Cognitive behavioural therapy
by Christine Wilding · first published 2015
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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
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…psychology that can help improve mood, motivation, relationships, etc. It also starts out by smacking down the Law of Attraction, which isn't really effective - it's more like an emotional pyramid scheme. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: Teach Yourself by Christine Wilding contains some good information too. Outside of CBT, Man's Search for Meaning, which defines logotherapy, is a damn useful book. Tim LeBon's book also includes information…
on “To Stop Procrastinating, Start by Understanding the Emotions Involved” ↗…books for doctors, but books for laymen that are merely self-help books with a veneer of science/therapy to help the book sell. Who knows what sort of crap is in these books. Both CBT for Dummies and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: Teach Yourself were written by qualified and accredited psychotherapists.
on “Book Review: All Therapy Books” ↗