Cognitive Behavior Interventions for Self-Defeating Thoughts - 9780367460730

Taylor & Francis

Cognitive Behavior Interventions for Self-Defeating ThoughtsHelping Clients to Overcome the Tyranny of I Cant\nAuthor(s): Elliot Cohen\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367460730, 978-0367460730\nSynopsis\nIntegrating Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) with a logic-based restructuring of Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT), this book provides therapists with a guide for addressing self-defeating thoughts and behaviors. \n\nCohen explores how the tyrannical use of the words \""I cant\"" creates and sustains many commonplace behavioral and emotional problems. It shows how cognition and affect are intimately connected, demonstrating how cognitive-behavioral interventions help clients to address both their feelings and irrational ideas. Each chapter explores a specific problem, including low frustration tolerance, obsessiveness, risk avoidance, phobias, intolerance to criticism, dependent personalities, and much mo.