Judith S. Beck, PhD, is President of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), a nonprofit organization that serves as a leading global resource in CBT and Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy (CT-R) and conducts research on the efficacy of CBT training. She oversees state-of-the-art online training in CBT and CT-R (taken by 45,000 individuals in 120 countries) and certification for individuals and organizations. She is also Clinical Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, where she teaches CBT to psychiatric residents.
Dr. Beck divides her time among administration, supervision and teaching, clinical work, curriculum development, research, and writing. She has made hundreds of presentations nationally and internationally on various applications of CBT. She has written over 100 articles and chapters as well as books, workbooks, and pamphlets for professionals and nonprofessionals, including Cognitive Therapy for Challenging Problems: What to Do When the Basics Don’t Work and Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond, 3rd edition (2021) which integrates CT-R principles and interventions into CBT. She has also written extensively on a cognitive behavioral approach to weight management; The Beck Diet Solution: Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Person, The Beck Diet Solution Weight Loss Workbook: The 6-Week Plan to Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Person, and The Complete Beck Diet for Life: The 5-Stage Program for Permanent Weight Loss. Dr. Beck maintains a clinical caseload at the Beck Institute’s in-house clinic in suburban Philadelphia, treating clients who experience a range of challenges.
