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Unresolved Issues Regarding the Research and Practice of Cognitive Behavior Therapy: The Case of Guided Discovery Using Socratic Questioning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2014

Nikolaos Kazantzis ,
Christopher G. Fairburn ,
Christine A. Padesky ,
Mark Reinecke  and
Maree Teesson
Nikolaos Kazantzis*
Affiliation:
Cognitive Behavior Therapy Research Unit, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
Christopher G. Fairburn
Affiliation:
Centre for Research on Eating Disorders at Oxford, University of Oxford, England, UK
Christine A. Padesky
Affiliation:
Center for Cognitive Therapy, Huntington Beach, California, USA
Mark Reinecke
Affiliation:
Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Maree Teesson
Affiliation:
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia
*
Address for correspondence: Nikolaos Kazantzis, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Research Unit, School of Psychological Science, La Trobe University VIC 3086, Australia. Email: N.Kazantzis@latrobe.edu.au
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Abstract

This article presents a panel discussion on the integration of collaborative empiricism, specifically Socratic Questioning, into cognitive behaviour therapy. The panel comprised experts in research and practice who had been invited as keynote presenters for the 34th National Conference for the Australian Association of Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy, held in Sydney, Australia. Experts responded to questions regarding (a) the definition of Socratic dialogue, and (b) whether the purpose of Guided Discovery using Socratic Questioning is to impart information, correct, or dispute patient cognitions. The session was well attended by mental health professionals from around the globe and the panel enjoyed the opportunity to discuss questions and comments from those in attendance. This article presents this exchange so that the broader AACBT membership may benefit from the ideas and comments generated.

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Socratic dialoguecognitive behaviour therapytherapeutic processquestioning

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Behaviour Change , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , April 2014 , pp. 1 - 17
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Copyright © The Author(s), published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Australian Academic Press Pty Ltd 2014 

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