First Generation
BT Behaviour Therapy
Application Areas: Anxiety disorders, depression, OCD, PTSD, substance abuse, pain management, obesity.
Developed by: Thorndike, Wolpe, Lazarus, Skinner, Eysenck (from 1940)
Second Generation
REBT/Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy
Applications: Depression, anxiety, anger, guilt, eating/sleeping problems, addiction.
Developed by: Albert Ellis in the 1950s.
Contact person: Dr Linda Eskell Blokland
CT/CBT Cognitive Therapy
Traditional CBT/Cognitive Therapy
Application areas: Mood and anxiety disorders, psychosis, substance disorders, eating and sleep disorders, impulse control disorders, adjustment disorders, relational disorders and personality disorders.
Developed by: Aaron Tim Beck in the 1960s
Contact person: Shane Pienaar www.cbt-therapist.co.za or info@cbt-therapist.co.za
External Links
https://www.academyofct.org/
http://www.behavioralhealthassoc.com/educationalPrograms.php2019 & 2020 online Cleveland, Ohio
www.beckinstitute.org 2019 online and Philadelphia workshops
www.octc.co.ukFirst Generation
Beth Cooper Howell Proof reader/copy editor
SAFREA SAF 00748
Contributions by
Prof David Edwards
Dr Linda Blokland
Matthew Watkin
Edgar Tyrone
Bertus Swanepoel
Dr Shane Pienaar-Du Bruyn