Cognitive behavioural therapy Books

Book SynopsisDiscover the ultimate brain hack.Tapping, or EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) is a simple, yet powerful way to heal from your past traumas so you can live a more fulfilling life. By tapping on specific points on your body while focusing on a particular memory or issue, it is possible to train your brain to change even lifelong negative patterns, leading to freedom from many issues, such as PTSD, stress, anxiety, lack of self-esteem, depression and even physical pain.In this book, trained EFT practitioner Sarah Tobin guides you on a transformative journey through this holistic healing method. It is not just a manual for tapping, but a means for self-reflection, introspection and emotional revelation. Through visualization exercises, affirmations and journal prompts, this book goes beyond words, providing a tangible toolkit to healing. Beautifully illustrated with step-by-step diagrams and visuals, this book will act as a gentle, empowering hand to guide you towards a life of joy, purpose and unapologetic authenticity.Contents include: - An introduction to the concept of EFT tapping- Sarah''s story of finding EFT following the tragic loss of her first daughter Alice in 2014- 16 themed chapters that touch on different topics related to trauma-processing, with a simple tapping script for each

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Book SynopsisOvercoming app now available via iTunes and the Google Play Store.A highly respectable and authoritative self-help guide on all the anxiety disorders: generalised anxiety disorder, health anxiety, panic, phobias, social anxiety, OCD.Edited by three leading CBT clinicians in the UK, this comprehensive guide offers individual CBT-based treatments for a wide range of anxiety problems. Each individual treatment reflects current the treatment in the UK for that anxiety disorder and is written by the clinician responsible for developing that treatment in the first place.Contributors include:Lars-Goran Ost (phobias)Dr Gillian Butler (social phobia - Gillian is the author of Overcoming Social Anxiety & Shyness) Anke Ehlers & Jennifer Wild (PTSD)Nick Grey & David M. Clark (panic disorder)Heather Hadjistavropoulos (health anxiety)Kevin Meares & Mark Freeston (Generalised Anxiety Disorder) Roz Shafran & Adam Radomsky (OCD)An ideal resource not only for those experiencing anxiety problems, but CBT therapists and IAPT workers.

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Book SynopsisExplore complex emotions and enhance self-awareness with these 100 ready-to-use creative activities. The intricate, attractive designs are illustrated in the popular zentangle style and are suitable for adults and young people, in individual or group work. The worksheets use cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and art as therapy to address outcomes including improved self-esteem, emotional wellbeing, anger management, coping with change and loss, problem solving and future planning. The colouring pages are designed for relaxing stress management and feature a complete illustrated alphabet and series of striking mandala designs.Trade ReviewI look forward to using activity pages from The CBT Art Activity Book - the detail and content of each page is ideal for the kind of art journaling and creative expression activities I do with my clients. The use of cognitive behavioral therapy within the handouts is a bonus! -- Bonnie Thomas, LCSW Child and Family Counselor and author of 'How to Get Kids Offline, Outdoors, and Connected to Nature: 200+ Activities to Encourage Self Esteem, Mindfulness, and Wellbeing'A little treasure inspired by cognitive behavioural psychotherapy ideas and creative principles. Beautiful and easy to use worksheets, which will compliment a clinician's tool kit. Especially helpful for brief interventions with emphasis on emotional exploration. -- Themis Kyriakidou, MA ATh, MSc FPC, Art PsychotherapistI am neither a CBT therapist nor an artist - and yet it feels like this book was produced with me in mind. A synthesis of informative text and inspirational designs that leave me excited about new possibilities in my work with a whole range of people I'm working with - young people, adults and families. This book will appeal, and be extremely useful to counsellors and therapists from a broad spectrum of theoretical orientations, and is by no means limited to those who describe themselves as 'CBT therapists' or as being 'artistic.' Bravo Jennifer, this is a wonderful resource for enhancing and deepening the therapeutic encounter. -- Paul Stockwell, UKCP Registered Family and Systemic Psychotherapist and Clinical SupervisorWhat a brilliant resource for therapists working with young people! The worksheet designs are immediately engaging and aesthetically suited to young people. Each section starts with brief helpful and accessible information for the counsellor. I am sure that this is what young people want - an opportunity to have conversations with adults on their own terms, choosing a word, a question, a pattern to work into. An important addition for the counselling field. Adults will want to use it too! -- Dr Gail Simon, Principal Lecturer in Systemic Practice, University of BedfordshireThe author sums up the core principle of CBT therapy in a very readable, clear an concise way... Guest's lovely, intricately patterned backgrounds and frames are reminiscent of the current spate of adult colouring books and allow the sheets to appeal to different age groups... One of the things I love about this book is that the author's drawings invite the user to "have a go", "make their mark" and not worry whether they are "artistic" or not... I have certainly enjoyed using this book myself, as well as inviting clients to use it to help them explore their own thoughts, and would happily recommend it to other therapists. -- Trisha Packer, counsellor and supervisor * BACP Children & Young People *Table of ContentsPreface. Introduction. Part I. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Concepts. Art Therapy Concepts. 1. Sense of Self, Self-Esteem Building. 2. Managing Emotions, Coping with Loss and Change. 3. Problem Solving, Reflection, Goal Setting. Part II. Stress Management. 4. The Alphabet. 5. Mandalas.

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Book SynopsisStress, anxiety, and depression are more common than ever before. When the 21st-century dream is to have it all - high-powered jobs, happy families, exotic holidays, a beautiful body, and the ideal home - many minds simply cannot cope if we fail to match up. Explaining why this cycle is so hard to break and exactly what you can do about it, Dr Rick Norris presents advice that you know you should take: accept yourself for who you are, prioritise what really matters, reject notions of perfection, plan for a happier future; and the 6 easy steps that make it all possible.

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensively revised and updated second edition of the 2008 classic Against and for CBT has lost none of its passion or power. Those `against' argue that CBT has been used by governments and health provider organisations to transform therapy into, at best, a quick-fix for stressed and unhappy workers (and workless), and, at worst, a form of neoliberal, state-sponsored thought reform. Those `for' CBT respond that to condemn it is to throw out an effective model that is liked by clients and has grown into compassion and meditative wisdom in its more recent modifications. For many of the contributors, the way forward lies in mutual respect between proponents of their respective modalities, and realisation that the therapy profession can only lose by engaging in these internal schisms. No single model can do everything for everyone: CBT is not the only game in town.Trade Review'I went to an excellent workshop a few years ago led by Professor Aaron Beck. Talking therapies balance relationship and structure: too much structure can lose the individual; too little structure perhaps misses out on helping people learn effective ways of changing; Without relationship, no amount of structure – whether evidence based or not – will help. There is often too much criticism in our wider society. We can see the ‘opponent’ not the person – or practitioner. It’s good to ask questions of each other. CBT emphasises Socratic questions – powerful questions that aid understanding. As someone who loves questions, I welcome this book for its varied and challenging perspectives. None of us should be afraid to stop, think and reflect on our ways of working. I hope that these different perspectives lead to reflection and improved understanding across therapies. Perhaps achieving balances between relationship and structure points to a way forward.' Professor Chris Williams, MBChB, BSc, MMedSc, MD, FRCPsych, President of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies. 'Perhaps there is no discussion where the fault line between modernity and what’s next is more starkly revealed than in the ongoing debate between promoters of CBT and those who champion humanistic, person-centered and meaning-focused psychotherapies. I can think of no other single book that gives practitioners of any persuasion a compass by which to navigate the liquid cultural moment.' Maureen O’Hara PhD, Professor of Psychology, National University, US, and Director, International Futures Forum-US. 'This book provides an interesting range of viewpoints on the prevalence of CBT in the NHS today. The brief, protocol-driven IAPT curriculum training omits complex philosophical and theoretical CBT underpinnings. CBT is at great risk of being watered down to the point of disintegration. This book goes some way toward discussing the commercialisation of CBT at the cost of its integrity.' Rhena Branch, CBT practitioner/psychologist and co-author of The Cognitive Behavioural Counselling Primer (PCCS Books). 'This book is a must-read for both those troubled by the basis of CBT’s dominance in the field of psychotherapy, and also those who are persuaded by the rhetoric put out by CBT’s supporters. The critique found in this collection of essays is broad ranging, deep and utterly convincing.' Farhad Dalal, psychotherapist and group analyst, and author of CBT: The Cognitive Behavioural TsunamiTable of ContentsFOREWORDS by Professor Andrew Samuels and Professor Stephen Palmer Introduction to the second edition - Del Loewenthal and Gillian Proctor Introduction to the first edition: an exploration of the criticisms of CBT - Del Loewenthal and Richard House POLITICAL AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES Chapter 1 - CBT's integration into societal networks of power - Michael Guilfoyle. Chapter 2 - CBT: the obscuring of power in the name of science - Gillian Proctor. Chapter 3 - Happiness: CBT and the Layard thesis - David Pilgrim. Chapter 4 - L'Anti-Livre Noir de la Psychoanalyse: CBT from a French/Lacanian perspective - Robert Snell. Chapter 5 - CBT is the method: the object is to change heart and soul - Paul Kelly and Paul Moloney. Chapter 6 - The social construction of CBT - Jay Watts. PARADIGMATIC PERSPECTIVES Chapter 7 - Behaviour therapy and the ideology of modernity - Robert L Woolfolk and Frank C Richardson. Chapter 8 - CBT in historico-cultural perspectives - David Brazier. Chapter 9 - Cognitive behaviour therapy and evidence-based practice - John Lees. Chapter 10 - Cognitive therapy, Cartesianism, and the moral order - Patrick Bracken and Philip Thomas. CLINICAL PERSPECTIVES Chapter 11 - Psychoanalysis and cognitive behavior therapy: rival paradigms or common ground? - Jane Milton. Chapter 12 - Person-centred therapy, a cognitive behavior therapy - Keith Tudor. Chapter 13 - Cognitive behavior therapy: From rationalism to constructivism? - David A Winter. Chapter 14 - Post-existentialism as a reaction to CBT? - Del Loewenthal. Chapter 15 - Considering the dialogic potentials of cognitive therapy - Tom Strong, Mishka Lysack, Olga Sutherland and Konstantinos Chondros. EPISTEMOLOGICAL AND RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES Chapter 16 - Thinking thoughtfully about cognitive behavior therapy - John D Kaye. Chapter 17 - CBT and empirically validated therapies: infiltrating codes of ethics - Christy Bryceland and Henderikus Stam. Chapter 18 - Empirically supported/validated treatments as modernist ideology, part I: dodo, manualisation and the paradigm question - Arthur C Bohart and Richard House. Chapter 19 - Empirically supported/validated treatments as modernist ideology, part II: alternative perspectives on research and practice - Richard House and Arthur C Bohart. Chapter 20 - Where is the magic in cognitive therapy? A philo/psychological investigation - Fred Newman. CBT PERSPECTIVES AND RESPONSES Chapter 21 - What is CBT really and how can we enhance the impact of effective psychotherapies such as CBT? - Warren Mansell. Chapter 22 - The case for CBT: a practical perspective from the NHS front line - Isabel Clarke. Chapter 23 - A response to the chapters in Why Not CBT? - Adrian Hemmings. CONCLUSION TO THE FIRST EDITION - Contesting therapy paradigms about what it means to be human - Del Loewenthal and Richard House. CONCLUSION TO THE SECOND EDITION - No single therapy should be the only game in town - Del Loewenthal and Gillian Proctor. Contributors, Indexes

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Book SynopsisCognitive behaviour therapy is arguably the most well-known, most widely used and most accessible form of talking therapy in the Western world. It has been adopted by the NHS as the mainstay of its IAPT primary care therapy programme. It converts readily and successfully into online formats and self-help programmes. In this updated introduction to CBT, three of its foremost proponents and practitioners summarise its origins, principles, how it works in practice, and the research that underpins its widespread use. This second, revised edition updates the research and includes the third and fourth ‘waves’ of cognitive behaviour approaches and other more recent developments that have emerged since the first edition was published.Trade Review'The first edition of this book was a quintessential introductory text on the history, science and practice of cognitive behavioural therapy. This second edition is even better – thoroughly updated, informed by the latest research and clinical applications and expertly illustrated with clinical examples. This is a trusted guide for therapists, counsellors, psychologists and health professionals in training.' Dr Gillian Todd is a CBT & CAT therapist in private practice, past senior lecturer and director of CBT at the University of East Anglia, and a trustee of the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies. Praise for the first edition: 'This small book has it all. It explains CBT perfectly, and also helps practitioners in knowing what to expect and how to do therapy, manage patients’ expectations and help their patients achieve their goals. It also helps a lot with written assignments for whoever is doing any CBT, counselling or other therapy courses.' Online reviewer.Table of ContentsIntroduction,1. The origins of cognitive behaviour therapy, 2. The theoretical underpinnings of cognitive behaviour therapy, 3. Cognition, 4. Cognitive behaviour therapy and the therapeutic alliance, 5. Case conceptualisation, 6. Cognitive restructuring techniques, 7. Behavioural techniques, 8. Methods of discovering assumptions, rules and core beliefs, 9. Relapse prevention and endings, 10. Cognitive behaviour therapy transcript, 11. Applications and developments in cognitive behaviour therapy, 12. Research into cognitive behaviour therapy, Resources for learning, Appendix, Glossary, Index

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Book SynopsisThis practical guide presents an innovative approach to managing individual and group schema therapy. By structuring the overall therapeutic process into four distinct phases, each with specific attitudes, goals and exercises, the therapist and client can work together, one step at a time, toward a successful outcome. The book offers clear guidelines for achieving an optimal balance between confrontation and collaboration, between cognitive, behavioural and experiential techniques, between rules and freedom, and between work and play. Phase 1 focuses on safety and security; phase 2 rocks the boat in stirring up old pain and emotions, phase 3 encourages the client to take control and try new things, and phase 4 is about reinventing yourself and learning to live happily as a human being - with all its associated pain and pitfalls. Each chapter contains a wealth of phase-specific exercises, points of concern and practical tips.Table of ContentsForeword by Professor Marleen Rijkeboer Preface Background Reading Guide Layout 1. Background to the phase-oriented approach 2. Phase 1 - Safety first 3. Phase 2 - Express yourself 4. Phase 3 - Do it yourself 5. Phase 4 - Live your life 6. Pitfalls, frequently asked questions and adaptations Appendices

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Book SynopsisImagery rescripting (IR) is a therapeutic technique that allows problematic events to be retrieved from memory and modified in positive directions. This complete manual for practitioners offers a clear and well-organized introduction to how IR can be applied in the treatment of personality disorders and other problems. It explores the various ways in which the technique can be utilised - how imagery exercises can provide insight into present problems via events of the past, how the therapist can rescript images in the early stages of treatment, and how clients can learn to rescript images themselves as the therapy progresses. The use of IR to prepare clients for future trigger situations is also discussed. Each step is illustrated with examples from practice, and a number of clinical pitfalls are considered - including clients who cannot create images, clients with a critical attitude, and clients who struggle with feelings of guilt during the rescripting process.Table of ContentsForeword by Professor Arnoud Arntz 1. Introduction 2. Diagnostic imagery 3. Imagery rescripting - the therapist rewrites 4. Advanced imagery rescripting - the client rewrites 5. Future-oriented imagery rescripting to break negative patterns 6. Specialised fields of application and forms of imagery rescripting 7. Pitfalls for therapists Appendices

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Book SynopsisThe book describes how the Holistic Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (HCBT) model grew from patients bringing their spiritual beliefs and their socio-economic and cultural context into CBT sessions, factors sometimes missed in standard CBT. Holistic CBT is explained as a new strengths-based, solution-focused and creative model, exploring people's identity and potential within their individual context, and recognising a body-mind-spirit link. The book sets out the process of this transpersonal, third wave CBT approach, recognising the importance of relating to different racial and cultural worldviews, and in particular, raising the profile of spirituality as an important aspect of people's lives. An excellent reader for those looking to extend their therapeutic practice in mental health, community and faith settings. A companion course manual 'Free to be Me' by the same author provides guidance and resources for running HCBT sessions with individuals and groups.Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1 - An Holistic approach to CBT Chapter 2 - The holistic CBT model Chapter 3- Our human spirit Chapter 4- The HCBT developmental model Chapter 5- HCBT as an individual therapy Chapter 6 - The process of HCBT Epilogue

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive workbook brings together in one handy volume a wealth of easy-to-apply CBT-based models and worksheets to help your clients move on. Maybe they're stuck in a pattern of self-harmful beliefs and behaviours that is destroying their lives, work or relationships. Maybe they're caught in a cycle of unhelpful responses to particular trigger situations and can't find a way out. Sometimes our brain just needs to be given a simple set of steps to test out, see if they work, and if they do, substitute for the old, unproductive ways of being. This workbook is for counselling, psychology and mental health practitioners, but it's also for your clients. Too often practitioners talk about clients becoming their own therapists. These worksheets give them the tools they need to do so, with and without your help.Table of ContentsChapter 1 - Formulations, Chapter 2 - Goals and behavioural planning, Chapter 3 - Relaxation, Chapter 4 - Diary keeping, Chapter 5 - Cognitive restructuring, Chapter 6 - Experiments, Chapter 7 - Interpersonal strategies, Chapter 8 - Relapse prevention, Further support and resources, Appendix 1 - Thematic Guides, Appendix 2 - Blank Worksheets

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Book SynopsisNoom’s first-ever (and only!) official book!When it comes to setting and achieving your goals, how you think influences what you do. Whether developing a sustainable relationship with food, jump-starting a new fitness routine to shoot for a certain number on the scale, or tackling a health issue, mindset is key to meeting your goals—but it can also often be the most neglected element in any attempt to change behavior. While you might know what you want to do, the key to success is understanding why you want to do it, and how you make a plan that works for you in the long term. The Noom Mindset, created by the leading digital health company that has helped millions achieve their weight and health goals, deconstructs habits around the core drivers of body weight: what we eat and how much we move. You’ll discover how your habits around eating and weight management are impacted by your own self-confidence, stress, habits, lifestyle choices, and the rollercoaster of motivation (yes, it’s supposed to go up and down). Best of all, you’ll learn skills that can be applied to any behavior you want to change, habit you want to break, or life you want to create. This book is an instruction manual for achieving sustainable lifestyle changes plus many other health-related outcomes, including weight loss. With The Noom Mindset, you’ll learn how to: -Cultivate a growth mindset -Master the forging or deconstructing of behavior chains -Overcome thought distortions -Generate meaningful internal motivation for staying focused on your goals -Create changes that stick Based on more than a decade of research and experimentation, Noom has helped millions of users succeed by employing the mindset tactics that this book teaches. Written with an emphasis on self-awareness, goal-setting, and self-experimentation, The Noom Mindset provides powerful tools to help you reach your goals, your way.

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Book SynopsisThis book is a guide for child psychotherapists interested in applying clinical behavioral analysis to their work and for clinical behavior analysts working with children. In the literature of behavior analysis, a considerable number of publications present clinical strategies to more effectively conduct therapeutic interventions with adults and adolescents, but there is still a lack of publications that address practical aspects of the work of the child behavior analytic therapist. This volume aims do fill this void by bringing together chapters written by therapists who share their views on theoretical and practical aspects of child care and describe the stages and challenges of the psychotherapy process with clients of up to 12 years of age. Chapters in this volume provide an overview of the specific knowledge and techniques clinical behavior analysts need to master to work with children, such as theories of child development from the perspective of behavior analysis; biological influences on the development of child behavior; clinical assessment and definition of therapeutic goals in the work with children; how to include functional play in clinical settings; and how to involve parents and the school in the therapeutic process. Additionally, specific chapters focus on the application of third wave behavioral therapies, such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Functional Analytic Psychotherapy, to the clinical work with children. Clinical Behavior Analysis for Children will be a valuable resource for psychotherapists and clinical psychology students looking for a guide to understand the specificities of clinical behavior analysis applied to child psychotherapy. Table of Contents1. Introduction to clinical behavior analysis for children 2. The clinical behavior analyst for children 3. Child development from the perspective of behavior analysis 4. Biological influences on the development of child behavior 5. Clinical assessment in clinical behavior analysis for children and definition of therapeutic goals 6. Evidence-based psychotherapy in childhood and adolescence 7. Functional play: ways to conduct and the development of skills of the clinical behavior analyst for children 8. Acceptance and commitment therapy: interventions with children 9. Introduction to functional-analytic psychotherapy with children 10. Levels of therapeutic intervention in psychotherapy with children 11. Contact with schools - objectives, limits and care 12. Interdisciplinary work in the care of children 13. Functional analysis of interventions with parents: parental guidance or parental training? 14. Family Interventions 15. Therapeutic discharge as an outcome of clinical behavior analysis for children: criteria and process 16. Ethical issues in clinical behavior analysis for children

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Book SynopsisViele Menschen leiden unter Depressionen, Ängsten, Essstörungen, Schlafstörungen oder Abhängigkeiten. Durch die Corona-Pandemie hat ihre Zahl noch deutlich zugenommen. Die Autoren Rob Willson und Rhena Branch haben als Verhaltenstherapeuten langjährige praktische Erfahrung mit Patienten und führen leicht verständlich in die Kognitive Verhaltenstherapie ein. Sie erläutern, wie Gedanken und Verhaltensmuster unser Empfinden beeinträchtigen können, und zeigen ganz praktische Wege zu einer neuen Sicht der Dinge auf. Wer lernt, seine Denkweise zu verändern, wird sich bald besser fühlen.Table of ContentsÜber die Autorin und den Autor 7 Einführung 21 Teil I: Einführung in die Grundlagen der Kognitiven Verhaltenstherapie 27 Kapitel 1: Sie fühlen, wie Sie denken 29 Kapitel 2: Denkfehler erkennen 41 Kapitel 3: Negative Gedanken in Angriff nehmen 59 Kapitel 4: Verhaltensexperimente planen und durchführen 69 Kapitel 5: Aufgepasst! Das Bewusstsein trainieren 81 Teil II: Den Kurs abstecken: Probleme definieren und Ziele setzen 93 Kapitel 6: Gefühle erkunden 95 Kapitel 7: Die Lösungen erkennen, die Ihnen Probleme bereiten 117 Kapitel 8: Ziele ins Auge fassen 129 Teil III: Die Kognitive Verhaltenstherapie in die Praxis umsetzen 137 Kapitel 9: Der Angst die Stirn bieten 139 Kapitel 10: Abhängigkeiten den Garaus machen 151 Kapitel 11: Ein besseres Körperbild entwickeln 169 Kapitel 12: Depressionen verstehen und bewältigen 193 Kapitel 13: Gesunder Schlaf 209 Kapitel 14: Zwänge überwinden 219 Kapitel 15: Sich selbst akzeptieren: Das Selbstwertgefühl steigern 233 Kapitel 16: Mensch ärgere dich nicht 249 Kapitel 17: Krankheitsangst heilen 267 Teil IV: Ein Blick zurück und dann vorwärts 273 Kapitel 18: Die Vergangenheit mit anderen Augen betrachten 275 Kapitel 19: Neue Überzeugungen verinnerlichen 293 Kapitel 20: Auf dem Weg zu einem gesünderen und glücklicheren Leben 307 Kapitel 21: Hindernisse überwinden 323 Kapitel 22: Psychologische Gartenpflege: Die zarten KVT-Pflänzchen hegen und pflegen 333 Kapitel 23: Professionellen Beistand suchen 343 Teil V: Der Top-Ten-Teil 353 Kapitel 24: Zehn gesunde Einstellungen zum Leben 355 Kapitel 25: Zehn Selbstwert gefühlverstärker, die nicht funktionieren 363 Kapitel 26: Zehn Mythen rund um die psychische Gesundheit 369 Teil VI: Anhänge 375 Informationsquellen und Anlaufstellen 377 Vorlagen 383 Abbildungsverzeichnis 397 Stichwortverzeichnis 399

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