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Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Australia has valuable resources available on a range of topics for both the public and professionals.
BOOKS AND CD'S FOR THE PUBLIC
Each of the books and CD's below can be valuable to individuals struggling with certain emotional problems and are excellent adjuncts to therapy.


Anger Management for Everyone - Seven Proven Ways to Control Anger and Live a Happier Life
By R. Chip Tafrate, PhD. and Howard Kassinove, Ph.D
Is your anger:

  • making others uncomfortable and creating distance in your relationship?
  • disrupting your ability to think clearly and make good decisions?
  • resulting in behaviours that you later regret or recall with embarrassment?

Anger Management for Everyone shows you "seven proven ways" to cope with the adversity, unfairness, and disappointment that are part of everyone’s existence, so that you can successfully "put anger in its proper place and live a vital, happy, and upbeat life."



Overcoming Performance Anxiety
Dr Rod Farnbach and Eversley Farnbach - $25 +P&H
Performance anxiety affects people in many different ways, usually caused by the demands we make on ourselves and others. The authors provide a series of simple exercises to help change thought and behaviour patterns, which will allow you to perform with a sense of confidence and pleasure, no matter what the challenge.



Change Your Thinking, 2nd edition
Sarah Edelman PhD - $33 +P&H
Change Your Thinking is a practical and reassuring guide to overcoming self-defeating thoughts and behaviour. It demonstrates how to dispute that nagging voice in your head and deal more rationally with feelings of anger, depression, frustration and anxiety. It also contains plenty of sensible suggestions for more effective communication and for finding happiness – something that is within everyone’s grasp. The author explains the principles of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) in a straightforward and compassionate way that will help you take control and find more positive ways of dealing with things.



Taking Charge – A guide for teenagers
Sarah Edelman PhD and Louise Remond MPsych - $22 +P&H
Taking Charge is a practical guide to managing some of the challenges that invariably arise during adolescence. It spells out step-by-step strategies that can make a big difference to the way you feel about yourself, the people that you deal with and the things that are happening in your life. It is full of useful information, exercises and activities that can help you to pick yourself up when you’re feeling down, and also can help you avoid getting stressed, anxious, or down in the first place.



Family Life – Adapting to change
Antony Kidman PhD - $20 +P&H
A self help manual designed to assist in dealing with emotions and transitions that occur through the cycle of life. The joys and sorrows as we pass through the various stages such as childhood and adolescence, have a profound effect on our personality and the way we cope both as a youngster and older adult. Dr Kidman draws on many years of clinical experience and research. He writes simply and clearly about how to resolve difficulties in family life using cognitive behavioural therapeutic techniques.



From Thought to Action 2nd edition
Antony Kidman PhD - $20 +P&H
An instructional manual that people can refer to regularly to challenge and dispute their irrational thoughts and consequently change their feelings and behaviour. Dr Kidman employs a no-nonsense approach to changing self-defeating behaviour. In clear and straight-forward language he describes various techniques designed to help people gain control of their emotions and actions. These are reinforced by the questionnaire and self-assessment forms included in each chapter.



Feeling Better – A guide to mood management
Antony Kidman PhD - $16 +P&H
This book is a down-to-earth guide for people who want to manage their negative moods more effectively. It will teach you how to recognise so-called thinking errors that lead to depressed thinking and behaviour and how to challenge them. Other well tested techniques based on the cognitive behavioural therapy approach include a pleasant event schedule, time management and goal setting plans, together with an important area we all need to work on – unconditional self-acceptance. These psycho-educational strategies can help those who suffer from clinical depression and also help reduce the chance of recurrence and occurrence of depressive episodes.



Relaxation CD
$16.50 +P&H
This 30-minute recording provides the opportunity for effective management of anxiety and heightened arousal.



CD - Philosophies, emotions and behaviours
Lega & DiMattia

This self-instructional program introduces the user to the ABC's of emotional management. It teaches you that it is not events that cause your negative emotions but you thoughts, interpretations, evaluations and beliefs that cause your emotions. It provides you with examples of Anger, Anxiety, Depression and Guilt. Finally it teaches you how to dispute you unhealthy emotions and gives you the opportunity to practice challenging your dysfunctional cognitions. You can use this program over and over again each time you find yourself upset.



CD - Anger - The misunderstood emotion
DiMattia

During this lecture Dr DiMattia challenges the myth that expressing anger relieves your tension and is a healthy activity. He explains how anger is the result of dysfunctional thinking and an erroneous belief system and how it habituates each time you have an anger outburst. He then goes on to teach you how not to be angry when events and people are seemingly unjust or unpleasant. You will learn to cognitively restructure your thinking so you will no longer be ANGRY if you practice these techniques over and over.




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