Posted by Adam on September 16, 1999, at 22:11:46
In reply to Books to heal by ..., posted by Bob on September 14, 1999, at 20:35:35
I am of the oppinion that cognative-behavioral therapy, or variants thereof are the best
forms of psychotherapy out there.One book that is very CBT-specific is "Mind Over Mood" by Greenberger and Padesky (ISBN
#0-89862-128-3). Aaron Beck wrote the foreward, and the body of the book is a very simple,
straightforward training manual and workbook on how to take control of your thoughts and
modify them to combat the distorted thinking caused by depression. Far better than "The
Feeling Good Handbook,", IMO, if, for no other reason, because the authors don't act like they
invented CBT.Another excellent book is "Reinventing Your Life" by Young and Klosko (ISBN #0-452-27204-1).
Again, Beck wrote the foreward. This book describes a new kind of therapy that the authors
call as "Lifetrap Therapy", essentially a CBT-slanted schema based therapy that also inte-
grates some aspects of other psychotherapeutic approaches (psychodynamic, inner-child, gestalt,
etc.). It is essentially a book for personality disorders (not necessarily the kind you
find in the DSM-IV, though I would imagine your classic BPD sufferer would benefit from this
approach, given the etiology of such disorders). If you've suffered from depression, and your
childhood had a lot of damaging influences (heavens knows mine did), this is an excellent book
to get. I've read few self-help books that were as dead-on and realistic as this one, and if
I had to start therapy over, I'd find a lifetrap therapist.Hope these are of help!
> People keep mentioning different books (me included) that they've come across that have been informative, cathartic, humerous, whatevah. I just thought it might be cool to compare notes ... give title, autor, ISBN, and why you found it valuable.
>
> I'll start (unless someone beats me to it).
poster:Adam
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