Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: Your Route Out of Perfectionism, Self-Sabotage and Other Everyday Habits with CBT - Softcover

Joseph, Avy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0857086472 ISBN 13: 9780857086471

Publisher: Capstone, 2016

Synopsis

Find out how to use CBT techniques in everyday life for emotionally healthy living

What happens to you in life matters less than the way you feel about life; that's the message of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). If you've ever tried to change something about yourself—your mood, your weight, your behaviour—you'll have noticed that change often hurts, so you stop trying. CBT can help you when change starts to hurt. In the revised and updated edition of this bestselling title, professional CBT practitioner Avy Joseph shows you how to challenge negative thoughts and unhealthy beliefs to improve your outlook in your personal and professional life.

• Contains new scenarios and exercises for the reader to practice using CBT techniques in a variety of situations
• New introduction and conclusion from the author discussing the CBT technique and recent developments in the field
• Addresses key topics such as anxiety, change, resilience and self-belief
• Written by an expert in the field, Avy Joseph is widely-recognised as one of the UK's leading practitioners on the topic

About this title

About the Author

Avy Joseph, UK, (www.city-minds.com) is a Director and Co- founder of the College of Cognitive Behavioural Therapies (CCBT) and City Minds. He is a registered and accredited CBT therapist with the AREBT and the BABCP and runs a busy clinic in central London.
He gained a Master’s degree in Rational-Emotive Behavioural Therapy, one of the main schools of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy from Goldsmiths College, University of London in 2001. He graduated with a degree in mathematics, after which he qualified as a counsellor and then worked in the private sector for many years in training and development. He has lectured both nationally and internationally.
Over the years he has developed many workshops and courses that have culminated in the development of specialist courses at the CCBT.
Avy believes everyone has the potential to make positive changes in their lives for more effective and emotionally healthy living. He is a Fellow of the British Society of Clinical Hypnosis and is accredited by the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies.
He is the author of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Visual CBT and Confidence and Success with CBT.

From the Back Cover

SET YOURSELF UP FOR SUCCESS

It's not what happens in your life that keeps you stuck but the way you think about it; that's the message of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.

If you have ever tried to change something about yourself – your mood, your weight, your behaviour – you'll have noticed that change often hurts, so you stop trying. CBT can help you when change starts to hurt.

GET TO WHERE YOU WANT TO BE

In this updated second edition, professional CBT practitioner Avy Joseph shows you how to challenge negative thoughts and unhealthy beliefs to improve your outlook on life. With fresh exercises, examples and tips throughout, you'll be able to practice using CBT techniques in a variety of situations.

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy will help you to:

• Uncover what's holding you back from being truly happy
• Develop the self-confidence and well-being that make your goals easier to achieve
• Overcome the negative attitudes and habits that are sabotaging your life
• Apply practical CBT techniques in everyday life for emotionally healthy living

This book will help you to reach your goals and maintain a positive outlook – no matter what life throws at you.

From the Inside Flap

SET YOURSELF UP FOR SUCCESS

It's not what happens in your life that keeps you stuck but the way you think about it; that's the message of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.

If you have ever tried to change something about yourself – your mood, your weight, your behaviour – you'll have noticed that change often hurts, so you stop trying. CBT can help you when change starts to hurt.

GET TO WHERE YOU WANT TO BE

In this updated second edition, professional CBT practitioner Avy Joseph shows you how to challenge negative thoughts and unhealthy beliefs to improve your outlook on life. With fresh exercises, examples and tips throughout, you'll be able to practice using CBT techniques in a variety of situations.

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy will help you to:

• Uncover what's holding you back from being truly happy
• Develop the self-confidence and well-being that make your goals easier to achieve
• Overcome the negative attitudes and habits that are sabotaging your life
• Apply practical CBT techniques in everyday life for emotionally healthy living

This book will help you to reach your goals and maintain a positive outlook – no matter what life throws at you.

Edition details

• Publisher: Capstone
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0857086472
• ISBN 13: 9780857086471
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 272