Taped live, Cognitive Interpersonal Therapy (CIT) is a new treatment developed by Dr. Burns to help patients deal with anger, resolve conflicts, and develop more satisfying relationships. You will learn this basic, flexible approach, which can be used to treat patients with a wide variety of relationship conflicts. You will also learn strategies for dealing with angry patients who blame others and resist change, and paraoxical methods to boost motivation and empower the patient. Include a CD of all handouts and tests in .pdf format.
David D. Burns is an American psychiatrist and adjunct professor emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He is the author of bestselling books such as Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy, The Feeling Good Handbook and Feeling Great: The Revolutionary New Treatment for Depression and Anxiety. Burns popularized Albert Ellis's and Aaron T. Beck's cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) when his books became bestsellers during the 1980s. In a January 2021 interview, Burns attributed his rise in popularity and much of his success to an appearance in 1988 on The Phil Donahue Show, to which he was invited by the producer after helping her teenage son with depression.