Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

10 Ways to Manage Depression, Anger, Panic, Anxiety and Intrusive Thoughts

By: Birgit Andersen

Narrated by: Eric LaCord

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a method of psychotherapeutic treatment that helps patients understand behavior-influencing thoughts and feelings. CBT is often used to treat a wide array of conditions including phobias, addictions, depression, and anxiety.

In general, cognitive behavioral therapy is short-term and focuses on helping clients deal with a very specific problem. People learn how to recognise and alter destructive or upsetting patterns of thought that have a negative impact on attitudes and emotions during the course of treatment.

The underlying concept behind CBT is that all our thoughts and feelings are essential to our behaviour. For instance, a person who spends a lot of time worrying about plane crashes, airport accidents, and other air disasters may consider themselves avoiding air travel.

The aim of cognitive behavioral therapy is to show patients that while they are unable to control every part of the world around them, they can take control of how they perceive and handle things within their environment.

In recent years, CBT has become increasingly popular with users of mental health and with practitioners in care. Because CBT is usually an option for short-term care, it is often more economical than some other types of therapy. CBT is also empirically validated and has been shown to help patients successfully resolve a wide range of maladaptive behaviours.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has been used to treat people with a wide range of conditions, including: anxiety, phobias, addictions, depression, eating disorders, panic attacks, anger, etc.

CBT is one of the most studied types of therapy, partially because counseling is based on highly specific goals and can be assessed relatively easily with outcomes.

This book is for everyone (therapists and clients) who are new to the world of CBT or for anyone ready to discover more about the treatment powers in CBT...enjoy!

©2020 Birgit Andersen (P)2020 Birgit Andersen

Very Practical

As a result of going through some difficult times in my life, and at my doctor's suggestion, I began seeing a therapist for cognitive behavioral therapy. I wasn't satisfied, so I began listening to this audio book on CBT. It helped me understand that the therapist was setting the groundwork in our first few sessions, and gave me a very thorough understanding of how CBT works and the many different varieties of treatment and strategies that are available. I strongly recommend this book.

Very Insightful

This book is very intuitive. Depression/Mental Conditions are something that is not dealt with properly in society. If it was addressed early on and interventions, such as what is mentioned in this book, were taken then it would lead to better outcomes for the individuals involved. I deal with anxiety and stress and have for my whole life. I did not know how to manage my thoughts and feelings well.It is about time to have a book that truly understands and explains the importance of careful and mindful thinking. The author explained specifically and clearly the techniques in overcoming fear. I was not very familiar with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy until I read/listened to this book. It has provided an excellent base of the basic principles behind this therapy. I appreciate how the step by step awareness to change the mindset is well explained.
Thoughts become things. We manifest what we think the most. That is how powerful our brain is. That is what the book has taught me. I have already began to journal ways to incorporate this therapy to assist me in daily living.
In the book, there are ideas on how to change negative thought into positive ones. If you can learn how to release the negativity and start focusing on the positive things in life, this therapy will work well for you.

Very Practical

As a result of going through some difficult times in my life, and at my doctor's suggestion, I began seeing a therapist for cognitive behavioral therapy. I wasn't satisfied, so I began listening to this audio book on CBT. It helped me understand that the therapist was setting the groundwork in our first few sessions, and gave me a very thorough understanding of how CBT works and the many different varieties of treatment and strategies that are available. I strongly recommend this book.