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Beck JS. The Beck Diet Solution: Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Person. Birmingham, AL: Oxmoor House; 2007. 336 p.
Why we cite it
Applies cognitive behavioural therapy principles to weight loss and eating behaviour. The core method involves identifying distorted thoughts that lead to overeating (rationalisations, excuses, all-or-nothing thinking) and developing pre-planned cognitive responses. Relevant to companion 369 as the clinical foundation for the excuse-counter exercise (listing excuses and creating counters is essentially Beck's CBT technique applied to eating), and to companion 374 as a resource on cognitive strategies for managing slips and relapses. Not a research work — a practical self-help book applying established CBT principles to a specific domain.
About the author
Judith S. Beck, PhD (born 1954), is President of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Clinical Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania (PhD, UPenn, 1982). Daughter of Aaron T. Beck, MD, the founder of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Author of over 100 articles and chapters on CBT, plus the seminal textbook *Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond* (3rd edition, Guilford Press, 2020) used worldwide in clinical training. Her work applies the CBT framework — identifying distorted thinking patterns and developing structured counter-responses — to weight management and eating behaviour.
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