Daniel David (born 23 November 1972) is a

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n academic. He is "

Aaron T. Beck Aaron Temkin Beck (July 18, 1921 – November 1, 2021) was an American psychiatrist who was a professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania.

" professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the

Babeș-Bolyai University The Babeș-Bolyai University ( ro, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai , hu, Babeș-Bolyai Tudományegyetem, commonly known as UBB) is a public research university located in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. UBB has a long academic tradition, started by Universitas ...

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. He was the head of the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy of the Babeş-Bolyai University between 2007 and 2012. Daniel David is also an adjunct professor at

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS or Mount Sinai), formerly the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, is a private medical school in New York City. It is the academic teaching arm of the Mount Sinai Health System, which manages eight ...

and is the head of the Research Program a
Albert Ellis Institute
in New York. In 2020, he was elected rector of Babeș-Bolyai University

Education

David was born in

Satu Mare Satu Mare (; hu, Szatmárnémeti ; german: Sathmar; yi, סאטמאר or ) is a city with a population of 102,400 (2011). It is the capital of Satu Mare County, Romania, as well as the centre of the Satu Mare metropolitan area. It lies in the ...

. In 1999 he obtained a Ph.D. degree in psychology from

with thesis ''Mecanisme inconștiente de reactualizare a informațiilor,'' under the direction of Ioan Radu.

National achievements

David created the first school of

cognitive-behavioral therapy Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a psycho-social intervention that aims to reduce symptoms of various mental health conditions, primarily depression and anxiety disorders. CBT focuses on challenging and changing cognitive distortions (suc ...

(CBT) in Romania, based on international principles, recognized as such by the founders of this field such as

Albert Ellis Albert Ellis (September 27, 1913 – July 24, 2007) was an American psychologist and psychotherapist who founded rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT). He held MA and PhD degrees in clinical psychology from Columbia University, and was certi ...

and

Aaron T. Beck Aaron Temkin Beck (July 18, 1921 – November 1, 2021) was an American psychiatrist who was a professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania.

; he and his trainee also extended the application of CBT in education (e.g., rational-emotive & cognitive-behavioral education) and organizational fields (e.g., cognitive-behavioral coaching). He is a Fellow in th
Academy of Cognitive Therapy

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and the national representative in the Social Sciences Standing Committee at the

European Science Foundation The European Science Foundation (ESF) is an association of 11 member organizations devoted to scientific research in 8 European countries. ESF is an independent, non-governmental, non-profit organisation that promotes the highest quality science ...

. He is among those who introduced in Romanian academic psychology the

evolutionary psychology Evolutionary psychology is a theoretical approach in psychology that examines cognition and behavior from a modern evolutionary perspective. It seeks to identify human psychological adaptations with regards to the ancestral problems they evolv ...

and

genetic counseling Genetic counseling is the process of investigating individuals and families affected by or at risk of genetic disorders to help them understand and adapt to the medical, psychological and familial implications of genetic contributions to disease; t ...

as modern interdisciplinary approaches between

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...

and

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. David reintroduced and up-dated the Retman concept, and is the coordinator of the team that created the comics, stories and cartoons with this character. He has promoted the reform of Romanian clinical psychology and psychotherapy based on modern principles. Such a reform was necessary, taking into account that during the communist period of Romania both clinical psychology and psychotherapy were practically forbidden by the communist regime, and thus, the field was frozen in time. For example, after the communist era, Szondi and Lusher, among other projective test, were still commonly used for clinical testing. David, who studied in the

for both his doctoral and postdoctoral studies, was one of the leaders of the first generations of psychologists after the anti-communist revolution of 1989, as since the 2000s, he has constantly been the most cited Romanian psychologist in the international literature. Given that he had several governmental and professional positions/leadership, he marked the reform of the clinical field in Romania, helping in moving the field from a '70s style approach to the modern one. For his merits in research and education he was

knight A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the Pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity. Knighthood finds origins in the Gr ...

ed in 2008 by the President of Romania, in the National Order of Knights for Merit.Decree of the President of Romania regarding the attribution of decorations, published i
The Official Monitor, Part I, no. 52 1/23/2008.
Also, for the advanced research programs that he has initiated, in 2014, together with other important contemporary researchers, he received the innovation award, part of the "Foreign Policy Romania" Gala.Diana Rusu

''Ziarul Adevărul'', 25 February 2014. Accessed on 3 March 2014. In November 2017, he has been elected as the president of the Romanian Association of Psychologists, association which has been inactive for several years. The goals for his mandate are to reestablish the association as a professional and scientific body supporting the development of the professional practice in Romania.Romanian Association of Psychologists
Mesajul noului preşedinte al APR – Prof. univ. dr. Daniel David (noiembrie 2017)
''Romanian Association of Psychologists website'', 27 October 2017. Accessed on 22 April 2020. In March 2020, he was elected as the Rector of

for a four years mandate.Babeș-Bolyai University
Mesajul Rectorului UBB la preluarea mandatului 2020-2024
''News UBB'', 13 March 2020. Accessed on 22 April 2020.

International achievements

He has contributed to the assimilation of cognitive science principles in the clinical field. A more specific contribution was focused on developing the theory and practice of rational-emotive and cognitive-behavioral therapies (CBT/REBT), which brought him both the Aaron T. Beck Award and the Albert Ellis Award of th
International Institute for the Advanced Study of Psychotherapy and Applied Mental Health
In 2004 he was invited as "Guest Editor" by the ''

Journal of Clinical Psychology The ''Journal of Clinical Psychology'' is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering psychological research, assessment, and practice. It was established in 1945. It covers research on psychopathology, psychodiagnostics, psychotherapy, psych ...

'' to organize a special issue titled: "Cognitive revolution in clinical psychology: Beyond the behavioral approach" in order to present the state-of-the-art regarding the impact of the cognitive revolution on the clinical field. As founding editor of the
Journal of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies
' (abstracted: SSCI/Thomson ISI Web of Science; SCOPUS; PsycInfo; IBSS and full text: EBSCO; ProQuest), a Journal focused on evidence-based practice, he has supported the evidence-based approach in the clinical field. At this moment, is co-editor of the prestigious
Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy
'. In 2013, the two research platforms
The SkyRa Platform
for Clinical Cognitive Neurosciences and th
PsyTech-Matrix Platform
in Robotics/Robotherapy and Virtual Reality Psychotherapy, that he is coordinating as part of th
International Institute for the Advanced Study of Psychotherapy and Applied Mental Health
have both been included i
Mapping of the European Research Infrastructure Landscape
(MERIL database).

Selected publications

* * *David, D., Lynn, A., & Ellis, A. (Ed.) (2010). Rational and irrational beliefs in human functioning and disturbances; Implication for research, theory, and practice. New York: Oxford University Press. * *David, D. (2003). Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT); The view of a cognitive psychologist. In W. Dryden (Ed.). Theoretical developments in REBT. London: Brunner/Routledge. * * * * *David, D., & Brown, R. (2003). The impact of different directed forgetting instructions on implicit and explicit memory: New evidence from a modified process dissociation procedure. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 56A, 211–233. * * * * * * * *

References

External links

Romanian Association of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies

International Institute for the Advanced Studies of Psychotherapy and Applied Mental Health

Journal of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies

Major Books Publications

Dr. Daniel David in conversation with Dr. Windy Dryden: REBT/CBT Research (audio file - Media Section)
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