The FIRST ever COGNITIVE THERAPY CONFERENCE ON THE THEORY AND TREATMENT OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS was held in Newport Beach, California in February 2-4, 1990 and was attended by several hundred therapists. Aaron T. Beck, MD asked Christine A. Padesky, PhD and Kathleen A. Mooney, PhD, to join with him to organize the conference and to make recordings of some of the presentations and clinical demonstrations.

Highlights of this historic conference are published here for therapists, researchers, and graduate students interested in the SEMINAL IDEAS of CBT for personality disorders. While the field has evolved in the intervening decades, THE ORIGINAL CONCEPTS PRESENTED HERE HAVE STOOD THE TEST OF TIME.