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Rethink how you think, feel, and behave Get Started with CBT is the essential guide to this incredibly popular and successful therapy. Whether you want to learn CBT techniques to practice "self-therapy," are preparing to see a therapist, or are already a trained counselor but would like to learn more about CBT, this book explains it all. CBT helps you to evaluate how you think, feel and behave. It aims to replace self-defeating and irrational thoughts with more realistic, self-accepting and affirming beliefs, helping you to overcome problems by breaking them down into small, manageable parts and improving your state of mind.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
Chapter 2: Assessing problems
Chapter 3: Changing negative thoughts and core beliefs
Chapter 4: Strategies used in CBT
Chapter 5: The role of homework and tasks
Chapter 6: Some of the emotional problems addressed by CBT
Chapter 7: Case Studies