Overcoming Paranoid and Suspicious Thoughts: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques

by Daniel B. Freeman

The Overcoming Series offers step-by-step guides to self-improvement based on the methods of cognitive behavioral therapy. The series aims to help readers conquer a broad range of disabling conditions—from worry to body image problems to obsessive compulsive disorder and more. Cognitive behavioral therapy was developed by psychiatrist Aaron T. Beck and is now internationally favored as a practical means of overcoming longstanding and disabling conditions, both psychological and physical. CBT is based on the idea that our thoughts cause our feelings and behaviors. Even when our situation does not change, if we change the self-defeating ways we think, we can make ourselves feel better. This positive, pragmatic approach is popular with therapists and patients alike. The accessible, straightforward, and practical books in this series outline affordable and easy-to-follow treatment plans, and have provided tens of thousands of readers with the help they need to overcome self-defeating behavior and lead happier lives. Books in the Overcoming * highlight the history and background of the disorder, who is likely to be affected, and what the main symptoms are
* provide a structure ideal for personal use or in a program using guided step-by-step self-help techniques like recordkeeping and problem-solving
* include diagnostic questionnaires, case studies, and workbook-style interactive exercises
* offer authoritative, commonsense solutions to pervasive, difficult emotional problems

Genres: Psychology, Self Help

256 pages, Paperback

First published June 29, 2006

Reviews

[Antonio Rossano Mendes Pontes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it. An essential reading for everyone interested in the reasons why human beings are always alert and even paranoid that a 'competitor', or a 'predator' is about to strike us. Helps a great deal to realize when it is healthy, and when it becomes a problem, as well as suggests exercises to detect and to overcoming it. This is the first of its kind. Congratulations to the authors.

[Aletheia · Rating 3 out of 5]

While there were some helpful chapters in this book, this book was way too long, tedious and repetitive to be an enjoyable read. I'm thankful that these authors wrote a book specifically for paranoid people, but it really needs to be summarized and shortened.

[Critical Hysteria · Rating 1 out of 5]

Someone is trying to take this book from me.

[Rachael Adam · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the few self help books that I can recommend