Cognitive Schemas and Core Beliefs in Psychological Problems: A Scientist-practitioners Guide

Provides information on the evaluation and utility of the schema concept and core beliefs as they apply to the research and treatment of various clinical problems. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591477824
• ISBN13: 9781591477822
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.3" x 10.2"

Customer Reviews

Outstanding cognitive therapy resource for therapists, clients, and researchers

As an Associate Professor of Psychology and clinician in private practice, I found this book to be superb. Dr. Riso is an accomplished scholar who has compiled a group of highly respected and well-known experts in this very timely volume on cognitive therapy. Both seasoned and novice cognitive-behavioral therapists, as well as clients engaged in such treatment, will find this book to be a wonderful resource. Cognitive schema work is particularly useful for more chronic conditions, such as eating disorders, chronic depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and substance use disorders, all of which are addressed in this volume. Upon reading this work, the cognitive therapist will have a clear idea about how to move beyond traditional, present-focused CBT work and incorporate work on modifying long-standing, underlying core beliefs. In addition, this book will give clients insight into how the "lens" through which they view the world can impact their struggles with mood, anxiety and/or body image. There is no other published work that I am aware of with this kind of coverage of schema theory and application. As an experienced cognitive-behavioral therapist, I highly recommend this book for both clinicians and clients. As a clinical researcher, I also highly recommend this volume book to those doing research on cognitive schemas and cognitive therapy.