Judith S. Beck, PhD, is President of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy ([...]), a nonprofit organization that provides state-of-the-art training and certification in CBT to individuals and organizations, offers online courses on a variety of CBT topics, conducts research, and serves as a leading global resource in CBT. 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 nonprofessionals, including Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Third Edition: Basics and Beyond 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 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, helping clients who are experiencing a range of challenges.

Foreword, Aaron T. Beck
1. Identifying Problems in Treatment
2. Conceptualizing Patients Who Present Challenges
3. When a Personality Disorder Challenges Treatment
4. Developing and Using the Therapeutic Alliance
5. Therapeutic Relationship Problems: Case Examples
6. When Therapists Have Dysfunctional Reactions to Patients
7. Challenges in Setting Goals
8. Challenges in Structuring the Session
9. Challenges in Solving Problems and in Homework
10. Challenges in Identifying Cognitions
11. Challenges in Modifying Thoughts and Images
12. Challenges in Modifying Assumptions
13. Challenges in Modifying Core Beliefs
Appendix A: Resources, Training, and Supervision in Cognitive Therapy
Appendix B: Personality Belief Questionnaire