Change for the Better: Self-Help through Practical Psychotherapy

Change for the Better: Self-Help through Practical Psychotherapy

by ElizabethWildeMcCormick (Author)

Synopsis

Change for the Better is for anyone interested in making lasting changes in both their inner and outer lives. It uses a conversational style to help readers identify their own learned patterns of thinking and relating that underlie and contribute to emotional suffering such depression, anxiety, phobia, eating disorders, relationship and psychosomatic problems. It shows readers how to reflect upon their difficulties, identify problems in relating, and stop and revise attitudes that are out of date. Mindfulness- based experiential exercises are incorporated throughout to help nourish self awareness and change.

This bestselling book has helped many people find ways of dealing with everyday emotional difficulties, and also practitioners of psychotherapy work with their patients. It's continuing popularity has prompted this fourth edition which features up to date thinking and practice from Cognitive Analytic Psychotherapy and from mindfulness.

Elizabeth Wilde McCormick has been in practice as a psychotherapist for over thirty years. She is also a teacher, trainer and writer. She is a founder member of The Association for Cognitive Analytic Therapy at Guy's Hospital, London, and the author of a number of best-selling self-help books.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 344
Edition: Fourth Edition
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Published: 23 Apr 2012

ISBN 10: 144620815X
ISBN 13: 9781446208151

Media Reviews
'An unusual self- help book with real depth' -
Sue Gerhardt, author of Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby's Brain

'This is a good book made better. It retains the clear writing and useful exercises of earlier editions but manages to invite an even more comprehensive exploration of the self' -
Dr Anthony Ryle, pioneer of CAT at Guy's and St Thomas' hospitals

'This is a really welcome guide to modern therapy - blending traditional psychological wisdom with a practical cognitive programme that anyone can follow' - Philip Hodson, psychotherapist and broadcaster

Author Bio
Elizabeth Wilde McCormick has been in practice as a psychotherapist for over thirty years in both private and NHS settings. She is also a teacher, trainer and writer. Her background is in social psychiatry, humanistic and transpersonal psychology and cognitive analytic therapy. She has had an interest for many years in the interface between psychotherapy and mindfulness and in the process of change. She is a founder member of The Association for Cognitive Analytic Therapy and the author of a number of books including Living On The Edge, Surviving Breakdown, The Pale Green Room and Your Heart and You.