The CBT Workbook: Use CBT to Change Your Life

by Stephanie Fitzgerald

Overview

The practical way to the best results.


Do you want to find out how CBT can help you achieve your goals? Do you want to challenge and change your negative thoughts? Do you want to free yourself from depression, anxiety and low moods and embrace a happier way of life? This new Teach Yourself Workbook doesn't just tell you how to use CBT to improve your life.

It accompanies you every step of the way, with diagnostic tools, goal-setting charts, practical exercises, and many more features ideal for people who want a more active style of learning. The book helps you set specific goals to improve on; as you progress, you will be able to keep checking your progress against these goals.


Specially created exercises will help you boost your skills and communication so that you can reach your potential in any situation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781473658929
Publisher:	John Murray Press
Publication date:	11/02/2017
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
File size:	18 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

Dr Stephanie Fitzgerald is a Clinical Psychologist and accredited CBT therapist who specialises in the treatment of anxiety disorders, particularly obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). She has extensive experience of using evidence-based psychology, including CBT, to work with sufferers and their families, and also trains other health professionals to use these therapies effectively. Dr Fitzgerald has worked using CBT with a variety of disorders, and is familiar with adapting the approaches to meet the needs of a wide range of client-groups.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vi

1 How to use this workbook 1

2 Introduction to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) 3

3 How do I begin? 15

4 Setting your goals 27

5 Overcoming the hurdles to goal-setting: common mistakes and pitfalls 39

6 Why can't I stop thinking? 53

7 Negative Automatic Thoughts (NATs) 65

8 Behavioural experiments 79

9 Doing something different to change how you feel 95

10 Maintaining unhelpful behaviours - and how to break the cycle 109

11 Reviewing your goals 127

12 Avoiding set-backs 137

13 Introducing people to the new you 153

14 Friends, family and carers (FFC): how can I help? 167

References 181

Appendices 183

Useful contacts list 189

Index 191