The Emergence and Development of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in Australia: Observations from an Early Player
Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: As a contribution to celebrating the 40th Annual Conference of the Australian Association for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (AACBT), I would like to offer some reflections upon a number of the antecedents and early developments that led to the formation of, first, the Australian Behaviour Modification Association (ABMA) and subsequently its transformation into the AACBT.In doing this I will briefly refer to my experiences as both an undergraduate student (University of Adelaide, 1960Adelaide, -1963)), my postgraduate training at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London (1964)(1965)(1966), and my first postqualification post at Guy's Hospital, London (1966-1968).Reflecting upon these experiences will, I hope, provide some perspective on cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) today.I will then turn to historical developments in Australia from 1969 when I took up an academic appointment at The
Source: Behaviour Change
DOI: 10.1017/bec.2019.18
Author: David James de Lancy Horne
Institution: Ramsay Health Care (Australia)
Language: English
Subfield: General Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2990904566