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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: Teach Yourself

Christine Wilding


Paperback
£10.99

ISBN: 9781444100891
Published: 29/01/2010
Extent: 304 pages
Illustrations: charts and diagrams
Series: Teach Yourself General


 
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Summary:

Is this the right book for me?

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: Teach Yourself is the best-selling guide to this hugely successful therapeutic model. It will give you a solid grounding in all the key ideas and techniques, as well as showing you how they can be applied in practice. Whether you need to get to grips with the essentials for a course, or just want to apply these proven techniques to your own life, this book is packed with practical examples and exercises to help you every step of the way.


Cognitive Behavioural Therapy includes:

Part one - The basic skills of CBT
Chapter 1: CBT: the basics and background
Chapter 2: Clarifying the problem
Chapter 3: Setting your goals
Chapter 4: Catch that thought!
Chapter 5: Examining and responding to negative thoughts
Chapter 6: More on moods
Chapter 7: Recognizing distorted thinking patterns
Chapter 8: Where's the evidence?
Chapter 9: Testing it al out: adjusting your behaviour
Chapter 10: Assumptions and beliefs: your rules for living
Chapter 11: Additional CBT techniques
Chapter 12: Thinking and behavioural errors that preclude positive changeaaa
Chapter 13: Techniques for reducing negative physical symptoms 		Part two - CBT in action: working with specific difficulties
Chapter 14: Understanding depression
Chapter 15: Understanding anxiety
Chapter 16: CBT for specific anxiety disorders

Part three - CBT for developing strengths
Chapter 17: Improving your self-esteem
Chapter 18: Defeating perfectionism
Chapter 19: Developing emotional strength
Chapter 20: Increasing your assertiveness skills
Chapter 21: Overcoming your anger habit

Part four - last thoughts
Chapter 22: When to consider professional help


Learn effortlessly with a new easy-to-read page design and interactive features:

Not got much time?
One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.

Author insights
Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience.

Test yourself
Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.

Extend your knowledge
Extra online articles to give you a richer understanding of CBT.

Five things to remember
Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts.

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  • The best-selling CBT guide in the UK
  • Lots of practical studies and exercises.
  • Can be used as a reference guide for students or professionals or by someone who wants to apply the techniques to improve their own life.
  • Written by two trained and experienced counsellors.


Table of Contents:
Introduction
PART ONE: THE BASIC SKILLS OF CBT
1. CBT: why, what, how, when - the basic principles and some background
2. Clarifying the problem - using the CBT model to work out what is going on
3. Setting your goals
4. Catch that thought! It decides how you feel
5. Examining and responding to negative thoughts
6. More on moods
7. Recognising distorted thinking patterns
8. Where's the evidence
9. Testing it all out - behavioural experiments
10. Assumptions and beliefs : our rules for living
11. Additional CBT techniques
12. Thinking and behavioural errors that preclude positive change
13. Techniques for reducing negative physical symptoms
PART TWO: CBT IN ACTION - WORKING WITH SPECIFIC DIFFICULTIES
14. Understanding depression
15. Understanding anxiety
16. CBT for Generalised Anxiety Disorder, Phobias, Panic and Health Anxiety
17. CBT for Social Anxiety, Post Traumatic Stress and Obsessional problems
PART THREE: CBT FOR DEVELOPING STRENGTHS
18. Improving self esteem
19. Developing emotional strength
20. Increasing assertiveness skills
21. Overcoming an anger habit
PART FOUR: LAST THOUGHTS...
22. Dealing with possible set backs
23. When to consider professional help
Taking it further


About the Author(s):
Christine Wilding, Chartered MCIPD, MBACP (Accred), holds a Post-Graduate diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy from the University of London and is a practising CBT therapist at the Cygnet Hospital, Sevenoaks, Kent, as well as in private and corporate practice. Christine is also a chartered human resource practitioner specialising in workplace stress management and inter-personal skills training.


Aileen Milne, BA Hons., Dip. Couns., MBACP, has worked as a counsellor for 15 years, in private practice and in a variety of settings. These have included a young people's counselling service, an employment assistance programme service, educational institutions and local authorities. Aileen uses an integrative model of therapy, including Cognitive Behavoural Therapy.


Readership:
Those who want to learn about cognitive behavioural therapy.


Reviews:

"It makes clear exactly what CBT is and how best to use it"

Mr. Darren P. Hammond - Amazon reviewer

"As a practitioner, I found that the book offered a concise and sound theoretical introduction to CBT "
Stephen Lusher - Amazon reviewer

"This is an excellent book whether you are a CBT novice or have a fair bit of experience . . . . I thoroughly recommend this book to anyone interested in changing their behaviour and thinking to improve their life "
love reading "marsy" - Amazon reviewer


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