Posts Tagged ‘cognitive’

Elizabeth Epstein – Cognitive Behavioral Treatments for Alcohol Dependent Women

Dr. Elizabeth Epstein discusses Cognitive Behavioral Treatments, which are designed to help people, primarily women, cope with their lives without using substances. Dr. Epstein has 20 years experience conducting treatment outcome studies with alcohol and drug use disordered persons. She has focused on clinical research in the addictions, particularly, randomized clinical trials and treatment development [...]

Cognitive Therapy for Addictions Video

Bruce Liese discusses using Cognitive Therapy with a client who is struggling with addiction. Watch the full video to see Liese in an actual therapy session.

How does cognitive-behavioral therapy work for addicts?

Cognitive-behavioral therapy is not a single body of techniques. It is grown from a very small number to quite a different sort of pool of interventions. Yes, it maybe one-on-one talk therapy, but unlike dynamic therapy it’s not about what happened in childhood. It’s all here and now. It’s what you can do tomorrow. You [...]