Branch Rhena - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy For Dummies

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy For Dummies, 2nd Edition

by Rhena Branch and Rob Willson

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy For Dummies, 2nd Edition

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About the Authors

Rhena Branch, MSc, Dip CBT, is an accredited CBT therapist and holds a post-graduate clinical supervision qualification. Rhena runs a private practice with offices in North and Central London. She also teaches and supervises on the MSc course in CBT/REBT at Goldsmith's College, University of London. Rhena treats general psychiatric disorders and has a special interest in eating disorders. CBT for Dummies (second edition) is Rhena's fifth publication and she currently has two further books in press.

Rob Willson, BSc, MSc, Dip SBHS, currently divides the majority of his work time between private practice and conducting research on Body Dysmorphic Disorder at the Institute of Psychiatry, London. Previously he spent twelve years working at the Priory Hospital, North London where he was a therapist and therapy services manager. He also trained numerous CBT therapists over a seven-year period at Goldsmith's College, University of London. Rob's main clinical interests are anxiety and obsessional problems, and disseminating CBT principles through self-help. He has made several TV appearances including in the BBC documentary Too Ugly for Love'.

Dedication

For Felix and Atticus (from Rhena)

For Emma and Lucy (from Rob)

Authors' Acknowledgments

From Rhena: It's great to have the opportunity to produce a second edition of this book. My thanks to everyone involved at Wiley for your support and expert guidance throughout.

Thanks to Rob for your input into this and other projects.

Immense gratitude as always to my boys, for everything.

From Rob: I am grateful to Wiley for approaching (and eventually persuading) me to take on the first edition of CBT for Dummies, I know it has made CBT more accessible for many people. I would like to thank huge number of clients, clinicians, trainees, people interested in CBT, and people courageous enough to embark upon a course of self-help, not only for purchasing the first edition but also for giving so much positive feedback about the book.

Thanks to Rhena for her revisions and driving this second edition forward.

From both of us: Many researchers, fellow therapists and authors have influenced our understanding and practice of CBT over the years and therefore the content in this book. Founding fathers, Albert Ellis and Aaron T. Beck, of course merit special mention. Others include (in no specific order): Ray DiGiuseppe, Mary-Anne Layden, Jacqueline Persons, David A. Clarke, Adrian Wells, Stanley Rachman, Paul Salkovskis, Christine Padesky, Michael Neenan, David Veale, David M. Clark, David Burns, Kevin Gournay and many more. Special thanks goes to Windy Dryden for his extensive writings and for teaching us both so much.

Finally, a genuine thank you to all our clients (past and present) for allowing us to get to know you and learn from you.

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