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COGNITIVE THERAPY OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Aaron T. Beck, Fred D. Wright, Cory F. Newman, and Bruce S. Liese
Guilford Publications, 1993

LEARNING OBJECTIVES - This course was designed to allow the reader to:
• Learn when and how to effectively apply cognitive therapy for the clinical treatment of substance abuse in individual settings
• Learn a cognitive model for addiction with specific cognitive and behavioral strategies and techniques
• Recognize the percentage of people with substance-abuse problems suffer from a comorbid Axis I disorder
• Understand why substance abusers relapse after periods of successful abstinence
• Learn why drug abusers are not receptive to treatment
• Learn what other factor is important in the treatment of substance abusers besides cognitive therapy
• Learn the essential components of case formulation
• Learn what phenomenon causes substance abusers to be prone to anger outbursts
• Learn the disorders that a significant number of addicts suffer from

Aaron T. Beck, M.D., is Director of the Center for Cognitive Therapy in Philadelphia and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author or co-author of over 300 articles, 9 books, and 20 book chapters and has received many honors and awards. He has been listed as one of the most influential psychotherapists by both the AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST and the CANADIAN PSYCHOLOGIST.

The late Fred D. Wright, Ed.D., was Director of Training at the Center for Cognitive Therapy and Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School.

Cory F. Newman, Ph.D., is Director of the Center for Cognitive Therapy. He specializes in the treatment of substance abuse, bipolar disorder, and borderline personality disorder.

Bruce S. Liese, Ph.D., A.B.P.P., is the Director of the Kansas City Center for Cognitive Therapy and Associate Professor of Family Practice and Psychiatry at the University of Kansas.

12 CE credits; 354 pages

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