Self-Help Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Books

Excellent book for client bibliotherapy. The chapters in Coping Better coincide with the usual progression of RBT sessions. Very useful resource for clinicians to learn RBT concepts.

"Feeling better," says Dr. Albert Ellis, "is crucial to successful therapy. Getting better is even more important." The most well-known and highly respected psychotherapist of our time offers a "three-pronged" system for maintaining—or regaining—emotional health. FEELING BETTER, GETTING BETTER, STAYING BETTER presents the author's 50 years of psychotherapy experience and wisdom in a practical guide for the rest of us. Healthy thinking, healthy emotions, and healthy behavior are explained, with...

Through anecdotes and a systematic approach, this book shows how to counter and conquer the pain of anxiety, depression, anger, and self-pity. Using Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) to create more positive patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting, listeners find joy and freedom.

How You Feel Is Up To You provides practical information and tools to help readers take responsibility for their emotions, including enhanced awareness of feelings, and step-by-step methods for choosing and changing feelings.

Dr. A. Thomas Horvath guides you through exercises and self-study questions to help you overcome addictive behavior. He offers alternatives to 12-step recovery programs or surrendering to a "higher power." You don't have to be in recovery for the rest of your life, and you don't even have to abstain entirely. ...

Dr. Maultsby's cognitive-behavioral approach to helping people overcome alcohol and other drug problems is clearly described in this book.