Doing CBT: A Comprehensive Guide to Working with Behaviors, Thoughts, and Emotions

by David F. Tolin

This book has been replaced by Doing CBT, Second Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-5412-6.  

Genres: Psychology

594 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 17, 2016

Reviews

[Iron]

The book, as stated, is very comprehensive and really does touch everything CBT. It's an impressive work without a doubt, and I'm happy I read it. Having said that, a few things bothered me: 1. It's very American in the sense that sometimes I felt like it was written for children (statements like "how to do X like a champ" are generously used). 2. It could be shorter, the writing is sometimes lengthy without added value. 3. The author has included a lot of clinical examples and transcripts, which is good, but most of them feel very (lacking for a better word I'll say) naive. They don't feel like real conversations and in most of them the clients have very little psychological insight or knowledge. They felt very didactic. Sometimes it works (like when showcasing a technique), but for me most times it didn't.

[Tom Parsons]

Very approachable guide to using CBT in session that is very practical. Reads easily and is quite interesting, doesn't read too much like a text book.

[Nabeel]

A very good resource for practitioners to enhance their clinical insight by understanding the interplay of thoughts, behaviors and emotions in development and persistence of a disorder.

[Lethal Shadowz]

this CBT book is awesome easy to understand