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Bill Knaus Ed.D. (Author), Albert Ellis Ph.D. (Foreword)
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1572244739 978-1572244733 November 1, 2006 1

Powerful Tools for Overcoming Depression

Do you think that you could lessen or overcome your feelings of depression if only you had the right tools? Are you ready to help yourself stop feeling depressed? If so, then you've found a powerful resource. The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Depression is a complete, comprehensive, step-by-step approach you can use, on your own or working with a therapist, to manage and conquer depression.

Using techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT), you'll develop a plan for breaking your cycle of depression. You'll learn to recognize and dispute the irrational thoughts and depressive beliefs that keep you feeling down. You'll also discover ways to guard against emotions that often occur with depression, like anxiety and anger. As you proceed through the book's chapters and exercises, you'll build stronger defenses against depression, which will help you maintain your progress.

    The powerful tools in this book will help you:
  • Develop a personalized plan for change
  • Assess your depression and learn how best to overcome it
  • Defeat depressive thought and beliefs
  • Overcome thoughts of helplessness, worthlessness, and self-blaming
  • Avoid perfectionism and frustration
  • Manage stress and depressive sensations
  • Use special cognitive and behavioral techniques for positive change


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The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Depression sets a new high standard for psychological self-help books. Within these pages, Knaus blends rational emotive behavioral therapy, cognitive therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy with his insights and innovative techniques to create a powerful step-by-step program for defeating depressive thinking and preventing relapses.
—Richard Sprinthall, Ph.D., professor of psychology and director of graduate Studies in educational psychology at American International College in Springfield, MA

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A prominent psychologist specializing in depression offers readers step-by-step, clinically proven cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques to recognize and change depressive thinking.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: New Harbinger Publications; 1 edition (November 1, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1572244739
  • ISBN-13: 978-1572244733
  • Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,779 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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101 of 102 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Jump Out Of That Hole :), May 4, 2007
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Josh "JAC" (Minneapolis, MN USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Depression: A Step-by-step Program (Workbook) (Paperback)
I ordered this book just after this last Christmas 06' when I was pretty down. This book is GREAT! It is by far the best book of it's kind that I have seen out there. I shopped around for some time before I settled on this one. I wanted to make sure I got one that was packed with the help and information that I needed and this was it!

I suffer from Anxiety/Panic Disorder, Depression and slight Agorophobia. I was seeing a Therapist - and she told me that I could benefit from a workbook of some sort so, that's when I decided on this one. She was right. I actually feel that I got more help from following along with this book than from her. lol

This book is JAMMED with information along with tons of excersises and tasks, quizzes and checklists to follow along and do. The beauty of it is that you do it all at your own pace and your own comfort level. It starts out basic with you getting familiar with your 'needs' and familiarizing yourself with your depression and then it gets more in depth as far as the excersises go the further you go in the book.

I am in no way saying this is a cure for depression or for whatever it is that you're going through but, it is a tremendous help! People saw a huge change in me. As anyone knows that goes through any of this sort of stuff - it is always a work in progress. But, you can always revert back to the book and do any of the excersises over and over again as many times as you want to. You'll find that they get easier each time you do them.

It is a great book to start off with or a good book to add to your existing collection. It helped me a great deal and I am in a MUCH better place right now thanks to the help of this book!!!! :)

~~~JAC 07'

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111 of 117 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Not Your Typical Self-Help Book: Depressed? Help is on the way!!!, December 14, 2006
This review is from: The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Depression: A Step-by-step Program (Workbook) (Paperback)
Albert Ellis once made the comment that the goal of therapy was not just to help people feel better (he was referring to a short-term, quick-fix that would not last), the goal of therapy is to help people get better and stay that way.

Depression has been called the common cold of the mind; however it effects are a lot more insidious that a case of the sniffles. A person's life can be destroyed by depression much in the way it can be destroyed by chemical/substance abuse.

For individuals with mild to moderate depression, this resource can lessen the suffering of depression. If you are sick and tired of being sick and tired, then this book is for you.

Why do I say this? Because this book is filled with research-based interventions from the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy schools of thought. Both are empirically supported as being the most efficacious in dealing with depression.

This book will help you to, develop a personal plan for change, assess your depression and learn best how to overcome it, combat/defeat depressive thoughts and beliefs, overcome thoughts of helplessness, worthlessness, and self-blaming/guilt, as well as how to use CBT/REBT techniques for making positive life changes.

This is not a book that you can breeze through and feel good by the end of the week. It took a while to get into the depressive state we have found ourselves in; it will take some time to re-train ourselves to start thinking more adaptively.

But if you have the will, desire, and the discipline, this book will not disappoint. Dr. Knaus writes with authority on the subject and, as a consequence, has performed a valuable public health service.
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39 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great product!, June 8, 2007
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I have used this workbook professionally and would recommend it to other professions as well. This is also a wonderful aid for people who would like to do some work independent of their therapist.
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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
depressive sensations, inane shame, irrational worthlessness, worthlessness thinking, irrational hopelessness, irrational helplessness, depressive helplessness, preferential philosophy, depressive thinking, depressive beliefs, cognitive signatures, defeating depression, helplessness thinking, secondary premise, depressive thoughts, perfectionist thinking, depressive ideas, hopelessness thinking, perfectionist beliefs, panic sensations, blame thinking, blame beliefs, mental filtering, depressive themes, depressive process
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Emotional Stresses, Defeating Depressive Beliefs, Five Changes, The Echoes of Depression, Albert Ellis, Master Plan, Avoiding the Perils of Perfectionism, Cloak of Mental Misery, Using Reason Against Depressive Thinking, Defeating Helplessness Thinking, Ending Worthlessness Thinking, Restraining Blame, Multimodal Way, Abraham Lincoln, Aaron Beck, United States, Walt Whitman, Winston Churchill
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