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The Ultimate Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Workbook: 50+ Self-Guided CBT Worksheets to Overcome Depression, Anxiety, Worry, Anger, Urge Control, and More

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Leslie Sokol, Marci Fox

  • The Ultimate Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Workbook

190 pages
2022
ISBN: 9781683735649

Take control of your mental health today!

Grounded within the basic principles of CBT, The Ultimate Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Workbook is your go-to resource for taking healing into your own hands. Filled with over 50 practical exercises and worksheets, it will help you restructure your thinking, face your fears, curb your anger, resist unhelpful urges, and grow the most positive and accurate view of yourself.

You can use it in conjunction with a chosen therapist or as a stand-alone guide to manage life’s challenges with confidence and resolve. With this workbook at your side, you’ll have the tools you need to act as your own therapist and face any difficulties that life throws your way, including:

  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Worry
  • Panic
  • Anger
  • Substance use
  • Problematic urges
  • And more!

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

  • What Is in This Book ix
  • Whom Is This Book For? ix

Chapter 1 Cognitive Model 1

  • The Cognitive Model 1

Chapter 2 Cognitive Conceptualization: Understanding You 11

  • The Roadmap of You 11
  • What You Value 11
  • Understand Your Vulnerability 16
  • Doubt Labels 20
  • Where Does Doubt Come From? 26
  • Ineffective Compensatory Actions 29
  • Rules and Assumptions 32

Chapter 3 Goal-Directed Therapy 35

  • Problem List 35
  • Goal List 44
  • Doing the Work 50

Chapter 4 Depression 53

  • Are You Depressed? 53
  • Behavioral Activation 56
  • Healthy Habits 60
  • Evaluate and Update Your Schedule 69
  • Cognitive Restructuring 72
  • Collect More Automatic Thoughts, Assumptions, and Doubt Labels 75
  • Thinking Errors 79
  • Evaluate Your Automatic Thoughts 84
  • Reframe Your Thinking 88
  • Thought Register 101

Chapter 5 Anxiety 105

  • Understanding Anxiety 105
  • Do You Have Anxiety? 106
  • The Probability Error and the Catastrophic Error 112
  • The Resource Error 116
  • Risk/Resource Ratio 120
  • Facing Your Fears 127
  • Making a Fear Hierarchy 130
  • Regularly Repeat Your Exposure 133

Chapter 6 Anger 137

  • Understanding Anger 137
  • The Meaning We Give to Unmet Expectations 140
  • Dampen the Arousal 144
  • Look Out for Permission-Giving Beliefs 148
  • Assertive Communication 152
  • Breaking the Destructive Anger Path 155

Chapter 7 Urge Control 157

  • Urges 157
  • Triggers 163
  • Urge-Related Beliefs 166
  • Cravings 169
  • Getting Unstuck 172

Chapter 8 Confidence and Well-Being 173

  • Grow Self-Confidence 173
  • Well-Being 180

Acknowledgments 187

About the Authors 188

"When we're looking for relief from overwhelming emotions such as anxiety or anger, we need more than sound advice-we need specific tools that help us act on what we know. This workbook offers both excellent grounding in CBT and practical steps for applying these powerful principles in everyday life. If you're ready to make lasting changes for the better, I strongly recommend The Ultimate Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Workbook."
- Seth J. Gillihan, PhD, author of The CBT Deck and Mindful Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

"Drs. Leslie Sokol and Marci Fox have indeed created the ultimate CBT workbook! It includes dozens of useful handouts for working through challenges with self-doubt, depression, anxiety, anger, urges, and more. The structured approach and clear language used by the authors help simplify the science of working with these complicated issues, and the written exercises provide the tools and practice necessary to manifest these principles in daily life. Highly recommended for both therapists and their clients!"
- Richard Sears, PsyD, ABPP, author of the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy & Mindfulness Toolbox and ACT with Anxiety

"Drs. Sokol and Fox's latest book, The Ultimate Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Workbook, is a wonderful contribution to the field. It's both comprehensive in scope and highly practical for clinicians of all experience levels. The authors review the essential theoretical foundations underlying CBT and follow this up with highly applicable interventions for a variety of conditions, including depression, anxiety, anger, and urge control. There are a number of practical worksheets that can be readily applied with your clients. I learned a lot from reading this book, and I am confident you will too."
- David M. Pratt, PhD, MSW, author of the CBT Toolbox for Depressed, Anxious & Suicidal Children & Adolescents and the Advanced CBT Toolbox for Depressed, Anxious & Traumatized Youth

"The Ultimate Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Workbook is an invaluable resource for people wanting to learn how to deal with a variety of life's challenges, either as a standalone resource or to accompany treatment. The exercises are clear and based on the best empirical science. It should be a major boon to anyone who wants to improve the quality of their life."
- Steve Hollon, PhD, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Psychology