Beck Institute
“Cognitive Therapy and Psychodynamic Therapy: More Alike than Different?
A Conversation Between Aaron T. Beck, M.D. and Glen O. Gabbard, M.D.” Moderated by APA President, John M. Oldham, M.D.Published research on psychotherapy has increasingly demonstrated its effectiveness as an evidence-based treatment for many psychiatric disorders, in categories ranging from mood and anxiety disorders to personality disorders. But psychotherapy, even “manualized,” standardized psychotherapy, comes in many varieties. Not uncommonly, adherents to one form of psychotherapy or another advocate for its unique effectiveness, as if the field is a racetrack where there is only one winner. In this spirit, the most frequent “either/or” comparison is between cognitive therapy and psychodynamic therapy, often viewed as radically different treatment approaches.A rare opportunity will be presented in a unique Opening Session event at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in May, 2012, in which two masters of psychotherapy will discuss the commonalities and differences between these two well-established forms of treatment. Without powerpoints and without scripts, Drs. Aaron Beck and Glen Gabbard will take their seats for an informal armchair conversation about these different yet overlapping forms of psychotherapy.
“Cognitive Therapy and Psychodynamic Therapy: More Alike than Different?
A Conversation Between Aaron T. Beck, M.D. and Glen O. Gabbard, M.D.” Moderated by APA President, John M. Oldham, M.D.Published research on psychotherapy has increasingly demonstrated its effectiveness as an evidence-based treatment for many psychiatric disorders, in categories ranging from mood and anxiety disorders to personality disorders. But psychotherapy, even “manualized,” standardized psychotherapy, comes in many varieties. Not uncommonly, adherents to one form of psychotherapy or another advocate for its unique effectiveness, as if the field is a racetrack where there is only one winner. In this spirit, the most frequent “either/or” comparison is between cognitive therapy and psychodynamic therapy, often viewed as radically different treatment approaches.A rare opportunity will be presented in a unique Opening Session event at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in May, 2012, in which two masters of psychotherapy will discuss the commonalities and differences between these two well-established forms of treatment. Without powerpoints and without scripts, Drs. Aaron Beck and Glen Gabbard will take their seats for an informal armchair conversation about these different yet overlapping forms of psychotherapy.