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Article: Individual Psychology and Cognitive Behavior Therapy: A Cognitive Therapy Perspective
- Article from:
- Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy
- Article date:
- January 1, 1997
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright Springer Publishing Company 1997. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Adler's Individual Psychology (IP) and Cognitive Behavior Therapy (BT) have many common precepts and suppositions. This paper delineates many of these commonalities and suggests areas in which the therapists may learn from each other.
In the last several years CBT has attracted increasing interest from mental health professionals from around the world. The "cognitive revolution" discussed by Mahoney (1974) has matured so that the Cognitive Behavior Therapies have moved from an area of fringe interest to the forefront of professional interest. Cognitive Therapy has become a meeting ground for therapists from diverse theoretical and philosophical positions ranging from the behavioral to the ...