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Dr. Aaron Beck (1921–2021), father of cognitive therapy

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Dr. Aaron Beck was a psychotherapist who was a pioneer in the development of cognitive behavioral therapy.Dr.

Beck developed the groundbreaking cognitive behavioral therapy while he was a psychiatrist at the University of Pennsylvania.

The therapy treats depression and other psychiatric problems through changes in thinking and modifying behaviors. Studies have shown cognitive therapy to be very effective in treating disorders.

Dr. Beck co-founded the non-profit Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy with his daughter, Dr. Judith Beck, and authored many books on the subject.“These people have some capacity to do better, but they have all these defeatist attitudes and expectations; they assume they’re going to fail.” – New York TimesDr.

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