From the Book - Revised edition.
Feeling good about yourself: how to conquer depression and build self-esteem
Feeling confident: how to conquer anxiety, fears, and phobias
Feeling good together: how to strengthen relationships through better communication
Mood-altering medications
For therapists (and curious patients) only: how to deal with difficult patients.
Pt. I: Understanding your moods. You can change the way you feel
How to measure your moods
How to diagnose your moods
Should you change the way you feel? Pt. II: Feeling good about yourself: How to conquer depression and build self-esteem. How to change the way you feel: the four steps to happiness
Ten ways to untwist your thinking
How to develop a healthy personal value system
Cognitive therapy in action: how to break out of a bad mood
A prescriptions for procrastinators. Pt. III: Feeling confident: How to conquer anxiety, fears, and phobias. Understanding anxiety
How to fight your fears and win
Dealing with the fear of death
Social anxiety: The fear of people
How to give a dynamic interview when you're scared stiff
Test and performance anxiety. Pt. V: Feeling good together: how to strengthen relationships through better communication. Good and bad communication
Five secrets of intimate communication
How to change the way you communicate
How to deal with difficult people
Why people can't communicate with each other. Pt. V: Mood-altering medications. Everything you need to know about commonly prescribed psychiatric drugs. Pt. VI: For therapists (and curious patients) only: How to deal with difficult patients. The ingredients of therapeutic success - and failure!
Empathy: How to establish rapport with the critical, angry patient
Agenda setting: How to make therapy productive when you and your patient feel stuck
Self-help assignments: How to motivate patients who sabotage the therapeutic process.