Reviews for Change Your Thinking: Overcome Stress, Combat Anxiety and Depression, and Improve Your Life with CBT

The average rating for Change Your Thinking: Overcome Stress, Combat Anxiety and Depression, and Improve Your Life with CBT based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-06-18 00:00:00 Peter Barrows My psychologist told me to buy this book and I dutifully went out and did so, running into him and his new baby in the process (awkward!). While Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is now quickly becoming the unpopular kid in school next to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (that new girl who just moved here three weeks ago and who has a pool and everyone now really likes even though they don't know her all that well), I still got plenty of good strategies out of it. Its great strength is that it doesn't talk down to you. That, coupled with the generous helping of believable real-world examples the chapters are furnished with, really make it easy to take on its message (which, I supposed, could basically be boiled down to: "Is anyone going to die from this? No? Then SIT DOWN AND SHUDDAP!").

Review # 2 was written on 2011-07-25 00:00:00 Aaron Friedman This is a comprehensive guide to CBT with lots of practical advice and exercises to overcome stress, anxiety and negative thought. CBT is a proven technique that is practical and doesn't rely solely on 'positive thinking' and catch phrases/affirmations. When I read this book, I found myself constantly saying 'that's just common sense'. When it is laid out so clearly and logically, I can't help but wonder why my everyday thinking is anything but logical and common sense. I rage, I ruminate and spend excessive amounts of time trying to please everyone but even with one reading of this book, I've found myself questioning my thoughts and many times over the past few days I have stopped myself from falling back into negative thinking. I guess this demonstrates the power of thought and that a lot of our problems reside in our view of the world. A great guide that can be dipped into from time to time.