Aaron Beck and Congnitive Behavioral Therapy
Aaron Beck was born in Providence Rhode Island on July 18th 1921. He has had an interest in human nature since as far back as he can remember. He attended Brown University and received many honors and awards for academic excellence. Soon after he graduated Brown Beck pursued his medical degree at Yale. In 1946 he received his PH. D. in Psychology. Beck became interested in the specific field of psychoanalysis during his residency at Rhode Island Hospital. He spent two years as a doctor at Austin Riggs Center where conducted long term psychotherapy and gained experience in this field. He then became Assistant Chief of Neuropsychology at Valley Forge during the Korean War (Hunt).
Beck’s psychoanalysis was in harmony with the developments of that time. He set out to prove that psychoanalysis, influenced by Freud, really did work. Beck became increasingly interested in depression and the causes. He hypothesized that......
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