Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: The Complete Step-by-Step Guide on Retraining Your Brain and Overcoming Depression, Anxiety, and Phobias: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Series, #3

By Ryan James

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Series Book #3

Are you constantly plagued by negative thoughts about yourself and others?  Do you wish that you could finally be free of these issues, or at least learn how to manage them and live a more normal life?  With our step-by-step guide to retrain your brain, you can learn to look at life with an entirely different perspective.  There will be no more need to hide your feelings or escape your negative thoughts.  Instead, you’ll learn how to embrace your feelings to create a brighter tomorrow.

With these six steps, you will have a better understanding of why you feel as you are and apply them to change your thought patterns.

Step #1:  Understanding Your Depression, Anxiety, and Phobias

Step #2:  Facing the Enemy

Step #3:  Practicing a Step-by-Step Recovery

Step #4:  Controlling Your Negative Self-Talk

Step #5:  Rewriting the Outcome

Step #6:  Creating Positive Associations

The first step to actively change your thought patterns starts now, with the purchase of this book.  Not only will you learn a step-by-step approach to overcoming the negative triggers in your life, but you’ll know when and how to apply specific strategies to create more positive experiences.  You’ll soon be looking at your behaviors and beliefs with a whole new perspective that will enable you to achieve your best.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ryan James
• Release date: Apr 14, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386576631

Ryan James

Ryan James is an author who's passionate about Human Psychology.He believes that by understanding our brain and our emotions, why we do what we do, we are better equipped to deal with the various challenges we encounter in life.In his books, Ryan provides practical steps to improve all aspects of your life including, health, fitness, work, productivity, confidence, relationships and more. He focuses on providing actionable steps rather than hyped up strategies that rarely work in the real-world. you'll find that his books are easy to follow and easy to implement.When he's not helping his clients become the best version of themselves, you will either find him at the rock climbing gym or at home with his family making his favorite guacamole recipe.

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

The Complete Step-by-Step Guide on

Retraining Your Brain and Overcoming

Depression, Anxiety, and Phobias

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1:  Step #1—Understanding Your Depression, Anxiety, or Phobias

Chapter 2:  Step #2—Facing the Enemy

Chapter 3:  Step #3—Practicing a Step-by-Step Recovery

Chapter 4:  Step #4—Controlling Your Negative Self-Talk

Chapter 5:  Step #5—Rewriting the Outcome

Chapter 6:  Step #6—Creating Positive Associations

Conclusion

Thank you!

Introduction

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or (CBT) has had some amazing results in the treatment of depression, anxiety, and phobias.  Psychotherapists who practice CBT take a thoughtful look at the unreasonable emotions and behaviors people exhibit resulting from mistaken feelings and beliefs.  If left untreated, individuals who suffer depression, anxiety, and phobias often establish destructive and debilitating thinking patterns that prevent them from achieving their life’s goals. 

It’s common for people to feel ashamed of their feelings of fear and depression, hiding their symptoms in hopes they will one day disappear.  Unfortunately, over 15 million people each year suffer some level of depression, and two-thirds of them never seek proper treatment.  Reported statistics from the National Network of Depression Centers (NNDC), show an overwhelming success rate of depressed people who do choose to get treatment, with as much as 80% who see positive results in as little as four to six weeks.

With help so readily available, why is it that we put such a stigma on these conditions that paralyze our ability to accomplish success in our personal and professional lives?  We have been conditioned to believe that anxiety or depression is because of weakness, perhaps even an inability to function as so-called normal people.  If we were smarter, had more courage, or weren't so weak-minded, we wouldn't be depressed, right?  Wrong!  Did you know that people with high IQs are almost three times more likely to suffer from depression or anxiety? 

Some people also believe they're alone in their feelings of inadequacy and depression.  Ah, but that is also a misnomer.  If you suffer depression and anxiety, you're in