Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Valuable Advice on Developing Coping Skills and Techniques

by Jayme Albin, Eileen Bailey

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a therapy approach that addresses dysfunctional emotions and negative behaviors through goal setting and various coping techniques such as meditation, visualization, relaxation techniques, mindfulness, and more. Although it's commonly used by therapists to treat everything from phobias and eating disorders to anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), it's often patient-driven and many of the techniques can be learned and managed without the help of a therapist. Idiot's Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is designed to help readers to first learn how to recognize negative thought patterns or obsessive behaviors, and then teaches them how to employ simple yet highly effective techniques to help recognize and confront destructive behaviors on their own.

Genres: Psychology, Self Help

368 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 7, 2014

Reviews

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was very comprehensive. It was full of definitions and examples with reminder sidebars and a "least to know" section at the end of every chapter. There was quite a bit of repetition, and it probably could have been at least 30% shorter. The Kindle edition needed editing badly-many blatant errors. Other than that, I enjoyed learning about the topic, and I felt that it contained many detailed strategies that anyone could use to improve their self-esteem or emotional well-being. It covered so many specific issues (depression, anxiety, eating disorders, anger issues, low self-esteem, relationship problems, etc.) that most people could find themselves helped in some way by the book. For anyone who wanted to seriously begin using the techniques, I would recommend buying the physical copy to use as a reference and for the many worksheets included.

[John Majerle · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice introduction to a technique that has much potential to improve your emotional life and you interactions with others

[Jade · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic book. I am currently in CBT therapy and my therapist thinks this book is fantastic. Really helpful, easy to read and true to the practice of CBT. I highly recommend this for people suffering from afflictions that can be helped by CBT--it's a reference type thing that you will find yourself pulling out and using in specific situations and very comforting.