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AndyinPA wrote: ↑Fri Oct 22, 2021 5:43 pm RIP. He actually had a pretty full career.

Dr Aaron Beck, the father of cognitive behavioural therapy, dies aged 100
Beck’s work revolutionised the diagnosis and treatment of depression and other psychological disorders and continues to have a resounding influence

Beck developed the field of cognitive behavioural therapy, a clinical form of psychotherapy, at the University of Pennsylvania in the 1960s. It prompts patients to focus on distortions in their day-to-day thinking, rather than on conflicts buried in childhood.

He developed the treatment after finding that his depressed patients frequently experienced distorted negative ideas – he dubbed them “automatic thoughts”.

Unlike Freudian psychoanalysis, which delves into a patient’s childhood and searches for hidden internal conflicts, cognitive therapy says turning around a self-disparaging inner monologue is key to alleviating many psychological problems.

He touted the idea with an anti-Freudian maxim: “There’s more to the surface than meets the eye.”

Beck discovered that patients who learn to recognise the faulty logic of their negative automatic thoughts – such as, “I’ll always be a failure” or “no one likes me” – could learn to overcome their fears and think more rationally, which diminished their anxiety and improved their mood. He found that results endured long after therapy was finished, as patients learned to confront those thoughts on their own.

Tiredretiredlawyer wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 10:29 am https://www.theguardian.com/science/202 ... s-aged-100

Dr Aaron Beck, the father of cognitive behavioural therapy, dies aged 100
Beck’s work revolutionised the diagnosis and treatment of depression and other psychological disorders and continues to have a resounding influence

Beck developed the field of cognitive behavioural therapy, a clinical form of psychotherapy, at the University of Pennsylvania in the 1960s. It prompts patients to focus on distortions in their day-to-day thinking, rather than on conflicts buried in childhood.

He developed the treatment after finding that his depressed patients frequently experienced distorted negative ideas – he dubbed them “automatic thoughts”.

Unlike Freudian psychoanalysis, which delves into a patient’s childhood and searches for hidden internal conflicts, cognitive therapy says turning around a self-disparaging inner monologue is key to alleviating many psychological problems.

He touted the idea with an anti-Freudian maxim: “There’s more to the surface than meets the eye.”

Beck discovered that patients who learn to recognise the faulty logic of their negative automatic thoughts – such as, “I’ll always be a failure” or “no one likes me” – could learn to overcome their fears and think more rationally, which diminished their anxiety and improved their mood. He found that results endured long after therapy was finished, as patients learned to confront those thoughts on their own.

I thank this man for his work and for how CBT has helped so many members of my family.

I know it helped me. My inner monologue was... astonishingly brutal. Still can be sometimes, but I've learned mechanisms to shut it down. Works most of the time. Now I know who to thank.

Colin Powell's life as a military leader, diplomat to be honored during funeral service
The Bidens are scheduled to attend the service as well as former Presidents Obama and Bush and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Foggy wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 11:54 am

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