Evolutionary Theory and Cognitive Therapy

Seven essays explore how cognitive therapy and theory might be informed by evolution theory. Mental health researchers in Europe and North America consider specific orientations such as evolutionary approaches to psychopathology and cognitive therapy and cognitive bases of evolutionary kinship therapy; and specific disorders such as fear and anxiety, and command hallucinations. The studies have been expanded from articles in a special 2002 issue of the Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Paul Gilbert, PhD, FBPsS, received his degree from Edinburgh University in 1980 and in the same year qualified with the British Psychological Society as a clinical psychologist. He has written extensively in the areas of shame, social anxiety and mood disorder. Dr. Gilbert also has published, with Professor Birchwood, work on psychosis. More recently he has been developing psychological therapies for deep shame and self-attacking within a cognitive framework, which is called Compassionate Mind Training.