Button Therapy: The Six-Step Button Therapy Method: How to Work on Your Buttons and the Button-Pushers in Your Life

By Lloyd R. Goodwin Jr, PhD

The Six-Step Button Therapy Method briefly describes a practical six-step psychological self-help method and a holistic cognitive counseling tool for mental health professionals designed to: Help you identify, modify, and eliminate your Buttons that trigger stress and distress in your life. Help you identify potentially troublesome cognitions related to your thinking styles such as "black and white thinking"; should messages such as "I should do everything perfectly"; self-defeating core beliefs such as "I am a victim of life's circumstances"; and defense mechanisms such as denial and rationalization. Teach you the portable Six-Step Button Therapy Method to utilize anytime and anywhere you have a Button pushed which causes emotional distress. Help you become more conscious, aware, loving, and compassionate. Improve your interpersonal relationships Facilitate your journey of personal and spiritual growth The Six-Step Button Therapy Method combines a cognitive focus along with the emotional, behavioral, interpersonal, and spiritual aspects of personal growth and self-actualization.

See also:
The Button Therapy Book
The Cognitive Self-Assessment Inventory
Button Therapy: Set of Three BooksSAVE $3 US/$5 CDN by buying the complete set

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Feb 26, 2007
• ISBN: 9781412244312

Lloyd R. Goodwin Jr, PhD

Lloyd R. Goodwin, Jr., Ph.D., LPC, CRC-MAC is interim chairman of the Department of Rehabilitation Studies. He is also director and professor in the Substance Abuse and Clinical Counseling program within the Department of Rehabilitation Studies, School of Allied Health Sciences at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. He teaches graduate courses in clinical, substance abuse, and rehabilitation counseling. He has maintained a full or part-time private consulting and clinical counseling practice off and on since 1968. Dr. Goodwin initiated and helped develop the first national and North Carolina master's degree level certification in substance abuse counseling. Dr. Goodwin earned his Ph.D. in Counseling, Health and Rehabilitation, with a major in Rehabilitation Counseling from Florida State University in 1974. He has been on the faculty of the State University of New York at Buffalo, Assumption College, and Emporia State University prior to his current position at East Carolina University where he has been since 1989. He has worked in the counseling field for 33 years as either a clinical counselor or counselor educator. Dr. Goodwin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) with a specialty certification in addictions counseling (Masters Addictions Counselor; MAC). Dr. Goodwin is founder and a past-president of the national Professional Association of Rehabilitation Counselors (PARC).

Book preview

���Nabook_preview_excerpt.html�X]r�H�JEl��l���4�ux6�ƈE`�Q�Z��T�f���G�k�Q�$�eI⯡��b#Uf֗�����n�U����{�s�Y�&���N&��ݸ=zeO�I����9����Y�������Hi��t�K�.���W��.��LBy4���cN.x�<�N���GwΊ/E�Ѩ���8�W8��]6��G���8��<��ب_�VX~i��V��h�X(=g�t�$�Ѳ8���� �0]�$/��������⭖��0+s��=*5�Ȩ��a��i´H�^���P��k�Ԃ�@&,��}n��؊o�L�'�j��b^b�QZ̙��{��X�%�ĈU�)͌�Q���5�E[�Vt6��ǕI��P�dK���8~���@�C!���K|X���e�72%��&P�
j�6�.�X�%�b�W2IH��`<���s6�<������p����= �����i8\c��|�������4JDH�Z��IY�&��]���:�� N-���ä��|���"#�F��7�|Z����[v��.��xx����7υ�(���*�#
\�j��d��Z�E�-ʁc�R�šo�#�1�ò܈�DYme4�k9O���ʁu�*�R��G�$�(�Z- �e7��HR? m?���8�"��0�L��������bR�%8�v>q�ϵ��O�Kl���͆���EB!��W�)�?�y~Am�bu7��_�֕�tʺk�G��H�2�
�8(A$+�k� 9�P+ ���Q��B��X��B��g�8a��1���\�k��\���ES�DE
�� ���j��7K�qS�Z]_�fș�zKF=�q��eJyɣ�*��QA��X�+ U��M�Q�UY�?���e�o��_o)�~Ȫ���Z�V��^�kG'7[�j�Q��ʍF���_�_�jE�H���?�c��4�m�~�"���&DP�;��M�Ӭ?6�-[��f :U��YmVZ7���j����j��ֺ�*7�i[������Sj��ʟ�a��bE.��}�b��͖3��r!Lܝ�x��l%M#�5�ȡĆC�Q��#J���k.C>��F��#Kxh�r1�Y��\�5���Jګ�?��&Ֆo�� T�߄��(��s��� ��t����"�$�C`x:��z2�-�p!C*��Z�)��*�~H�ZmQ<$Ֆ�!���B#�R����X�^�#ߐ��g�A�?K���J�ž[�50>���n�2 T$�b��P����f��8:�dy��@f�Z�r�N��h�_�l͆���K����FA�"fHJ(r;��l6�X�W+6��q������;�G�x�ͺγ�9��܇=Q�tA��c�.R��!�_�,W��G�=+f���i}l^7굳u��(��Z��p2v��΄�HƑ�v�a�� G���7�yi�M���=�B����9�����|>���~����9��e6�zn_�|p�pg��q�s{`u️C"{x+���1y����,�����rX$���3d�!�N�Oΰ������;�d���1���zvC����d�8��}�A٧'w8xem�K���1���{w:9�¬7~� ��y�����l��N�v�Ĥ��{� ��G��y��C���N�����6tpڃS����=�=���A7k^U>��ݬ~!�����:q�_��3î����Z����ln�{����7�nT}_�Y�eMT�rߣk}b}����NO��U�:'����1�G)�.�L�� �Bd��@1ʰ�p�Y���@�#[�.L�F���������ή_S鿡ɭ����(�h����&gzMK#J����`�L`,Rx����"����1z�w��N�\ �i#�f"��4n�U���fe���%M_��6��p�L�3?����)p��d���ɧ�2��5K\(idX���!��I�!��fc��?�����/�=�~�a�n�7`E���x�ͱg�Q;��p $`�'m�7��{(�4

Enjoying the preview?

Subscribe to continue reading