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Rise above depression with CBT Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a hugely popular self-help technique, which teaches you to break free from destructive or negative behaviours and make positive changes to both your thoughts and your actions. This practical guide to managing depression with CBT will help you understand your depression, identify solutions to your problems, and maintain your gains and avoid relapse. Managing Depression with CBT For Dummies is a practical guide to using CBT to demolish depression by identifying and correcting negative thought patterns, recognizing the destructive power of ruminative thinking, confronting problems, and finding positive solutions. Helps you understand depression and how it develops Shows you how to correct negative thought patterns Gives you tried-and-true CBT techniques to combat your depression If you're struggling with depression, Managing Anger with CBT For Dummies gives you the tools you need to break down the barriers that prevent happiness from taking hold, and allowing you to build a positive future.

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Brian Thomson is a Senior Lecturer on the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy MSc course at the University of Hertfordshire. He has 25 years' experience as a CBT therapist and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Matt Broadway-Horner is a CBT therapist who works in the Central London office of CBT in the City. He specialises in treating depression, anxiety and trauma problems.

Introduction 1

Part I: Understanding Depression and How It Develops 7

Chapter 1: Introducing Moods and Depression 9

Chapter 2: Introducing the Basic Principles of CBT 29

Part II: Putting What You Discover into Action 45

Chapter 3: Thinking about Thinking 47

Chapter 4: Changing Your Thinking to Change Your Life 61

Chapter 5: Facing Your Feelings to Tackle Depression 75

Chapter 6: Changing Your Attitudes to Combat Depression 97

Chapter 7: Raising Self-Esteem to Increase Your Motivation 113

Chapter 8: Developing Abilities that Challenge Depression 125

Chapter 9: Being Mindful, not Mind-full: Developing Your Awareness 143

Part III: Maintaining Momentum 155

Chapter 10: Discovering the New, Healthy You 157

Chapter 11: Reducing the Risk of Relapse 163

Part IV: The Part of Tens 169

Chapter 12: Ten Tips for Tackling Depression 171

Chapter 13: Ten Tips to Challenge Distorted Thinking 177

Appendix 183

Index 191

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Managing Depression with CBT for Dummies

Managing Depression with CBT for Dummies

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