assumptions, rules and core beliefs (schemas); and
– maintain gains from therapy.
For newcomers to the subject, this revised and updated edition of Cognitive Therapy in a Nutshell provides the ideal place to start and a springboard to further study.
Table of Content
The Components of Counselling in a Nutshell
Bonds
Views
Goals
Tasks
Counselling as a Process
About the author
Windy Dryden is one of the leading practitioners and trainers in the UK in the Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) tradition of psychotherapy. He is best known for his work in Rational-Emotive Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (RECBT), a leading CBT approach. He has been working in the field of counselling and psychotherapy since 1975 and was one of the first people in Britain to be trained in CBT.He has published over 200 books and has trained therapists all over the world, in as diverse places as the UK, the USA, South Africa, Turkey and Israel.He is Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London.