Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Over Time

In Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Over Time, Dr. Amy Wenzel demonstrates this empirically validated approach over the course of six sessions with one client.

Cognitive behavioral theory posits that modifying ones thoughts can change not only cognitions, but also behaviors and feelings. Similarly, behavioral strategies can produce fairly immediate reductions in emotional distress, while also serving as agents of cognitive change. This approach has proven effective for treating clients presenting with a wide range of issues, including depression, anxiety, anger, addictions, personality disorders, and adjustment to medical illness.

In this video program, Dr. Wenzel works with a young woman in college who is trying to maintain a healthy life balance despite a stressful home environment in which she functions as caregiver to two family members. Over the course of treatment, Dr. Wenzel uses cognitive restructuring to engage the client in identifying, evaluating, and modifying the thoughts and underlying beliefs related to her stress and anxiety.

In Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Over Time, Dr. Amy Wenzel demonstrates this empirically supported approach over the course of six sessions with one client. According to cognitive behavioral theory, modifying unhelpful cognitions has the potential to reduce emotional distress and increase engagement in proactive behavior. Similarly, behavioral strategies can produce fairly immediate reductions in emotional distress, while also serving as agents of cognitive change.

This approach has proven efficacious for treating clients presenting with a wide range of issues, including depression, anxiety, anger, addictions, personality disorders, and adjustment to medical illness.

In this video program, Dr. Wenzel works with a young woman in college who is trying to maintain a healthy life balance despite a stressful home environment in which she functions as caregiver for two family members. Over the course of treatment, Dr. Wenzel uses cognitive restructuring to engage the client in identifying, evaluating, and modifying the thoughts and underlying beliefs related to her stress and anxiety, and she helps the client to acquire self-soothing and problem solving skills.

Amy Wenzel, PhD, ABPP, is owner of Wenzel Consulting, LLC, clinical assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA, and an affiliate of the Postpartum Stress Center. She is an internationally recognized expert on cognitive therapy and regularly provides in-person workshops and webinars through her appointments on the speakers' faculties of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Cross-Country Education.

Dr. Wenzel has authored or edited 15 books, many on the delivery of cognitive therapy to special populations, and approximately 100 journal articles and book chapters on diverse topics such as cognitive processes in psychopathology, perinatal distress, suicide prevention, and interpersonal relationships.

Her research has been funded by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (formerly known as the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression), and the National Institute of Mental Health.

She is certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in the specialty area of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology, and she has held leadership positions in the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.

• Beck, J. S. (2011). Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
• Dobson, D., & Dobson, K. S. (2009). Evidence-Based Practice of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
• Dobson, K. S. (2012). Cognitive Therapy. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• Hofmann, S. G. (2012). An Introduction to Modern CBT: Psychological Solutions to Mental Health Problems. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
• Kuyken, W., Padesky, C. A., & Dudley, R. (2009). Collaborative Case Conceptualization: Working Effectively With Clients in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
• Persons, J. B. (2008). The Case Formulation Approach to Cognitive-Behavior Therapy. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
• Wright, J. H., Basco, M. R., & Thase, M. E. (2006). Learning Cognitive-Behavior Therapy: An Illustrated Guide. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.

APA Videos

• Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Social Anxiety
  Amy Wenzel
• Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy for Clients With Anxiety and Panic
  Bunmi O. Olatunji
• Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy for Clients With Multiple Problems
  Gayle Y. Iwamasa
• Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy Strategies
  Keith S. Dobson
• Cognitive Restructuring of Automatic Thoughts
  Keith S. Dobson, Pamela A. Hays, and Amy Wenzel
• Cognitive Therapy Over Time
  Keith S. Dobson
• Cognitive Therapy
  Judith S. Beck
• Core Belief Work and Acceptance
  Keith S. Dobson, Pamela A. Hays, and Amy Wenzel
• Problem Solving
  Keith S. Dobson, Pamela A. Hays, and Amy Wenzel
• Psychological Assessment and Case Conceptualization
  Keith S. Dobson, Pamela A. Hays, and Amy Wenzel
• Relapse Prevention and Ending Treatment
  Keith S. Dobson, Pamela A. Hays, and Amy Wenzel
• Session Structure and Behavioral Strategies
  Keith S. Dobson, Pamela A. Hays, and Amy Wenzel

APA Books

• Anxiety in Childbearing Women: Diagnosis and Treatment
  Amy Wenzel
• Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy
  Michelle G. Craske
• Cognitive Therapy for Suicidal Patients: Scientific and Clinical Applications
  Amy Wenzel, Gregory K. Brown, and Aaron T. Beck
• Culturally Responsive Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy: Assessment, Practice, and Supervision
  Edited by Pamela A. Hays and Gayle Y. Iwamasa
• Strategic Decision Making in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  Amy Wenzel
• Treating PTSD With Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies: Interventions That Work
  Candice M. Monson and Phillip Schnaider