Cognitive foundations of clinical psychology

229 Pages·2014·3.957 MB·English

by  Brewin, Chris

PSYCHOLOGY REVIVALS
Cognitive
Foundations of
Clinical Psychology
Chris R. Brewin
T
Psychology Press
Psychology Revivals
Cognitive Foundations of
Clinical Psychology
Originally published in 1988, this was the first textbook to review and inte­
grate the cognitive theories underlying the practice of modern clinical psy­
chology. Written in a clear and readable way, it uses many clinical examples
to relate the theories to what therapists actually do. It describes the strengths
and weaknesses of the theories and develops a common framework drawn
from research in social and cognitive psychology to explain the mechanisms of
behavioural and cognitive therapy. Among the topics covered are the validity
of self-reports; experimental investigations of nonconscious processes; cogni­
tive theories of conditioning; the relation between cognition and emotional
disorders such as anxiety and depression; self-esteem and the development of
self-schema; self-efficacy; explanation and causal attribution; personal values
and goals; self-regulation and the techniques of cognitive therapy. This text­
book is designed for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses in
clinical and abnormal psychology. Its practical focus will also make it of par­
ticular interest to practising clinical psychologists, psychiatrists and other
mental health professionals.
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Cognitive Foundations of
Clinical Psychology
Chris R. Brewin
Vp Psychology Press
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LONDON AND NfcW YORK
First published in 1988
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COGNITIVE FOUNDATIONS
OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Chris R. Brewin
MRC Social Psychiatry Unit,
Institute of Psychiatry, London
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I Hove and London (UK) Hillsdale (USA)
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Brewin, Chris
Cognitive foundations of clinical psychology.
1. Medicine. Cognitive behaviour therapy
I. Title
616.89*142
ISBN 0-86377-099-1
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All unhappiness depends upon some kind of disin­
tegration or lack of integration; there is disintegr­
ation within the self through lack of co-ordination
between the conscious and the unconscious mind;
there is lack of integration between the self and
society, where the two are not knit together by the
force of objective interests and affections.
Bertrand Russell
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Contents
Preface xi
1. Introduction: Cognition and clinical psychology 1
Contemporary clinical psychology 3
Cognitive approaches in psychology 4
Cognitions as precipitating factors 6
Cognitions as vulnerability factors 7
Cognitions as factors in recovery 10
Conclusions 12
2. Conscious and unconscious 13
Perception without conscious awareness 14
Limitations on self-reports 16
Two cognitive systems 19
Cognition and action: Regulated versus unregulated behaviour
The Freudian conception of the unconscious 25
Conclusions 29
3. Cognition and conditioning 31
Mechanisms of conditioning 32
Animal conditioning 33
Human conditioning 35
Conditioning models of neurosis 39
A cognitive critique of conditioning theories of neurosis 43
Conclusions 46