Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Depression: Schema Change Methods

Jacqueline B. Persons, PhD, is the director of the San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy and an associate clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Persons presented cognitive–behavioral therapy in the first of the American Psychological Association Psychotherapy Video Series, Systems of Psychotherapy, released in 1995.

Trained at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Persons has been a practicing cognitive–behavioral therapist for more than 15 years and maintains an active clinical practice. She is an internationally known workshop presenter, author of the widely used basic teaching text Cognitive Therapy in Practice: A Case Formulation Approach (1989), and the author of numerous research and clinical articles on topics related to the outcome and process of cognitive–behavioral therapy. She has served as editor of The Behavior Therapist and associate editor of Cognitive Therapy and Research. She recently served as president of the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology (Section 3, Division 12 of the American Psychological Association).

Joan Davidson, PhD, is the director of clinical services at the San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy and an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley. She is a practicing cognitive–behavioral therapist, specializing in the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders, and a clinical supervisor to graduate students learning to conduct cognitive–behavioral treatments. Dr. Davidson consults, teaches, and lectures on numerous topics about cognitive–behavioral treatment to both professional and lay audiences.

Michael A. Tompkins, PhD, is the director of professional training of the San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy and an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Tompkins specializes in the treatment of anxiety and mood disorders in adults and children. He is the author or coauthor of numerous book chapters and journal articles on cognitive–behavioral therapy and has presented widely on this topic.

APA Videos

• Cognitive–Behavior Therapy
  Jacqueline B. Persons
• Cognitive Therapy
  Judith S. Beck
• Couple Therapy for Depression
  Mark A. Whisman
• Depression
  Michael D. Yapko
• Emotion-Focused Therapy for Depression
  Leslie S. Greenberg
• Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression
  Zindel V. Segal

APA Books

• Chronic Depression: Interpersonal Sources, Therapeutic Solutions
  Jeremy W. Pettit and Thomas E. Joiner
• Culturally Responsive Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy: Assessment, Practice, and Supervision
  Edited by Pamela A. Hays and Gayle Y. Iwamasa
• Emotion-Focused Therapy for Depression
  Leslie S. Greenberg and Jeanne C. Watson
• Enhanced Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy for Couples: A Contextual Approach
  Norman B. Epstein and Donald H. Baucom
• Experiences of Depression: Theoretical, Clinical, and Research Perspectives
  Sidney J. Blatt
• Understanding Depression in Women: Applying Empirical Research to Practice and Policy
  Edited by Carolyn M. Mazure and Gwendolyn Puryear Keita