Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: Teach Yourself: CBT self-help techniques to improve your life - Softcover

Wilding, Christine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1444170295 ISBN 13: 9781444170290

Publisher: Teach Yourself, 2012

Synopsis

"Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is now hugely popular, and as a self-help technique that has helped millions of people in the UK alone, and as an NHS-funded treatment for illnesses like depression. Teach Yourself: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy was one of the first and most successful books on CBT. This new edition shows how CBT techniques, which focus on using altered patterns of thinking to achieve goals and overcome problems, can make a major difference to your mentality.
The first half of the book explains the background to CBT, what it is, and how to use it. The second half of the book gives examples of how you can use CBT to deal with specific issues, such as helping to overcome depression and anxiety, and boosting your mindfulness, resilience, assertiveness and self-esteem."

About this title

Book Description:

Learn what CBT is, and how you can use it to improve your life - whatever your background.

From the Back Cover:

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or CBT is a hugely popular evidence-based self-help technique that has been used by millions of people in the UK alone as a method of improving wellbeing and happiness. It is a recommended by the NHS for the treatment of a great many issues, from anxiety and depression to stress and anger management.

Teach Yourself Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is a practical primer which will show you how you apply CBT techniques in your life and focus on using altered patterns of thinking to achieve goals and overcome problems. This simple, engaging introduction will explain what CBT is, how you can use it, and provide detailed examples which demonstrate how to use this set of tools to deal with important issues, be more assertive, raise your self-esteem and transform your mentality - becoming happier and more positive in the process.

Updated to cover the growth of third wave approaches to behavioural therapy, the new edition of this classic book covers Mindfulness and Acceptance and Commitment therapy, and provides a thorough and contemporary toolkit for improving your life with CBT.

- Understand the principles of CBT
- Identify negative thinking patterns
- Change your behaviour
- Become happier and stronger

Christine Wilding's books on CBT have sold over 50,000 copies. She holds a postgraduate diploma in CBT from the University of London, is an accredited member of the British Association of Counselling, is a member of the steering committee set up to develop guidelines for the treatment of depression within the NHS, and is in-demand as a leader of CBT-based training courses.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Teach Yourself
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1444170295
• ISBN 13: 9781444170290
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 240