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Brilliant CBT has been specially written to help give readers the insight, tools and confidence they need to understand and use CBT in their own lives. It offers a cohesive approach to this groundbreaking therapeutic technique that unfolds in a wholly logical, accessible and practical manner whilst enabling the reader to personalize the information and apply it to their own unique situation.
Written by an experienced and highly regarded clinical psychologist, Brilliant CBT has a conversational, accessible and personal tone which includes illustrative exercises, personality-style questionnaires and detailed checklists to provide all the information readers will need in a way they will find most simple and useful to put into practice.
Brilliant CBT is the perfect guide for anybody who wants an effective grounding in the theory and range of practical tips and strategies designed to help them achieve authentic, lasting results when applying CBT to their own lives, or for anybody training to become a CBT practioner who wants an accessible, understandable and thorough introduction to the therapy.
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CBT – what it is, how it works, and how to use it.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or CBT delivers powerful tools you can put to work to dramatically improve your life.
In this book psychologist Dr Stephen Briers clearly explains how CBT works, gives you plenty of exercises to help put the theory into practice and reveals it’s effectiveness through stories from people just like you, who have used CBT to turn their lives around.
Brilliant Outcomes
- Understand what CBT is, it’s methods and models
- Put CBT to work to improve your mind and your life
- Build practical, step-by-step strategies for tackling any problem
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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is upbeat and well-written. So much so, that it is hard not to be excited by the possibility of change. Dipping in (and hoping to avoid any hard work), I found myself reading on without noticing the effort. This is because the author successfully explains the complex principles behind the CBT approach in a way that will be helpful to anyone.
'Brilliant' is the best introductory guide I have read and I strongly recommend this book to everyone wishing to become more familiar with CBT and how to apply it to everyday life.
'Brilliant' is the best introductory guide I have read and I strongly recommend this book to everyone wishing to become more familiar with CBT and how to apply it to everyday life.
31 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Warm congratulations first to whoever was responsible for the look and feel of what is, an unusual beast, an attractive paperback! I picked this off the shelf at a WH Smiths at a Welcome Break on the M4. I was looking for a novel but the tomato red and light grey cover with bold text, combined with the useful engaging "hand-drawn" diagrams within, led me to slip it into the basket with my Guardian and a diet coke. As a coach and someone with a long background in helping with personal change I wanted to find out more about CBT.
Subtitled "How to Use CBT to Improve Your Mind and Your Life" this title comes from Prentice Hall's "Brilliant" series aimed at self learners. It mostly works well as a self help book - pretty substantial and apparently well informed. Alongside the attractive cover I was drawn to it in recognition of the phenomenal rise of CBT as the therapy of choice by much of the NHS and criminal justice sector in the UK. If you go to your GP with depression or are the kind of person who bashes others at pub closing time, you may find yourself on a CBT programme. The results are impressive with many evaluations by governmental bodies and those who promote CBT like the BABCP. Although of course there are a number of detractors - particularly those who see this briefer form of therapy as insubstantial in its failure to address underlining causes of problems.
Stephen Briers is a Clinical Psychologist who has come to be something of a media figure, appearing in a number of television programmes, including those about the parenting of children and adolescence. His experience of communicating to non-experts comes across and the book is very readable. The early section on CBT - why it's so "Brilliant" and "first principles" were excellent and I was left feeling more confident about the approach. The chapters on "thinking traps" and "changing behaviour" I felt were less successful and I found them rather unfocused and to be describing psychological processes which have become part of common parlance. Much of it is stuff of the more in depth and challenging chat show and the sort of advice you'd get off your next door neighbour rather than a professional - and perhaps none the worst for that!
The downside of the self help approach is that you don't get much research or theory back-up to the approaches used by Briers, although I acknowledge that this may be an unfair criticism, given that Briers makes apology for this in the early chapter.
It is during the chapters on various conditions that Briers really get's into his stride. His descriptions of the thinking-behaviour-belief interactions associated with anxiety, depressive and anger disorders are really excellent and those interested expanding their understanding of a non-medical causation of such unhappy events need look no further.
I have found it hard to review the book without critiquing CBT itself. In general I found the focus on the interrelationship between thinking and behaviour (rather than mood) really helpful and interesting and of considerable use in coaching. I was, however, surprised at the orthodoxy of the approach and a reliance on the pathological, "disease model", of mental disorder. In my own work I would prefer to avoid such labelling.
Still a great read though!
Subtitled "How to Use CBT to Improve Your Mind and Your Life" this title comes from Prentice Hall's "Brilliant" series aimed at self learners. It mostly works well as a self help book - pretty substantial and apparently well informed. Alongside the attractive cover I was drawn to it in recognition of the phenomenal rise of CBT as the therapy of choice by much of the NHS and criminal justice sector in the UK. If you go to your GP with depression or are the kind of person who bashes others at pub closing time, you may find yourself on a CBT programme. The results are impressive with many evaluations by governmental bodies and those who promote CBT like the BABCP. Although of course there are a number of detractors - particularly those who see this briefer form of therapy as insubstantial in its failure to address underlining causes of problems.
Stephen Briers is a Clinical Psychologist who has come to be something of a media figure, appearing in a number of television programmes, including those about the parenting of children and adolescence. His experience of communicating to non-experts comes across and the book is very readable. The early section on CBT - why it's so "Brilliant" and "first principles" were excellent and I was left feeling more confident about the approach. The chapters on "thinking traps" and "changing behaviour" I felt were less successful and I found them rather unfocused and to be describing psychological processes which have become part of common parlance. Much of it is stuff of the more in depth and challenging chat show and the sort of advice you'd get off your next door neighbour rather than a professional - and perhaps none the worst for that!
The downside of the self help approach is that you don't get much research or theory back-up to the approaches used by Briers, although I acknowledge that this may be an unfair criticism, given that Briers makes apology for this in the early chapter.
It is during the chapters on various conditions that Briers really get's into his stride. His descriptions of the thinking-behaviour-belief interactions associated with anxiety, depressive and anger disorders are really excellent and those interested expanding their understanding of a non-medical causation of such unhappy events need look no further.
I have found it hard to review the book without critiquing CBT itself. In general I found the focus on the interrelationship between thinking and behaviour (rather than mood) really helpful and interesting and of considerable use in coaching. I was, however, surprised at the orthodoxy of the approach and a reliance on the pathological, "disease model", of mental disorder. In my own work I would prefer to avoid such labelling.
Still a great read though!
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the first book I have bought and read on the Subject of CBT. It gives a good analysis of what CBT is, and has in its first chapter questions like 'Will it work for me?', which will help you decide if this book is appropriate or useful for you.
It goes on to ask questions like 'How disciplined are you?' and 'How open-minded are you?' which will help the reader on how to use this book.
The Brilliant Examples, Tips, Exercises, Insight and Technique are fantastic and compliment the book and its messages well. I have found this book as being a useful tool that I will use for years to come.
The following chapters have personally been very useful for me;
2)First principles, 3)Common Thinking traps- and how to avoid them, 4)grappling with negative thought, 5)Using behaviour to change your mind, 6)Mapping out your problems, 8)Conquering Anxiety and 10)Boosting self-esteem.
So you may ask 'Why not 5 stars???'. The only reason why I haven't given this book 5 Stars is because I didn't know much about this subject, and although this book has been very good in explaining CBT and how it can be used to improve one's life, I haven't read any other books on this Subject and so can't compare it to others to give it full marks. I would however Happily recommend this book, especially to those who are novices of CBT as it is explained well and shows you how you can use CBT effectively to improve lives.
It goes on to ask questions like 'How disciplined are you?' and 'How open-minded are you?' which will help the reader on how to use this book.
The Brilliant Examples, Tips, Exercises, Insight and Technique are fantastic and compliment the book and its messages well. I have found this book as being a useful tool that I will use for years to come.
The following chapters have personally been very useful for me;
2)First principles, 3)Common Thinking traps- and how to avoid them, 4)grappling with negative thought, 5)Using behaviour to change your mind, 6)Mapping out your problems, 8)Conquering Anxiety and 10)Boosting self-esteem.
So you may ask 'Why not 5 stars???'. The only reason why I haven't given this book 5 Stars is because I didn't know much about this subject, and although this book has been very good in explaining CBT and how it can be used to improve one's life, I haven't read any other books on this Subject and so can't compare it to others to give it full marks. I would however Happily recommend this book, especially to those who are novices of CBT as it is explained well and shows you how you can use CBT effectively to improve lives.
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Brilliant!
This is an excellent book!
I highly recommend it for anyone who's feeling a bit anxious and wants to get rid of those bad thoughts. Read more
I highly recommend it for anyone who's feeling a bit anxious and wants to get rid of those bad thoughts. Read more
Published 5 months ago by isamdr
Excellent help
I've read a good few books on CBT and this one is very clear and concise without over-burdening you with psychological jargon. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Lauren A
CBT
Bought for post uni offspring! Already proving its worth in helping to keep things calm and in perspective.
Seems a very good book.
Seems a very good book.
Published 7 months ago by RWD
Superb
If only all help books were written like this.
Clear, simple, easy to read, easy to follow. Read more
Clear, simple, easy to read, easy to follow. Read more
Published 9 months ago by t8769
CBT course
I went on a 4 day CBT course and needed to read a book to give me some idea in simple terms. What I would be learning. This was the right book for me.
Published 14 months ago by Cal
brilliant it is
This is s great book for someone who suffers from anxiety. It helped me get through my problems step by step, it is a thorough book well worth it. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Miss N
Entertaining and thought provoking
A well written and engaging book. As a self help book you can actually see the prospect of a great change. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Dave
Quite good basic guide
A short and well written introduction to CBT.
I felt that it was a bit too short to be that useful though. Read more
I felt that it was a bit too short to be that useful though. Read more
Published 19 months ago by The Emperor
A good example of cognitive behavioral therapy in action
I actually bought this book over a year ago. I found it very useful at the time as the author explains the principles of CBT and provides exercises and examples to help the reader... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Nicola McConnell
Helpful useful tool to tackle negative unwanted toughts.
Found book easy to understand with clear examples to illustrate the ideas. It was also written in a friendly light way that was easy to read with lots of exercises and helpful... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Auntie Em
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