Judith S. Beck

Ph.D.

President, Beck Institute Clinical Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania

https://www.beckinstitute.org

Judith S. Beck is President of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and a Clinical Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.

Expert Bio

Judith S. Beck, Ph.D., is President of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (www.beckinstitute.org), a non-profit organisation that provides state-of-the-art training in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy (CT-R), certification in CBT, and online courses on a variety of CBT and CT-R topics, in addition to conducting research and serving as a leading global resource in CBT and CT-R. She is also Clinical Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.   Dr. Beck has written over 100 articles and chapters as well as books, workbooks, and pamphlets for professionals and non-professionals, including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: Basics and Beyond (now in its third edition) and Cognitive Therapy for Challenging Problems: What to Do When the Basics Don’t Work. She has made hundreds of presentations nationally and internationally on various applications of CBT and is the primary developer of the Beck Institute’s online CBT training courses, which have been taken by more than 28,000 health and mental health professionals in over 130 countries.   Dr. Beck maintains a clinical caseload at the Beck Institute’s in-house clinic in suburban Philadelphia, treating clients who experience a range of challenges.