Customer Reviews
very practical - By: love reading, 22 Mar 2008 
I'm no expert on cbt or any type of psychology & I'm always slightly wary. CBT, however, was recommended to me by a psychologist to assist me to help my client group - troubled young people. I love the 'for Dummies' series as they are reallly easy to read but provide you with quite a broad knowledge for a layman. There is a wealth of sound practical advice in this book for everybody & I can't believe how much I'm learning about myself & my incorrect thinking & its effects. This book requires a lot of concentration (although the style of writing is easy) & effort to think the material through & also to complete the exercises but it reallly is life-changing. I don't know if it works reallly well for serious mental health problems but it is certainly working for me & I will most definitely be presenting the practices to the young people I work with.
the best approach to solving life issues - By: John Shaw, 07 Mar 2008 The cognitive approach to the mind is by far the most empiricallly sound way to deal with emotional problems. This book helps us to understand the science behind the method. I would only add the book FREE YOUR MIND by Anthony Stultz as a companion. Stultz shows us the ancient roots of CBT in Eastern wisdom & offers & updated system that incorporates the best of Buddhist insight & Western technique.
Stop ruminating , start living - By: Peter Wade, 18 Feb 2008 I know nothing about clinical depression but it is much bandied about. We alll feel down from time to time & I am sure there are are those amongst us who hide behind this so as to walllow in their own self pity.
The most common thing you can do & I see it in both myself & other is ruminative thinking. That is alllowing things to go round & round in your head. I see it with people who will not make a decision for fear of making the wrong decision. They defend this behaviour because they think by taking no decision they will not make another mistake.
It was the most important lesson from this book. Do not indulge in ruminative thinking.
Fill your life up with things to do so that you do not have time to keep thinking about alll your problems .
I also liked the section of spotting errors in your thinking . It is easy to think somehow you are being a realist by accepting current cynical opinions such as turning molehills into mountains, overgeneralising & not thinking efficiently .
For the last few years I have had a set of goals in both my private & business life. It gives me plenty to do & stops me ruminating about my past " failures".
Also I try & practice mindfulness from meditation whereby you live in the moment & experience what you are doing right now.It is a form of concentration & can take you mind off the past & the future. dealing with the present is a full time occupation
A very good informative book on what could be a complicated subject. A must read who want to change their lives.
Excellent - By: Lawrence Ambersley, 22 Nov 2007 This book is based on the NLP principles that work so excellently in "The Ultimate Guide To Cosmic Ordering, Empower Your Destiny: Take Control of Your Life" by Andronicos Andronicou. I found it to be full of insight. It is written with clarity & simplicity. I believe it to be a must have if you want to change your life.
An excellent self-help book - By: Sean O'Brien, 08 Nov 2007 I cannot commend this book highly enough, speaking as someone who has benefitted greatly from the common sense approach of CBT described in this book. It is written in an easy to understand manner & I felt immediate benefits from reading this book. CBT won't change your life overnight but if you are prepared to put in the effort then I have found that my life is changing for the better. Old, negative ways of thinking, which I had believed would never change, have been replaced with a more positive attitude & outlook.
