Common Language for Psychotherapy Procedures: The first 80 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9788886290029)

Professor Isaac Marks qualified in medicine at the University of Cape Town in 1956. He trained as a psychiatrist at the Univ of London at the Bethlem-Maudsley Hospital from 1960-3. He was a founding Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 1971 and became a Fellow in 1976. He did clinical research at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London & the Bethlem-Maudsley Hospital from 1964 to 2000, becoming Consultant Psychiatrist there in 1968 and Professor of Experimental Psychopathology there in 1978. In 2000 he became Professor Emeritus there and at King's College London. He was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences in Stanford, California, Salmon lecturer and medallist at the New York Academy of Sciences, Sackler Scholar at the Advanced Studies Institute, University of Tel Aviv 1998, consultant to WHO, NIMH, UK Dept of Health, visiting professor to universities in 6 continents, Chairman of the British Association for Behavioural Psychotherapy, President of the European Association of Behaviour Therapy. He has been on the boards of many scientific journals and committees and had many awards. He has published 14 professional books and 470 scientific papers. Professor Marks's research has included the treatment of anxiety and sexual disorders by psychological therapies. He co-ordinates the international Task Force which is publishing this book.