Solving Life's Problems: A 5-Step Guide to Enhanced Well-Being - Softcover

Nezu PhD ABPP, Arthur M.; Nezu PhD ABPP, Christine Maguth; D'Zurilla PhD, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 082611489X ISBN 13: 9780826114891

Publisher: Springer Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

Yes, You Can!! Learn How to:

Cope better with stressful life problems and circumstances
Increase your ability to stick with a diet or lifestyle change
Decrease emotional stress
Improve your personal relationships



Guided by an easy, new 5-step program called ADAPT, these life change ARE possible!



ADAPT is based on a proven-effective method of behavioral intervention called Problem-Solving Therapy (PST), and is simple enough to apply even to the busiest schedules.



The New ADAPT Method

5 Little Steps to Solving Life's Big Problems

1. Attitude: Enhancing Your Problem-Solving Capacity
2. Defining Your Problem and Setting Realistic Goals
3. Being Creative and Generating Alternative Solutions
4. Predicting the Consequences and Developing a Solution Plan
5. Trying Out Your Solution and Determining if it Works

If you are searching for enhanced well-being, the new ADAPT method will quickly steer you in the right direction and provide the life-long skills you need to better define the problems you may be facing, choose effective solutions, and improve the quality of your life.

Solving Life's Problems can also be read alongside D'Zurilla's and Nezu's Problem-Solving Therapy, Third Edition, serving as an informal "manual" style accompaniment to its more comprehensive companion book.

Purchase of the two books as a set will get you these life-changing texts at an $7.00 savings over the two books bought individually.

About this title

About the Authors

Arthur M. Nezu, PhD, ABPP, is Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, Professor of Medicine, and Professor of Public Health, Drexel University; and Special Professor of Forensic Mental Health & Psychiatry, The University of Nottingham, UK. He is the Editor of Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology; Past President/Head, Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, American Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology, World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies, and Behavioral Psychology Specialty Council. He is the author of over 90 journal articles, 75 book chapters, and over 20 books.

Christine Maguth Nezu, PhD, ABPP, is professor of psychology and associate professor of medicine at Drexel University.

Thomas J. D’Zurilla, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at Stony Brook University.

From the Back Cover

"
Yes, You Can!! Learn How to:
Cope better with stressful life problems and circumstances
Increase your ability to stick with a diet or lifestyle change
Decrease emotional stress
Improve your personal relationships

Guided by an easy, new 5-step program called ADAPT, these life change ARE possible!

ADAPT is based on a proven-effective method of behavioral intervention called Problem-Solving Therapy (PST), and is simple enough to apply even to the busiest schedules.
The New ADAPT Method 5 Little Steps to Solving Life's Big Problems Attitude: Enhancing Your Problem-Solving Capacity Defining Your Problem and Setting Realistic Goals Being Creative and Generating Alternative Solutions Predicting the Consequences and Developing a Solution Plan Trying Out Your Solution and Determining if it Works

If you are searching for enhanced well-being, the new ADAPT method will quickly steer you in the right direction and provide the life-long skills you need to better define the problems you may be facing, choose effective solutions, and improve the quality of your life.

"Solving Life's Problems" can also be read alongside D'Zurilla's and Nezu's "Problem-Solving Therapy, Third Edition," serving as an informal ""manual"" style accompaniment to its more comprehensive companion book.

Purchase of the two books as a set will get you these life-changing texts at an $7.00 savings over the two books bought individually. "

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer Publishing
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 082611489X
• ISBN 13: 9780826114891
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 124