Judith Beck Interview

This article is about an interview with Judith beck, a director of the Beck Institute for Cognitive therapy and research, and a clinical Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at University of Pennsylvania. The Beck Institute, trains practitioners and researchers, provides clinical care and involves in research on cognitive therapy. She was interviewed based on her book, “The Beck diet solution: Train Your Brain to think like a Thin Person.” The book basically covers how cognitive techniques can be applied to improve one’s health and life, concentration on weight loss. According to Judith Beck, the cognitive therapy was developed by her father Aaron Beck and is a based on the idea that the way people see their experience influences their emotional, behavioral and physiological responses. …show more content…
She spotted that some patients expressed weight loss as a secondary goal in treatment. Her research is backed up by published study organized by Karoline Institute (Stahre and Halstrom). In Her book, she has tools that develops the mindset unlike others who provide diet. Her aim is to help readers to set and reach their long-term goal. Some cognitive and emotional skills and habits that dieters need to train based on her book is, how to motivate oneself, plan in advance and self-monitor behavior, tolerate hunger and craving. In the interview she was asked “Why do people experience cravings and how can people learn that they didn’t have to eat in response to hunger or cravings?” She responded “Can be environmental (Seeing or smelling food), biological (hormones change, and social (being with others who are eating “. Once “Dieters get medical clearance. She suggest them to “skip lunch”. This allows to see that” hunger is never an emergency, but tolerable.” “It doesn’t keep getting worse, but instead comes and