Cognitive therapy (CBT)

Back to the ideas wall
Who

Aaron T. Beck, an American psychiatrist from a Russian-Jewish immigrant family, founder of cognitive therapy.

When

1960s

Where

Philadelphia, USA (University of Pennsylvania)

In the 1960s Aaron T. Beck developed cognitive therapy, showing that changing distorted patterns of thought can relieve depression and anxiety; it became one of the most evidence-based psychotherapies in the world. Beck was born in Providence to Jewish immigrants from Russia. The closely related approach REBT was created by Albert Ellis, also from a Jewish family.

Sources

Part of “The Gifts of the Jews” — verified Jewish contributions to the world, with sources.