Mind Over Mood Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think 2nd Ed. by Dennis Greenberger & Christine A. Padesky (2015)

Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think, Second Edition (2015) by Dennis Greenberger, PhD, and Christine A. Padesky, PhD, with foreword by Aaron T. Beck, MD — the founder of cognitive therapy — is the most widely used self-help workbook in cognitive-behavioral therapy. With over 1,300,000 copies sold in 23 languages, this landmark resource has helped readers around the world transform their lives using one of today's most effective forms of psychotherapy.

Discover simple yet powerful steps you can take to overcome emotional distress — and feel happier, calmer, and more confident. Mind Over Mood helps readers use CBT techniques to conquer depression, anxiety, panic attacks, anger, guilt, shame, low self-esteem, eating disorders, substance use, and relationship problems. Clinicians also widely assign this workbook as a companion to treatment.

Revised and expanded to reflect significant scientific developments of the past 20 years, the second edition contains numerous new features: expanded content on anxiety; chapters on setting personal goals and maintaining progress; happiness rating scales; gratitude journals; innovative exercises focused on mindfulness, acceptance, and forgiveness; 25 new worksheets; and much more.

Mind Over Mood will help readers: learn proven, practical strategies to transform their life; follow step-by-step plans to overcome depression, anxiety, anger, guilt, and shame; set realistic personal goals and track progress; identify, test, and replace unhelpful thoughts; improve relationships; manage emotional intensity; build new skills; and maintain gains and prevent relapse.

Core CBT skills taught: the cognitive model; identifying moods; goal-setting; identifying thoughts and hot thoughts; evaluating thoughts with evidence; constructing balanced thinking; identifying assumptions and core beliefs; behavioral activation and experiments; overcoming avoidance; imagery work; acceptance and mindfulness; relapse prevention; and building self-compassion.

Essential for: self-help readers managing depression, anxiety, stress, or self-esteem challenges; CBT clients as a workbook supplement to therapy; psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, counselors, and therapists as a clinical adjunct; graduate training in clinical psychology and counseling; mental health coaches; and wellness programs focused on emotional well-being.