A completely updated edition of this classic, explaining the author's laid-back but stunningly powerful methods for taming self-defeating behaviours.

Your gremlin interprets your every experience. He has nothing good to say about you or anything you do, not to mention your dreams and aspirations. Just when you feel you've out-argued or overcome him, he changes his disguise and his strategy. Grapple with him and you become more enmeshed. What he hates is simply being noticed. That's the first step to his taming. This and many other straightforward and powerful techniques await you in Taming Your Gremlin: A Guide to Enjoying Yourself.

Rick Carson is the creator of the renowned Gremlin-Taming Method(TM). His seminal work, Taming Your Gremlin(R), has been in print for twenty years and has been translated into several languages. Rick’s work has influenced thousands in virtually every walk of life. For thirty years he has been a counselor, personal/executive coach, and trainer for mental health professionals, businesses, and non-profit organizations. His work is used in the training of psychotherapists, personal and executive coaches, substance abuse specialists, and clergy. He is a former faculty member at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and a clinical member and approved supervisor for the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Rick is the founder and director of the Gremlin Taming Institute(TM) in Dallas. He and his wife live in Colleyville, Texas.