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Beat the blues and get more out of life with the power of resilienceBy changing and challenging negative thoughts, you can free yourself from depression, anxiety and guilt, and embrace a happier, healthier way of life. "Think Yourself [...]

Praise for the previous edition: "...an excellent resource for all trainee and beginning counsellors irrespective of theoretical orientation. I regard it as a core text for Professional and Clinical Practice components of counsellor education and training courses." Ian Horton, formerly Principal Lec[...]

An introduction to the main therapeutic approaches used in psychotherapy and counselling in the late 20th century. The text examines the relationship between the two and considers the four main models of psychotherapy - psychodynamic, humanistic, integrative and cognitive-behavioural.[...]

Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) encourages the client to focus on their emotional problems in order to understand, challenge and change the irrational beliefs that underpin these problems. REBT can help clients to strengthen conviction in their alternative rational beliefs by acting in way[...]

"In this practical guide, Windy Dryden draws on rational emotive cognitive behaviour therapy (RECBT) - a form of CBT that focuses on resolving emotional and behavioural issues - to encourage people to deal with their emotional problems. This practitioner's guide includes all of the information prese[...]

In the last three decades cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) has been applied to an ever-increasing number of problems (including anxiety disorders, substance abuse, and eating disorders) and populations (children, adolescents, and older people). NICE recommends CBT as the first line treatment in the[...]

This text provides a view of stress counselling and stress management from a multimodal perspective. Guidelines show practitioners how they can give their clients effective help for their individual stress problems using a technically eclectic and systematic approach.[...]

"Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in a Nutshell - Second Edition" is a concise introduction to one of the most widely-practised approaches to counselling and psychotherapy. Leading authors, Michael Neenan and Windy Dryden, explain the model and the core techniques used during the therapeutic process to[...]

Procrastinating, putting things off, delaying and obstructing progress - these are all familiar problems in a pressured world where progress in measured by results. This work demonstrates that change can only occur when we have a better understanding of our own emotions and motivations. It presents [...]