Niklas Törneke, MD, is a psychiatrist and has worked as a senior psychiatrist in the department of general psychiatry in his hometown Kalmar (in the southeast of Sweden) from 1991 until he started private practice 1998. He earned license as a psychotherapist in 1996 and was originally trained as a cognitive therapist. Since 1998 he has worked mainly with acceptance and commitment therapy, both in his own practice and as a teacher and clinical supervisor. His clinical experience ranges from psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia to common anxiety and mood disorders with high prevalence in the general population.
"Along with the explosion of interest in newer psychotherapies such
as ACT, behavioral activation, DBT, FAP, and
mindfulness/acceptance/meditation based interventions, many
clinicians who were not extensively trained in behaviorism want a
deeper understanding of the fundamental behavioral processes and
theory that that underlie these treatments. Up to now, this basic
information was buried and dispersed in an array of textbooks,
philosophical and theoretical treatises, and an extensive
laboratory-based experimental literature. Ramner� and T�rneke have
distilled the essentials of this (often) esoteric literature in a
clearly written, comprehensive, up-to-date book that frequently
illustrates the abstract principles with clinical applications.
Operant conditioning, respondent conditioning, exteroceptive
conditioning, stimulus control, establishing operation, functional
analysis, relational framing, negative versus positive
reinforcement, are a just a few examples of the concepts that are
demystified, made understandable, and clinically relevant. The book
is an ideal basic text for graduate students learning about
behavioral psychotherapy (the author's name for the new treatments
mentioned above) and will fulfill the needs the experienced
clinician who wants a deeper understanding of these therapies."
--Robert J. Kohlenberg, professor of psychology at the University
of Washington
"It is rare to find a book on behavioral analysis that successfully
incorporates theory and clinical utility. The ABCS of Human
Behavior does, indeed, succeed. Ramner� and T�rneke provide the
reader with a concise description of ideas dating back to Skinner
as well as more recent treatments of such complex issues as
understanding cognition. This engaging book will provide scholarly
and practical information that is a must read for clinicians and
students from all theoretical backgrounds."
--Christopher R. Martell, Ph.D., ABPP, clinical associate professor
of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and psychology at the
University of Washington and author of Depression in Context
"The authors combine advanced discussions about learning theory and
behavioral analysis with straightforward and informative examples.
The book also discusses the more recent theoretical developments
within the fields of human language and cognition. Both beginners
and experienced therapists will find much to learn from reading
this book."
--Lennart Melin, Ph.D., professor of clinical psychology at Uppsala
University in Uppsala, Sweden
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