Cambridge Guide to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Jessica Davies is a BABCP accredited practitioner, supervisor and trainer. She qualified as a CBT therapist in 2013 from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, and has since worked in NHSTT, student services and private practice. She is currently Portfolio Co-Director for the Masters in Clinical Associate in Psychology Degree Apprenticeship and CBT Lead for the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, both at the University of Exeter. In addition, she works as a Research Therapist for the Accept Clinic at the Mood Disorders Centre, and is an Associate Editor of the BABCP Journal Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. Paul Salkovskis is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Oxford. From April 2018 he has been Director of the Oxford Centre for Psychological Health, the Oxford Institute for Clinical Psychology Training and Research and The Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre, at the University of Oxford and Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. He is President BABCP and Editor in Chief of the BABCP Journal Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy and an Honorary Fellow of the Association. Professor Ken Laidlaw, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist with world-leading expertise in the psychology of ageing, cognitive behavioural therapy for older people and attitudes to ageing. He is Emeritus Professor in Psychology at the University of Exeter and part-time Consultant Clinical Psychologist with NHS Highland in Scotland. In 2025 he was made an honorary Fellow of the BABCP in recognition of outstanding contribution to the development of CBT in the UK. Ken is widely published in peer-reviewed academic journals and is the author and co-author of a number of the influential books on CBT with Older People, emotional disorders in late life and clinical geropsychology. He has worked as a clinical psychologist with older people in the NHS both in England and Scotland for more than three decades and in clinical psychology training since the late 1990s, leading two different Doctoral Training Programmes in Clinical Psychology. He has been responsible for developing manuals for various clinical trials and led the development of a cross-cultural Attitudes to Ageing Questionnaire (AAQ), which was trialed in no fewer than 20 countries across the world.

• Forword Judith S. Beck; Part I. An Overview of the Model: 1. An historical overview of cognitive behavioural therapy Ken Laidlaw; 2. The supporting theory of cognitive behavioural therapy Ken Laidlaw; 3. Efficacy of CBT: a brief outline and review Ken Laidlaw; Part II. The Model of CBT into Practice: 4. What is cognitive behaviour therapy Jessica Davies; 5. The goals of cognitive behavioural therapy Jessica Davies; 6. The specific techniques of cognitive behavioural therapy Jessica Davies; 7. The structure of cognitive behavioural therapy Jessica Davies; 8. Psychological assessment, formulation, and intervention in CBT Jessica Davies; Part III. Application and Adaptations for Mental Health Presentations: 9. Adaptations of the original model of cognitive behavioural therapy Jessica Davies and Ken Laidlaw; 10. Anxiety disorders Jessica Davies; 11. Specific phobias Ken Laidlaw; 12. Panic disorder Jessica Davies and Paul Salkovskis; 13. Social anxiety disorder Jessica Davies and Rachel Handley; 14. Generalised anxiety disorder Saevar Már Gústavsson and Paul Salkovskis; 15. Obsessive compulsive or related disorders Jessica Davies; 16. Obsessive compulsive disorder Jessica Davies and Paul Salkovskis; 17. Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) Jessica Davies; 18. Illness anxiety disorder Jessica Davies and Paul Salkovskis; 19. Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Jessica Davies and Rachel Handley; 20. Depression Jessica Davies and Ken Laidlaw; 21. CBT for psychosis and complex mental health (PCMH) Sean Harper and David Carmichael; Part IV. Application of CBT in Different Populations and Settings: 22. Adaptations for specific populations Ken Laidlaw; 23. Evidenced-based age-appropriate CBT with older people Ken Laidlaw; 24. Using CBT with family caregivers of persons living with dementia Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, Jennifer Ramsey, Ann Choryan Bilbrey and Julian Montoro-Rodriguez; 25. CBT for children and young people Mike Turnbull and Markku Wood; 26. Adaptations for specific events: immediately after a traumatic event Rachel Handley; 27. Cognitive behavioural therapy in primary care Jessica Davies; 28. Group cognitive behavioural therapy Jessica Davies; 29. Conjoint format – couple's therapy Jessica Davies; 30. Internet and telephone delivery Jessica Davies and Ken Laidlaw; 31. Computerised CBT self-help approaches Jessica Davies, Ken Laidlaw and Bruno Kajiyama; 32. Developing and progressing as a CBT therapist Jessica Davies and Paul Salkovskis; Index.

'This guide is a must-have for any mental health professional who uses cognitive behavioural therapy in their practice. Written by internationally regarded CBT researchers, teachers and clinicians, it not only provides the reader with concisely written instruction on how to deliver CBT for a variety of mental health conditions, but also neatly links such guidance to the powerful theories and evidence that underpin the application of CBT. A wide range of disorders is included, each with multiple CBT models expertly summarised and contrasted. Other chapters consider the application of CBT to different populations and settings. Both those new to CBT and expert practitioners will find this volume an essential text that supports their practice for years to come.' Richard Meiser-Stedman, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Therapies, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, UK