| | |  | Career Management Books | Home » » Change Your Thinking: Overcome Stress, Anxiety, and Depression, and Improve Your Life with CBT | | | | | | | Description: | | Practicing psychologist Sarah Edelman clearly lays out how to use CBT to develop rational thought patterns in response to upsetting emotions and situations. By following the practical, easy-to-follow exercises and examples, you can take control of your thoughts, emotions, and feelings, and find more positive ways of dealing with life’s hurdles-and a happier you.Change Your Thinking will teach you how to Fight negative and self-defeating beliefs to minimize your experience of upsetting emotions Recognize thinking errors” that cause you unnecessary distress Learn how to dispute thinking errors with your behavior and rational thoughts Prevent negative thoughts and emotions from occurring Acknowledge and face the obstacles that prevent you from obtaining your goals Achieve a more balanced and happier life Whether you’re faced with overwhelming feelings of worthlessness, frustration, anger, depression, or anxiety, CBT can help you change your thinking and make a difference in your life-beginning today. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Ph.D. Sarah Edelman Ph.D. | | Paperback:
| 320 pages | | Publisher:
| Da Capo Press | | Publication Date:
| November 16, 2007 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1600940528 | | Product Length:
| 9.6 inches | | Product Width:
| 6.86 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.98 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.99 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.6 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.9 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.9 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.05 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 12 reviews |
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36 of 36 found the following review helpful:
Very readable and useful self-help manualMar 31, 2008
By Beth Cholette
"doctor_beth"
As a clinical psychologist, I am a strong believer in the impact of thinking on emotions, and thus many of my interventions with my own clients are cognitive in nature. The premise of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) is that the way we think determines the way we feel, and this book Change Your Thinking, is a self-help manual designed to address stress, anxiety, depression, and other emotional concerns through the use CBT. At the heart of CBT is the ability to recognize faulty thinking. The author describes the typical thinking errors which were originally identified by Aaron Beck in his ground-breaking book Cognitive Therapy of Depression; these include polarized (black-and-white) thinking, overgeneralizing, personalizing, filtering, jumping to (negative) conclusions, mind reading, blaming, labeling, predicting catastrophe, and comparing.
After Edelman has coached the reader in becoming adept at increasing awareness of negative thinking patterns, she moves on to the process of disputing negative and irrational beliefs; she then applies the disputation techniques to various types of concerns. Throughout the book, Edelman offers exercises to help readers apply the concepts which she has presented. Although Edelman borrows from the work of various giants in the field of psychology, she presents this information in a manner that is extremely accessible to the average reader and that is also appropriate to a self-help format. Given this, I highly recommend Change Your Thinking as a means for the general reader to apply the principles of CBT to their own lives.
25 of 25 found the following review helpful:
I never thought a book could make such a difference!Nov 08, 2007
By court
Normally I don't think books like this are very helpful, but Change Your Thinking is really helping me to change my life. When I started reading it, I immediately felt like I could get back in control and actually improve what I had accepted as the status quo. The author gives a lot of simple tips that WORK, and the exercises are a big help. This is something that you need to commit to, but if you read this book and make even a tiny effort to pay attention to your thoughts you'll notice a difference.
I HIGHLY recommend this book to anyone with depression or anxiety (I suffer from both).
23 of 25 found the following review helpful:
Ready for a 2nd copyApr 10, 2008
By Su-Q
"hunbunsmommy"
I found this book in my local library after my psychologist recommended I look into CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy). I brought it home, read the first 2-3 chapters, then went online & ordered my copy from Amazon with expedited shipping.I have since fired my psychologist (saving $120-$240 an hour). However, I DON'T RECOMMEND THIS BOOK AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR MENTAL HEALTH CARE FOR EVERYONE. I was diagnosed with ADHD, depression, a few other little things, so I've been able to incorporate thought-monitoring into my consciousness & have had a lot of success with CBT in general.The explanations, examples, & thought-monitoring form are great. On the plus side, I am a stay-at-home mom, so I have the time to stop what I'm doing & do a little maintenance on myself when needed, something not everyone will be able to do. But if you get the book, take the time to read it & take the effort to apply the principles, apart from or in conjunction with a mental health provider, I believe you'll see definite results.Definitely a 5-star book.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Change Your ThinkingMar 05, 2009
By Nin
Edelman's book is one of the best self-help CBT books I have come across.
Edelman begins by providing an overview of the principles of CBT, namely the thoughts-feelings-behaviours link, and how anyone can apply this knowledge to common human problems. Edelman assigns a chapter to each "problem area" such as depression, anxiety and self-esteem, and provides a methodical and easy-to-understand description of activities one can do to combat the negative thinking that is often at the heart of these problems.
Edelman's book contains worksheets, diagrams, activities and quotes to help people understand CBT, apply it to everyday life and combat their problems. It is a great self-help book for those finding it difficult to cope with psychological issues and also a useful book for students.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Change Your Thinking:Overcome Stress, Anxiety, and Depression and Improve your live with CBTFeb 20, 2011
By Ladistefano
This is probably the best book I have read on this subject in 15 years. It really does explain and help me to understand why I see things the way I do and how that effects the level of anxiety I experience, this information allows me to have a focus point and diffuse some of the more minor episodes. However, understanding and applying the changes are different. This book will tell you how, but actually making the changes on your own can be difficult and may require outside help, but the book is honest enough to tell you that as well.
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