Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Made Simple: 10 Strategies for Managing Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Panic, and Worry (Retrain Your Brain with CBT)

Gillihan condenses CBT into applicable interventions that guide individuals to change negative thoughts, core beliefs, and maladaptive behaviors. As an mental health professional (MHP) with a Master's degree in psychotherapy (specifically, CBT), I endorse this book for individuals who are looking for practical tools and interventions to help with specific issues/problems. One premise of CBT is that we teach clients that the one hour of therapy session that focuses on the therapeutic relationship between therapist and client is not the primary agent of change. (This concept countermands other theoretical orientations and constructs in psychology in which the therapeutic relationship is the primary agent of change.) Rather, the therapy occurs when applying CBT interventions the other six days and 23 hours per week outside the therapy sessions and outside the therapist/client relationship. That does not mean that therapy sessions should not take place; however, the purpose of therapy is to equip clients with applicable tools and interventions that they can put into practice. Gillihan's book provides a comprehensive set of applicable CBT interventions that have been simplified for the layperson's use. (I do not know Seth J. Gillihan, Ph.D., and I purchased his book because of my CBT background.) -- Kat Foley, MA, MHP

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. Firstly, it’s well written and an interesting read in conversational tone. It never becomes tedious and you can even flip around if you want a change of topic. The paper weight is glorious. It is nice and sturdy and just feels good like the publishers actually cared to produce a quality book. As for being effective, I am more than satisfied. I had little knowledge of CBT prior to reading this. It explained the basics and background thoroughly. It also provides a ton of exercises for further study. After reading this I found a great app that allows me to practice checking in on my thoughts and identify my moods at onset (as the book well explains). I now analyze my thoughts and thinking traps; I know which I fall prey to most often, and I can head off bad moods quickly just by identifying them and saying a counter rebuff to my disordered thinking. I was really low when I ordered this book but I actual feel like I’m working through my issues. I know it’ll take a lot of time and practice, but I now have the tools I need and a plan in place. I completely recommend this book for anyone struggling with anything mood-related at all. PMS / depression / anger issues / overeating. The science is solid. It works great. Giant thank you to the author.

Great book. Has helped me a lot. I'm going through PTSD right now and definitely need therapy or some pills, but refuse to go that route ever again. Been having a hard time getting better, but I bought a ton of books like this one, and I'm determined to get better, and am finding that this book is a great stepping stone for me, especially when there are other avenues I should be taking right now. Never give up, and have hope and reread these books over and over, and you will find some light at the end of the tunnel, if you focus hard. It's teaching me how to focus on why I'm angry, and is that anger warranted, or am I over analyzing things. Does the same for stress, anxiety and panic, but you've got to put in the work. I read several different books a day, this being one of them, and I've been down this road several times in my past, and I'm determined to turn myself around again, so it's fair to say with all of that, this book does help me get through my bull$hit. Would definitely buy more stuff from this author.

This is the first book I bought to help me deal with my anxieties and mental health. So far I’ve read almost half of the book and still continuing to read the rest. Each chapter is informative and I love that it has a “homework” section at the end of each chapter. With each homework, I would review my notes and answer the questions/tasks. These questions help with putting the information I’ve learned about into practice. It also helps show me how I’ve progressed from one chapter to the next. There are also good diagrams and sample forms to help me put my thoughts on paper for reference and analyzing purposes. It’s a good book for a beginner learner like me. However, I wish there were more clarity in the topics. At times, some sentences were redundant or didn’t really get straight to the point, which made it a bit confusing. Also, it would’ve been more helpful if the examples were applicable to different situations and not just focused of one specific case. But, this book is a good starting point to get the gist of how cbt can be helpful to someone who’s struggling with mental health like anxiety. I’m glad I bought this book. I’m able to see how my thinking has affected my behaviors a little clearer now. And I can say that my thinking has started to change for the better, since reading this book and putting the info I’ve learned into practice. Thank you for making this book available to people like me.

CBT is so popular today, but this book is making it just simple, I read it and use it! Its also very well represented, nice design and layout, which makes it a "very simple" read

Very informative!

This was a gift to a family member. They enjoyed the information it provided to deal with difficult issues.

This is my first book-introduction to psychotherapy at the stage of choosing my method. And I plunged into behavioral therapy for 5 long years. I look at this book very often and wrote out many daily tricks for myself.

𝖨 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾 𝗂𝗆𝗉𝗅𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗀𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗅 𝗆𝗒𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝖠 𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉𝖿𝗎𝗅 𝗀𝗎𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝗉𝗌𝗒𝖼𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗀𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍

Simple language with creative worksheets

A good book! Easy to understand. Thank you!

A good manual for a beginner to learn about cognitive behaviour therapy; straightforward and effective I enjoyed reading it, have reread it again and again and taking notes and really appreciate the advice I first got in this book from the library but immediately took to it so I bought my own It was inexpensive and a useful resource to learn about it and keep for reference

Buen libro. Buenas entrega