Fall 2011/Winter 2012 Professional Catalogue ... - Raincoast Books

thOUghtS & FEElINgS, FOURth EDItION
Taking Control of Your Moods & Your Life
MAtthEW MCKAy, PhD, MARthA DAvIS, PhD,
& PAtRICK FANNINg
The self-help classic adapts cognitive behavior therapy techniques into a powerful program that has
benefitted thousands of readers by helping them overcome the emotional and behavioral challenges
of everyday life. This workbook shows readers how they can identify and change the irrational recurring
thoughts that can lead to anxiety, anger, depression, and obsessive thinking by replacing these
negative thoughts with new, constructive thoughts and behaviors. Readers discover how to distance
themselves from unproductive negative thoughts and learn to identify their core values so they can
use these values as a road map to emotional stability and life satisfaction.
Now in its fourth edition, Thoughts and Feelings provides you and your clients with twenty evidencebased
techniques that can be combined to create a personal treatment plan for overcoming emotional
and behavioral challenges of any kind. Plans can be customized to address multiple concerns at once
to regain mastery over moods and emotions.
This updated edition includes:
• defusion techniques for rumination
• new methodologies for brief and prolonged exposure
• worksheets to help readers apply values-based behavior activation strategies
“Chock-full of systematic strategies for the treatment of a wide variety of psychological
problems. Eminently readable and helpful for professionals as well as patients.”
—Aaron T. Beck, MD, president of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research Psychopathology
“An outstanding book. I recommend it without reservation for both
general readers and therapists.”
—Jacqueline B. Persons, PhD, director of the San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy
and clinical professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley
“One of the most comprehensive and empirically sound guidebooks in all
of self-help literature. All of the major problems in living are covered.”
—Cory F. Newman, PhD, clinical director of the Center for Cognitive Therapy and associate
professor of psychology in psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania
Also available as an e-book at newharbinger.com
Table of Contents Preface to the Fourth Edition: How to Use This Book n Chapter 1. Making Your Own Treatment Plan n
Chapter 2. Uncovering Automatic Thoughts n Chapter 3. Changing Patterns of Limited Thinking n Chapter 4. Changing
Hot Thoughts n Chapter 5. Relaxation n Chapter 6. Worry Control n Chapter 7. Coping with Panic n Chapter 8. Coping
Imagery n Chapter 9. Mindfulness n Chapter 10. Defusion n Chapter 11. Getting Mobilized n Chapter 12. Putting Values
into Action n Chapter 13. Brief Exposure n Chapter 14. Prolonged Exposure n Chapter 15. Testing Core Beliefs n Chapter
16. Changing Core Beliefs with Visualization n Chapter 17. Stress Inoculation for Anger Control n Chapter 18. Covert
Modeling n Chapter 19. Covert Sensitization n Chapter 20. Problem Solving n Chapter 21. When It Doesn’t Come Easy
n References and Resources
Table of contents may vary from actual book.
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Matthew McKay, PhD, is a professor at the
Wright Institute in Berkeley, California. He has
authored and coauthored numerous books,
including The Relaxation and Stress Reduction
Workbook, Self-Esteem, Thoughts and Feelings,
When Anger Hurts, and ACT on Life Not on
Anger. His books combined have sold more than
two million copies. McKay received his PhD in
clinical psychology from the California School of
Professional Psychology. In private practice, he
specializes in the cognitive behavioral treatment
of anxiety, anger, and depression.
Martha Davis, PhD, was a psychologist in the
department of psychiatry at Kaiser Permanente
Medical Center in Santa Clara, CA, where she
practiced individual, couple, and group psychotherapy
for more than thirty years prior to her
retirement. She is coauthor of The Relaxation
and Stress Reduction Workbook.
Patrick Fanning is a professional writer in the
mental health field. He is author of Visualization
for Change and Lifetime Weight Control and
coauthor of several self-help books, including
Self-Esteem and 50 Ways to Simplify Your Life.
From Thoughts and Feelings:
You have been stuck in a mental groove, focusing on things from your environment that typically frighten, sadden,
or anger you. In order to conquer filtering, you will have to deliberately shift focus. You can shift focus in two ways:
One approach is to place your attention on coping strategies for dealing with the problem rather than obsessing
about the problem itself. The other is to focus on the opposite of your primary mental theme. For example, if you
tend to focus on the theme of loss, instead focus on what you still have that is of value. If your theme is danger,
focus instead on things in your environment that represent comfort and safety. If your theme is injustice, stupidity,
or incompetence, shift your focus to what people do that does meet with your approval.
A New Harbinger
Classic
8 x 10 / 336 pages / 2011
ISBN-10: 1-60882-22087
ISBN-13: 978-1-6088-22089
US $24.95
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