Dennis Greenberger - Mind Over Mood, Second Edition: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think

ebook THE GUILFORD PRESS Praise for Mind Over Mood Only rarely does a book come along that can truly change your life. Mind OverMood is such a book. Dennis Greenberger and Christine A. Padesky have distilled the wisdom and science of psychotherapy and written an easily understandable manual for change. from the Foreword by Aaron T. Drs. Drs.

Greenberger and Padesky show how your thoughts affect your feelings and teach step-by-step skills so you can free yourself from painful moods. The first edition of this book was a classicthe second edition is even better, and will be a trusted guide for even more people across the globe. Mark Wil iams, DPhil, coauthor of The Mindful Way Workbook Over a million people have used Mind Over Mood to alleviateand in many cases eliminatethe suffering caused by depression and other psychological problems. Drs. Greenberger and Padesky are brilliant therapists whose thoroughly updated second edition is informed by the latest research and therapeutic innovations. Science has demonstrated incontrovertibly that changing the way we think about emotional situations is among the most powerful ways to change emotions themselves.

Everyone struggling with challenging moods or emotions should read this book. David H. Barlow, PhD, ABPP, coauthor of 10 Steps to Mastering Stress True to its title, this book really can help you transform your thinking so you can make lasting changes. Judith S. Beck, PhD, President, Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy Mind Over MOOd Also Available For Professionals Collaborative Case Conceptualization: Working Effectively with Clients in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Wil em Kuyken, Christine A. Padesky, and Robert Dudley Mind Over MOOd S e c o n d e d i t i o n Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think Dennis Greenberger, PhD Christine A.

Padesky, PhD Foreword by Aaron T. Beck, MD THE GUILFORD PRESS New York London 2016 Dennis Greenberger and Christine A. Padesky Published by The Guilford Press A Division of Guilford Publications, Inc. 370 Seventh Avenue, Suite 1200, New York, NY 10001 www.guilford.com All rights reserved The information in this volume is not intended as a substitute for consultation with healthcare professionals. Each individuals health concerns should be evaluated by a qualified professional. Purchasers of this book have permission to copy worksheets and boxes, where indicated by footnotes, for personal use or use with individual clients.

No other part of this book may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher. Printed in the United States of America Last digit is print number: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in- Publication Data Greenberger, Dennis. Mind over mood : change how you feel by changing the way you think / Dennis Greenberger and Christine A. Padesky. Second edition. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Padesky, Christine A. II. Title. RC489.C63G74 2016 616.891425 dc23 2015025241 Contents Foreword Acknowledgments A Brief Message for Clinicians and Interested Readers List of Worksheets How Mind Over Mood Can Help You Understanding Your Problems Its the Thought That Counts Identifying and Rating Moods Setting Personal Goals and Noticing Improvement Situations, Moods, and Thoughts Automatic Thoughts Wheres the Evidence? Alternative or Balanced Thinking New Thoughts, Action Plans, and Acceptance Underlying Assumptions and Behavioral Experiments Core Beliefs v vi Contents Understanding Your Depression Understanding Your Anxiety Understanding Your Anger, Guilt, and Shame Maintaining Your Gains and Experiencing More Happiness

Dennis Greenberger and Christine A. Padesky have distilled the wisdom and science of psychotherapy and written an easily understandable manual for change. The first edition of this book has been read, reread, and recommended to others by therapists, patients, and people seeking to improve their lives. When I first began developing cognitive therapy (CT) in the late 1950s, I had no idea that it would become one of the most effective and widely practiced psychotherapies in the world. Originally, this therapy was designed to help people overcome depression. Our positive results in treating depression were followed by widespread interest in CT.

Today CT is the most widely practiced form of psychotherapy in the world, in large part because the treatment has been shown to produce positive, often rapid outcomes with enduring effects. CT has been successfully used to help patients with depression, panic disorder, phobias, anxiety, anger, stress-related disorders, relationship problems, drug and alcohol abuse, eating disorders, psychosis, and most of the other difficulties that bring people to therapy. This book teaches readers the central principles that have made this therapy successful for all these problems. Mind Over Mood has proven to be a significant milestone in the evolution of CT. Never before have the nuts and bolts of CT been spelled out so explicitly in a step-by-step fashion for the lay public. Drs.

Greenberger and Padesky generously provide the guiding questions, hints and reminders, and worksheets that they have developed in their own clinical practices; these materials can serve as both a vehicle and a road map for people seeking to make fundamental changes in their lives. This is a rare and special book that can easily be used for self-help or as an adjunct to therapy. Not only a self-help book, it has been used to teach graduate students in mental health fields and psychiatric residents vii viii Foreword how to practice CT effectively. It is unusual for a book to be written so simply that it can be used for self-help and yet teach such important principles that it can guide the highest levels of education. Mind Over Mood has proven to be one of the best-selling CT books, with translations in more than 22 languages. Im pleased that this second edition of Mind Over Mood offers expanded sections on how to use CT for anxiety, which reflect developments in the field since the first edition was published.

This new edition also includes sections on mindfulness, acceptance, forgiveness, gratitude, and positive psychology. Readers learn how to incorporate these principles within the CT model to help relieve distress and build happiness. Drs. Greenberger and Padesky have been students, colleagues, and friends of mine for many years. Together, they have a unique blend of talent, experience, and education that has helped bring this book to fruition. Dennis Greenberger has been an innovator in the application of CT in inpatient and outpatient settings.

His work has focused on developing highly effective treatment programs based on psychotherapy research. Dr. Greenberger established and directs the Anxiety and Depression Center, a CT specialty clinic in Newport Beach, California. The Anxiety and Depression Center serves as a model for the provision of warm, compassionate, empirically guided CT for children, adolescents, and adults. In addition to directing this center, Dr. Dr. Dr.