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Be Your Own CBT Therapist: A Teach Yourself Guide
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Beat the blues and get more out of life with the power of resilience By changing and challenging negative thoughts, you can free yourself from depression, anxiety and guilt, and embrace a happier, healthier way of life. Think Yourself Stronger shows you how the techniques of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy can not only beat the thought patterns that lead to low mood and emotional distress but will also help you to develop a more balanced way of life. You will gain resilient, focused attitudes toward overcoming obstacles and coping with daily challenges.
Beat the blues and get more out of life with the power of resilience By changing and challenging negative thoughts, you can free yourself from depression, anxiety and guilt, and embrace a happier, healthier way of life. Think Yourself Stronger shows you how the techniques of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy can not only beat the thought patterns that lead to low mood and emotional distress but will also help you to develop a more balanced way of life. You will gain resilient, focused attitudes toward overcoming obstacles and coping with daily challenges.
- GenresPsychologySelf Help
224 pages, Paperback
First published April 29, 2011
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About the author
Windy Dryden
392 books57 followersWindy Dryden is one of the leading practitioners and trainers in the UK in the Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) tradition of psychotherapy. He is best known for his work in Rational-Emotive Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (RECBT), a leading CBT approach. He has been working in the field of counselling and psychotherapy since 1975 and was one of the first people in Britain to be trained in CBT and has trained with Drs. Albert Ellis, Aaron T. Beck, and Arnold Lazarus.
He has published over 200 books and has trained therapists all over the world, in as diverse places as the UK, the USA, South Africa, Turkey, and Israel.
He is Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London.
He has published over 200 books and has trained therapists all over the world, in as diverse places as the UK, the USA, South Africa, Turkey, and Israel.
He is Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London.
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June 17, 2021
It's rather 3.5 stars. While the book can be extremely helpful it's sadly so painfully difficult to read. The examples given are very dry and they're dissected in such a repetitive manner that I genuinely found it off-putting. However, I did learn a lot about the pillars of unhealthy negative thinking behaviors and how to break things down and substitute them with their healthy counterparts. Still, I found the suggested techniques a bit too... boring? repetitive?
It might be the case that it's just not my cup of tea. I would not be surprised. For those who prefer to have things broken down to the smallest detail possible and don't need a variety of exercises but one tried and true method, this is your perfect introduction to a branch of CBT.
If you're looking for an easy-to-read introductory book to CBT with a bit more diversity in its suggested techniques, more lively examples, and a more engaging narrative overall I recommend "Feeling Good" by David Burns.
It might be the case that it's just not my cup of tea. I would not be surprised. For those who prefer to have things broken down to the smallest detail possible and don't need a variety of exercises but one tried and true method, this is your perfect introduction to a branch of CBT.
If you're looking for an easy-to-read introductory book to CBT with a bit more diversity in its suggested techniques, more lively examples, and a more engaging narrative overall I recommend "Feeling Good" by David Burns.
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