Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the most widely used treatment for depression for one simple reason: it works. The CBT program in this workbook has helped thousands of readers defeat the depressive thoughts and beliefs that keep them from enjoying life and feeling like themselves. Used alone or in conjunction with therapy, The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Depression delivers evidence-based tools you can confidently use to do better, feel better, and prevent depression from coming back.
Through a series of worksheets and exercises, you’ll evaluate your depression and learn key skills for overcoming it. Once you have your depression symptoms under control, you will appreciate the additional information on preventing relapse that is special to this new edition. This workbook also includes twenty-five bonus tips from depression experts that can jump-start your recovery. Recommended by therapists nationwide, this workbook will help you bounce back from depression, one solid step at a time.
Includes worksheets and exercises that will help you:
• Move past the negative beliefs about yourself that keep you trapped in the depression cycle
• Apply behavioral techniques that therapists use with their clients, such as activity scheduling
• Discover effective ways to cope with feelings of stress, anxiety, and anger
• Avoid procrastinating and learn to anchor the positive changes you make to maintain your progress
“Chock-full of the ready-to-use strategies you will need to help you feel good again.”
—Jon Carlson, PsyD, EdD, Distinguished Professor at Governors State University Contents: Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1: Basic Techniques to Defeat Depression
1. Depression Is Not Your Life
2. Your Depression Test and Action Guide
3. A Master Plan to Defeat Depression
4. How to Make Changes That Stick
5. Break a Procrastination-Depression Connection
Part 2: Recognizing and Defeating Depressive Thinking
6. Recognizing Depressive Thinking
7. Confronting Depressive Thinking
8. Albert Ellis's ABCDE Method
9. Ending Worthlessness Thinking
10. Defeating Helplessness Thinking
11. Overcoming Hopelessness Thinking
12. Restraining Blame
Part 3: Building Emotional Resilience
13. Coping with Depressive Sensations
14. Attending to Your Anxieties
15. Confronting Negative Emotions
16. Building Tolerance for Frustration
Part 4: Special Strategies to Anchor Positive Changes
17. Activity Scheduling to Defeat Depression
18. Behavioral Methods to Feel Good Again
19. Avoiding the Pitfalls of Perfectionism
20. Managing Relationships
21. A Multimodal Approach to Defeat Depression
22. Your Relapse Prevention Program
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