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Like ACT, cognitive therapy shares a personality with its co-founder. Beck's biographer, Brown psychologist Marjorie Weishaar, writes that in his younger years, Beck had public-speaking anxiety and a phobia about tunnels. He solved both problems by correcting misimpressions he had developed: "One day, approaching the Holland Tunnel, he realized that he was interpreting the tightness in his chest as a sign he was suffocating," Weishaar writes. He wasn't, of course, and when he "worked that through cognitively," the phobia vanished. Similarly, his stage fright eased "with continued practice and challenging his automatic thoughts...
...that cognitive therapy "is one of the most extensively researched forms of psychotherapy." The paper summarizes the results of 16 studies of a collective 9,995 subjects and finds a large effect for cognitive therapy in the treatment of unipolar depression, generalized anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, social phobia and panic disorder-Hayes' condition. Cognitive therapy was also shown to be somewhat superior to antidepressants. After sending me the paper, Beck e-mailed derisively, "The last time there was a claim for a New Wave ... was the proclamation of 'transpersonal psychology,' which purported to demonstrate some mystical forces between...
...just as cognitive therapy didn't simply pop into Beck's head when he learned to master his tunnel phobia, ACT is more than the sum of Hayes' experiences. As Hayes' anxiety condition improved in the '80s, he worked with scores of clients and students in his lab to develop the therapy. The lab did studies showing how humans narrow the range of their behaviors based on rules they hear, even in situations where rules hurt them. For instance, Hayes conducted experiments showing that subjects who could have earned more money for doing simple tasks (like moving a light around...
...root of the problem in most cases is an extreme form of social anxiety or phobia. "It is a fear that can literally make it impossible to speak," says Dr. Elisa Shipon- Blum, a Philadelphia-based clinician who specializes in treating selective mutism. As with most social anxieties, SM is more common in girls and is believed to have a strong genetic component. About 70% of kids with SM have an immediate family member who also struggles with social anxiety...
...about how they speak and present.According to Herman, however, some students shy away from public speaking opportunities and might not be so fond of a course devoted to this topic.“I think some students love it and some students are intimidated by it. The most common phobia that people experience is public speaking,” Herman says.Regardless of whether or not students would enjoy a course in public speaking, Engell, Houfek, and Herman all say that proficiency in public speaking is crucial to success in every career.“Harvard educates world leaders...