The New CBT: Clinical Evolutionary Psychology

By: Mike Abrams

Narrated by: Rory Young

Written by renowned clinician and researcher Dr. Mike Abrams, The New CBT: Clinical Evolutionary Psychology is the first book to make evolutionary psychology and behavioral genetics readily accessible to mental-health professionals, students, and researchers. By explaining the role of heredity in all major DSM disorders, Dr. Abrams helps listeners reduce the stigma of psychological dysfunctions and better understand how the brain, the genome, and the body dynamically contribute to mental disorders.

He describes how the application of evolutionary psychology and behavioral genetics provides both etiological insights and novel treatments for each of the major psychological disorders. He offers evidence-based explanations of how evolution and genetics can pragmatically resolve the enduring problem of nature versus nurture. Additionally, he helps listeners understand how eons of environmental changes have guided the way people deal with distress, perceive their environment, and judge others as well as themselves. By viewing both normative and problematic behavior through an evolutionary lens, listeners gain new perspectives in applying CBT that are thoroughly modern, effective, and take into consideration cutting-edge research.

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Fantastic and important

I love this book! Personally, I love science books and I love that Mike Abrams incorporates so much science into his new approach to CBT. Discussing evolution these days is a risky feat because people often jump to conclusions of bigotry even where there genuinely isn’t any and where bigotry isn’t relevant. For example, something I learned in this book is that evolutionary psychology allows a psychologist who is well read on the topic to understand that their patient may have been genetically inclined to be addicted to ice cream, with that known, the therapist can more accurately treat the patient because the therapist won’t be wasting time wondering why the patient is so addicted to ice cream!! I seriously recommend reading this book, I am not a doctor or a scientist, and I still found it easy to understand.