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Collins Need to Know? Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Is your style of thinking affecting your feelings? Could you make some basic changes and improve your self-esteem, motivation, and happiness? Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a medically approved method of treating depression, and is now growing in popularity as a self-help mechanism. This helpful handbook explains the basic aspects of CBT in simple and easy to understand language. Instructions are provided that will enable you to assess your own thought patterns and show you how to modify your thinking, thereby enabling you to respond better to any and all of life’s challenges.
192 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2008
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Carolyn Boyes
32 books8 followersCarolyn is a Master Practitioner in Hypnosis, Time Line Therapy ® and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and a Certified Trainer of NLP. She is registered through the UK General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR) and the General Hypnotherapy Standards Council (GHSC).
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June 16, 2026
This was one of those books I picked off the shelf of my local library because it caught my attention, a topic I was interested in personally and professionally and a quick glance showed a clearly laid out easy to access formula.
The book begins with a clear overview of the structure, direction and purpose of the book, breaking down the sections and resources. There follows a useful history of CBT from when Dr Aaron T Beck, an American psychoanalyst, first formalised cognitive behavioural therapy in the 1960s and Dr Albert Ellis who developed Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy in the 1950s.
From there the book gives a concise but structured breakdown of the science and steps behind CBT, assuming that you are working through this yourself. This is not an unhelpful assumption since any counselling student is encouraged to be a client themselves in order to better understand the methods and benefits. There are tables, cross references and helpful highlight boxes with key points summarised throughout.
There is some information which I felt needed more caveats. For instance, the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale has significant limitations that are recognised by professional bodies but this isn’t highlighted in the book. There are also references to graphs and diagrams which are not shown in the text but recorded in text or table form. As a visual learner, I would have found more visuals helpful.
All in all an excellent introduction to the subject for those who want to learn the basics and enough for some self development. Great easy to read format. How comprehensive it is, I cannot say since this is my first in depth read on the topic.
The book begins with a clear overview of the structure, direction and purpose of the book, breaking down the sections and resources. There follows a useful history of CBT from when Dr Aaron T Beck, an American psychoanalyst, first formalised cognitive behavioural therapy in the 1960s and Dr Albert Ellis who developed Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy in the 1950s.
From there the book gives a concise but structured breakdown of the science and steps behind CBT, assuming that you are working through this yourself. This is not an unhelpful assumption since any counselling student is encouraged to be a client themselves in order to better understand the methods and benefits. There are tables, cross references and helpful highlight boxes with key points summarised throughout.
There is some information which I felt needed more caveats. For instance, the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale has significant limitations that are recognised by professional bodies but this isn’t highlighted in the book. There are also references to graphs and diagrams which are not shown in the text but recorded in text or table form. As a visual learner, I would have found more visuals helpful.
All in all an excellent introduction to the subject for those who want to learn the basics and enough for some self development. Great easy to read format. How comprehensive it is, I cannot say since this is my first in depth read on the topic.
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