Includes index.

Understanding CBT for goal achievement -- The four belief pairs -- Setting your goals -- Overcoming obstacles to goal achievement -- Developing cognitive skills through you internal dialogue -- Using imagination and visualization -- Developing resiliency -- Taking action and reponsibility -- Accepting the possiblity of failure and disappointment -- Developing a healthy philosophy of balance

"What happens to you in life matters less than the way you feel about life; that's the message of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). If you've ever tried to change something about yourself--your mood, your weight, your behaviour--you'll have noticed that change often hurts, so you stop trying. CBT can help you when change starts to hurt. In the revised and updated edition of this bestselling title, professional CBT practitioner Avy Joseph shows you how to challenge negative thoughts and unhealthy beliefs to improve your outlook in your personal and professional life. New edition will include: * Updated scenarios and exercises for the reader to practice using CBT techniques * Mental health in the pandemic/post pandemic world * 'Action Tendencies' versus Behaviour. * Advances of the REBT model of CBT * Mindfulness and REBT * Non-malicious envy vs malicious envy * Emotional responsibility in practice"--Provided by publisher.