| Summary: | Dr. Beck is the primary leader in Cognitive Therapy. He is University Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and is Director of the Center for Cognitive Therapy. He has published numerous articles and five books - the most recent, Anxiety Disorders and Phobias, is destined to be as influential as his earlier works. Dr. Beck is noted for his work with anxiety and depression. Cognitive therapy, in part, deals with the thoughts - the negative things we tell ourselves - that lead to bad feelings and clinical symptoms. In this film, Dr. Beck teaches Richard how to identify his own negative thoughts and to rebut them to help his anxiety, his anger and his depression. This is a valuable film for the patient as well as the professional in providing immediately effective skills to reverse such debilitating maladies.
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