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Process-Based CBT: The Science and Core Clinical Competencies of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

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Edited by Steven C. Hayes and Stefan G. Hofmann, and based on the new training standards developed by the Inter-Organizational Task Force on Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology Doctoral Education, this groundbreaking textbook presents the core competencies of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in an innovative, practically applicable way, with contributions from some of the luminaries in the field of behavioral science.

CBT is one of the most proven-effective and widely used forms of psychotherapy today. But while there are plenty of books that provide an overview of CBT, this is the first to present the newest recommendations set forth by a special task force of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies—and that focuses on the application of these interventions based on a variety of approaches for doctoral-level education and training. Starting with an exploration of the science and theoretical foundations of CBT, then moving into a thorough presentation of the clinical processes, this book constitutes an accessible, comprehensive guide to grasping and using even the most difficult competencies.

Each chapter of Process-Based CBT is written by a leading authority in that field, and their combined expertise presents the best of behavior therapy and analysis, cognitive therapy, and the acceptance and mindfulness therapies. Most importantly, in addition to gaining an up-to-date understanding of the core processes, with this premiere text you’ll learn exactly how to put them into practice for maximum efficacy.

For practitioners, researchers, students, instructors, and other professionals working with CBT, this breakthrough textbook—poised to set the standard in coursework and training—provides the guidance you need to fully comprehend and utilize the core competencies of CBT in a way that honors the behavioral, cognitive, and acceptance and mindfulness wings of the tradition.


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First published January 2, 2018

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Steven C. Hayes

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Steven C. Hayes, PhD, is Nevada Foundation Professor in the department of psychology at the University of Nevada. An author of thirty-four books and more than 470 scientific articles, he has shown in his research how language and thought leads to human suffering, and cofounded ACT, a powerful therapy method that is useful in a wide variety of areas. Hayes has been president of several scientific societies and has received several national awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy.
He runs the leading Ph.D program in Behavior Analysis, and coined the term Clinical Behavior Analysis. He is known for devising a behavior analysis of human language and cognition called Relational Frame Theory, and its clinical application to various psychological difficulties, such as anxiety.
Hayes has been President of Division 25 of the American Psychological Association, of the American Association of Applied and Preventive Psychology, the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy (now known as the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies), and the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science. He was the first Secretary-Treasurer of the American Psychological Society (now known as the Association for Psychological Science), which he helped form.
Hayes' work is somewhat controversial, particularly with his coined term "Relational Frame Theory" to describe stimulus equivalent research in relation to an elaborate form of B.F. Skinner's Verbal Behavior (also referred to as verbal operants).
An author of 38 books and 550 articles, in 1992 he was listed by the Institute for Scientific Information as the 30th "highest impact" psychologist in the world during 1986-1990 based on the citation impact of his writings during that period.
According to Time columnist John Cloud, "Steven Hayes is at the top of his field. A past president of the distinguished Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, he has written or co-written some 300 peer-reviewed articles and 27 books. Few psychologists are so well published".

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December 5, 2021
Process Based CBT (PB-CBT) seeks to identify and integrate the varieties of effective interventions (processes) from the wide span of proprietary models and schools of psychotherapy, and integrate them in a meta-model.

Most psychotherapist already work an “eclectic” way.

Picking in choosing elements of CBT, ACT, DBT, EFT, EMDR, and the humanistic and psychodynamic traditions.

PB-CBT aims to give structure and direction to this practice by weaving them together in a meta framework for pairing therapeutic processes with the processes of suffering underlying what we currently referred to as mental health disorders as defined by DSM5.

I can’t do PB-CBT justice in this review.

Suffice it to say this is nothing short of revolutionary.

A must read.

5/5 stars.
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127 reviews
April 10, 2020
This was a nice capstone text to help organize everything I've learned about psychological treatment over the last two decades. It did a good job of organizing trans-therapeutic approaches that have demonstrated therapeutic change within the context of a field that is in the midst of big changes in terms of how we view diagnoses and treatment in general.
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April 10, 2023
Assigned for class. Good reference for therapy.
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January 13, 2024
Was recommended this by a speaker at a conference and was a decent refresher on all things new wave CBT including ACT. Read a bunch of chapters in the second half and reported on them in supervision for a period of time before it fell off our radar. Currently props up my laptop to eye height. Not the most thrilling or exactly step by step instructional but at the time it served its place.
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August 12, 2024
Had to read for fundamentals of behavioral therapy so not a “fun” read, but completely changed my perspective on life/ the world/ people and I am SO glad I got to read this. I docked a star bc it was a forced read and could be boring at times but a GREAT book especially for practitioners
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May 7, 2023
Foundational in understanding my therapeutic approach. Hayes is able to be a guiding hand in providing a clear cut way to integrate approaches.
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