Background
Her father is Aaron Beck, Doctor of Medicine, the founder of cognitive therapy (Cognitive behavioral therapy), with whom she has worked on many occasions.
Her father is Aaron Beck, Doctor of Medicine, the founder of cognitive therapy (Cognitive behavioral therapy), with whom she has worked on many occasions.
Writing is the author of the widely adopted and widely cited textbook, Cognitive Therapy: Basics and Beyond, which has been translated into 20 languages and is a basic textbook in the field for many students in psychiatry, psychology, counseling, social work, and psychiatric nursing in the United States. and around the world. Her other books include Cognitive Therapy for Challenging Problems: What to Do When the Basics Don’t Work, The Oxford Textbook of Psychotherapy, Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders, as well as The New York Times Best Seller (Advice/2007) The Diet Solution and The Diet Solution Weight Loss Workbook,The Complete Diet for Life, and The Diet Trap Solution, a cognitive therapy approach to weight loss and maintenance. co-developed the Youth Scales for Social and Emotional Impairment and has written hundreds of articles, chapters, and books, for professionals and consumers, on the various applications of cognitive therapy in treatment and training. Institute and teaching is the President of the non-profit Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy in suburban Philadelphia and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania, where she teaches residents. directs the three major functions of the Institute: education, clinical care, and research.
In these capacities, she is involved with administration, teaching and supervising mental-health professionals, treating patients, writing, developing educational materials, and consultation.
She is a consultant for research studies funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, and assists hospitals, residency training programs, community mental health centers, and other organizations set up or improve their cognitive therapy programs. is also a distinguished founding fellow and past president of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy.