into the office of the Rutgers Anxiety Disorders Clinic to meet with Dr. P, who wanted an undergrad to work with him on validating a scale. He went on to hire me to work as an in home behaviorist following undergrad, and then became my graduate advisor upon my acceptance to the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers. By the time I attended my first class, I was so steeped in CBT that I had no understanding that, as a theoretical orientation, CBT was a relative newcomer to the game, and not necessarily universally beloved by all psychotherapeutic practitioners. Throughout my education and experience in the field, I came to realize that myths and misconceptions about CBT abound. So, welcome to CBT Base Camp 101About This Book

As a small boy, Pip meets two people who will affect his whole life: Magwitch, an escaped convict he is forced to help, and Miss Havisham, whose beautiful but cold ward Estella young Pip adores.

In a mysterious churchyard, orphan Pip gives food to Magwitch and unknowingly sets forth the events of his life. Until a secret benefactor pays for him to go to London to become a gentleman, Pip never dreams he will meet Magwitch again, nor just how wrong his expectations are. Over time Pip receives riches from a mysterious benefactor, snobbishly abandons his friends for high society and great expectations, and gains an education through misfortune and sorrow.

Great Expectations is at once a superbly constructed novel of spellbinding mastery and a profound examination of