Telling Yourself the Truth: Find Your Way Out of Depression, Anxiety, Fear, Anger, and Other Common Problems by Applying the Principles of Misbelief Therapy [Paperback]

William Backus (Author), Marie Chapian (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2000

Most of What Happens in Your Life Happens Because of the Way You Think.



Wrong thinking produces wrong emotions, wrong reactions, wrong behavior--and unhappiness! Learning to deal with your thoughts is the first step on the road to healthy thinking.



How to handle one's thoughts properly is what this book is all about! It explains the life-changing method the authors call Misbelief Therapy, and it can work for you--





In your home

In your own circumstances

In your own problems

In your own adverse environment

In your own thinking





Based on the Bible, this book has helped thousands of people for many years, and it can help you!

Telling Yourself the Truth can show you how to identify your own misbeliefs and replace them with the truth.



Also available: the corresponding Telling Yourself the Truth study guide.

Winner of the Gold Book Award (500,000 copies sold),

Winner of the Gold Medallion Award (ECPA), which recognizes excellence in evangelical Christian literature

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Most of What Happens in Your Life Happens Because of the Way You Think

Wrong thinking produces wrong emotions, wrong reactions, wrong behavior--and unhappiness! Learning to deal with your thoughts is the first step on the road to healthy thinking.

How to handle one's thoughts properly is what this book is all about!

It explains the life-changing method the authors call Misbelief Therapy, and it can work for you--

-In your home
-In your own circumstances
-In your own problems
-In your own adverse environment
-in your own thinking

Based on the Bible, this book has helped thousands of people for many years, and it can help you!

Telling Yourself the Truth can show you how to identify your own misbeliefs and replace them with the truth.

About the Author

Dr. William Backus is founder of the Center for Christian Psychological Services, and an ordained clergyman in the Lutheran church. He is also a licensed Consulting Psychologist. He has a master's degree in theology from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Minnesota.



Dr. Backus has conducted follow-up studies of his clients, which show a 95 percent improvement rate, compared to a 67 percent success rate for other methods of therapy. The difference, Dr. Backus says, is "the truth of God as revealed in the Word."



In addition, he serves as an assistant pastor on the staff of North Heights Lutheran Church, Roseville, Minnesota, where he has founded and directed a lay-staffed free counseling clinic. He and his wife live in Minnesota.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers; 20th edition (February 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764223259
• ISBN-13: 978-0764223259
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (70 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,440 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

55 of 58 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Face the Truth About Yourself October 6, 2003

By Michael Taylor TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:Paperback

Backus' book is an excellent read for knowing how to properly handle our thoughts and reactions to others.

Among the points Backus covers include:

1. We do not have to strive for the approval of others.
2. When beliefs change, behavior will change.
3. Truths about anger and pleasing others.
4. We are not victims, we can make choices!
5. Be careful of manipulation.
6. Misbeliefs and truths about being indispensible.
7. Truths about taking chances.
8. Unlearning old thinking.

Bakcus accurately states that much of what happens to us results from the way we think.

Read and be encouraged to change your inappropriate thoughts!

77 of 84 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Truth Liberates October 27, 2003

By Dr. W. G. Covington, Jr.

Format:Paperback

To improve the quality of your life improve your thought life. The truth sets you free from depression, guilty, confusion, and anxiety. This book shows you how to replace self-defeating thoughts with healthy thoughts that build you up. It is based on principles from the Bible.
We're told early in the book, "you'll believe what you tell yourself" (p. 18). Consequently it is important not to be decieved. Self-deception can hold a person back from living the abundant life Jesus sacrificed to give us.
In laying the background for the rest of the book, he tells us on page 21:
"In emotional and mental health, what you believe is all important. It makes a difference what you believe. Other people, circumstances, events and material things are not what make you happy. What you believe about these things is what makes you happy or unhappy."
Actions grow out of beliefs. You will behave, based on what you believe. In fact, the chemicals in the physcial brain are affected by the thoughts one thinks.
Chapter 3 does a masterful job of explaining how negative thoughts are deceptive. In the chapter's summary, he writes, "Remember, any thoughts that reflect hopelessness, desperation, hate, fear, bitterness, jealousy, or envy are the words and thoughts generated by demonic falsehood" (p. 35).
Chapter 5 contains a nugget on effective prayer, "Instead of praying the problem, pray the answer" (p. 61).
The book takes a negativity and exaimes how it is a deception. For example, anger or fear. As a person realizes the truth, the negative is replaced with the positive.
Read this book and grow healthy mentally.

38 of 39 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A book everyone should read. September 23, 2005

By M. Brenneman

Format:Paperback

The step by step information in this book changed my life. Even as a faithful Christian and successful business owner, I had a significant problem with anger. My wife, family and friends and have seen a dramatic change. This powerful book addresses the negative self talk that almost all people have. More importantly it gives biblical instruction on how to stop it and the destruction that it causes.