• 2022: Appointed as Visiting Professor with the School of Psychology, University of East London (UEL). Acknowledging the contribution you have made to UEL. “We really appreciate your valuable contribution to our students through previous invited talks. These have enriched the learning environment through providing direct access to your world-leading professional and practical expertise and experience.” (Professor Ian Tucker)
• 2021: Most Valuable Contribution to Case Conceptualization Award from the Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy. The article was selected from more than 5,000 articles published in more than 100 respected journals. “This award recognizes the important contributions addressed in a recent article that help to improve the advanced skills needed for proper case conceptualization and treatment planning. The article helps to improve the knowledge, insights, and skills needed to understand clients and devise a plan for treatment.” (James C. Overholser, PhD, ABPP, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy). The article is available from Clinical Corner Print Publications. It is titled: “Collaborative Case Conceptualization: Client Knows Best” and it illustrates two different ways to collaboratively create a case conceptualization with your client. One method uses the “Five-Part Model” and the other uses “Box/Arrow In /Arrow Out.”
• 2021: The second edition of Mind Over Mood was listed in Parade Magazine as one of The 40 Best Books About Depression That Will Inform, Inspire, and Help You Feel Less Alone. “Through the use of cognitive behavioral therapy, this book helps readers calm their mind and become more confident.”
• 2017: Elected Honorary Fellow of the British Association of Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies. In recognition of distinguished service to the Association and the CBT community in general.
• 2016: The second edition of Mind Over Mood received second place Book of the Year Award in the in the Consumer Health category from the American Journal of Nursing. 
• 2007: Recipient Aaron T. Beck Award from the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. The Aaron T. Beck Award was presented each year, from 2001-2019, to an individual who had made significant and enduring contributions to the field of cognitive therapy.
• 2007: Recipient Aaron T. Beck Award from the Aaron T. Beck Institute for Cognitive Studies at Assumption College (www.assumption.edu)
• 2007: Recipient 24th Annual Feldman Lecture, Grey Nuns Community Hospital, Edmonton, Canada (www.feldmanlecture.ca): “A New Paradigm for Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders.” The Feldman Lecture Series was created in 1983 and has been offered for over 30 years. It was made possible as a result of a generous donation from Zane Feldman, former President of the Edmonton Oil Kings and recipient of the Order of Canada Medal in 1992.
• 2003: Recipient of the “Distinguished Contribution to Psychology” award from the California Psychological Association. The Distinguished Contribution to Psychology award honors a psychologist or non-psychologist who has improved the image of psychology by increasing the public’s understanding of the discipline and/or the profession of psychology. This award is open to all Californians and is intended to promote good will and broader understanding of the field. The person nominated might be a writer (both print and electronic), teacher, manager/administrator, health professional, mental health advocate or the like. The important factor is that the public’s understanding and awareness of psychology is increased in some significant way by the nominee’s contribution.
• 2002: Named the “Most Influential International Cognitive Behavioural Therapist” by the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies
• 2002: the British Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapies named Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think the most influential cognitive therapy book of all time

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