Posted: Jul 28, 2010 1:26 pm
Cynergy wrote:Lazar wrote:Managed to rescue this from the flames:
Try mood gym for a good intro into CBT. Note that this is not a substitute for professional help but it will give you an idea what to expect.
Padesky is the leading researcher in this field. Her website with LOTS of good resources can be found
here
Authentic happiness (horrible name I know) has some decent resources that I have used on occasion. I have also taken many of the questionnaires and used them in research before and they are OK for certain things. In addition they sometimes run free trials on various well-being improvement techniques with results showing many of them can be reasonable effective and easily done at home.
Also try the following books:
Change your thinking and
Learned optimism
The APA locatoris good for finding a psychologist and the APA site itself has some good resources such as here and here.
Also try the following books:
Change your thinking and
Learned optimism
Evidence of CBTs effectiveness (care of Mr. Samsa)
Here's a review of some metanalyses of CBT
Drugs and therapy more effective than just drugs by themselves
CBT more effective than sleeping pills
There are some more links to research on the Wiki page: CBT
As for evidence for behavioral therapy in general, well we have a couple of journals, the main ones being: Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (for the underpinning science of behavior) and Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (for how those principles are used in applied settings).
Thanks lazar. Completed the moodgym (over four 9-hour nights), didn't honestly find it any more for effective than standard CBT (Aalready done that). Still, helpfull, as are the other links.