Talking To Yourself: How Cognitive Behavior Therapy Can Change Your Life.

by Pamela E. Butler

Talking to Yourself shows you how to stop the critical voice inside your head, which causes anxiety, depression and negative decisions. It teaches you how to become your own best friend, coach and mentor. A simple 5 Step Method guides you from toxic self talk to a new supportive language. By changing your internal dialogue, you profoundly alter your relationship with yourself and others. Topics covered 1.Perfectionism and how to overcome it, 2.How to slow down and enjoy your own life, 3.How to listen to yourself so that you don't spend your life in depression and pleasing others at your own expense and 4. How to monitor the demands of your internal judge so that you remain healthy and in balance. Talking to yourself gives examples of the 5 Step Method in a variety of areas, ranging from sex to anger to procrastination and addiction. Because it bypasses the usual questions about the truth of your critical messages, it allows you to focus on what is helpful in promoting your growth and living your own best, most authentic life.

Genres: Self Help, Psychology, Nonfiction

180 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2008

Reviews

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked this book. It said it was updated for a more contemporary audience, but it still felt a little dated in the examples. But not distractedly so.

The whole book is about how to respond to your inner "judge", or your negative self-talk. I found being able to label my drivers and think about where those are coming from, as well as the guidance for going through 5 questions about how I feel and how "helpful" whatever inner dialog I'm having really is, will be quite challenging (in a good way) for me.

I listened to the audio book and it was great, although a little funny at times because the woman would do voices for the example clients. I ended up picking up a physical copy of the book to be able to pull out action steps a little bit better.

[Patti · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short-take: Helpful, as self-help books go...Practical and easy to understand.