This article argues for the benefits of a revision of cognitive therapy fordepression around two main points. First, compared to recently developededmodels for other disorders, our knowledge of cognitive content indepression is out of date and attracting little research, as if there is no moreto be learned about what depressed people think and feel. Recent trendsto challenge cognitive processes, without addressing the relevant content,might therefore meet with limited success, depending on how the content andprocesses are linked. Second, re-reading Beck et al. (1979) suggests the importanceof exploring the meanings attached to precipitating events, a cognitive strategy that has fallen into thebackground, is probably used in an ad hoc fashion, and needs to be usedmore systematically to improve clinical effectiveness.