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"This book provides a skilful mix of theory and practice that should be essential reading for all wanting to learn more about MCT... I highly recommend it." – Hans M. Nordahl, Professor of Clinical Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
"The book is unique in that it expands upon traditional CBT and adds a dimension that may prove to establish metacognitive therapy (MCT) as a distinctive therapeutic technique. The approach offered in this book will make a definite contribution to the field of psychotherapy--for therapists who do not practice traditional CBT as well as for those who do. This book will be of particular value to persons practicing CBT who wish to understand more of the weaknesses (and presumably, therefore, the strengths) of the traditional CBT model.Represents a new paradigm in the treatment of mental disorders. Its foundations are rooted solidly in traditional psychotherapeutic thought (particularly psychoanalysis) yet also within our latest understanding of the developmental and neurological aspects of the brain. It is clearly a book for the seasoned and knowledgeable psychologist." – Richard H. Cox, President Emeritus/Professor of Forest Institute of Professional Psychology, in APA Journals, PsycCRITIQUES
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"This book provides a skilful mix of theory and practice that should be essential reading for all wanting to learn more about MCT... I highly recommend it." -- Hans M. Nordahl, Professor of Clinical Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway "The book is unique in that it expands upon traditional CBT and adds a dimension that may prove to establish metacognitive therapy (MCT) as a distinctive therapeutic technique. The approach offered in this book will make a definite contribution to the field of psychotherapy--for therapists who do not practice traditional CBT as well as for those who do. This book will be of particular value to persons practicing CBT who wish to understand more of the weaknesses (and presumably, therefore, the strengths) of the traditional CBT model.Represents a new paradigm in the treatment of mental disorders. Its foundations are rooted solidly in traditional psychotherapeutic thought (particularly psychoanalysis) yet also within our latest understanding of the developmental and neurological aspects of the brain. It is clearly a book for the seasoned and knowledgeable psychologist." -- Richard H. Cox, President Emeritus/Professor of Forest Institute of Professional Psychology, in APA Journals, PsycCRITIQUES
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I thought that MCT was just another name for CBT, but wanted to find out more about the approach. This book makes it very clear how MCT is distinct from a theoretical and clinical perspective. It provides many useful clinical examples and clinicians will find this a great introduction to working with clients from this new perspective.
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Metacognitive therapy is one of the most important modern cognitive/behavioural therapies, without doubt, especially in the treatment of anxiety disorders. Adrian Wells has written an very comprehensive manual on metacognitive therapy (MCT) Metacognitive Therapy for Anxiety and Depression. However, this Distinctive Features series dictates a set format for the book that perhaps helps the authors here to provide similar information in a different manner, with new examples, etc. I found this very helpful as it clarifies the general approach and broadens the range of examples. For instance, there are a few more examples of MCT applied to social phobia in this book, an application not covered in much detail elsewhere. This book is perhaps also slightly more readable than Wells' main manual, and more concise. (It fits nicely in my jacket pocket for reading on the train!) I'd therefore recommend that anyone interested in MCT might want to read this book first and then the one mentioned above. MCT arguably offers a simpler and more consistent approach, in some ways, than traditional CBT. It's also accumulating evidence as potentially being slightly briefer and more effective than traditional CBT. MCT has shown particular promise as a treatment for OCD and GAD. Aaron T. Beck has now explicitly assimilated aspects of MCT into his revised cognitive therapy approach for GAD, and perhaps also in his revisions of the generic cognitive model of anxiety. In addition to the anxiety disorders, MCT has also shown promise as a more focused approach to the treatment of clinical depression than traditional cognitive therapy has offered, by targeting the key process of rumination. If I remember rightly, this book particularly has examples of OCD and GAD throughout and a chapter is dedicated to a longer example of MCT applied to PTSD. Wells has also desribed a transdiagnostic or "universal" MCT conceptualisation model which provides a basis for applying the approach to other, related problems, perhaps including certain subclinical or comorbid cases, etc. What's lacking here are some of the forms and diagrams that are central to the approach but these are available in the manual above.
Donald Robertson
Author of The Philosophy of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy
Donald Robertson
Author of The Philosophy of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Cbt is a vastly growing family of therapies which can be confusing for therapists to keep track of. Followng in the precedent set by the cbt distinctive range Well's Mct is a great introduction that provides a great introduction to the theory of this interesting clinically relevant take on information processing. Which will certainly lead me to read more about mct. However I wish following reading it I felt more informed about its evidence base.
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