Stop Worrying: Get your life back on track with CBT

Posted by admin on November 6, 2011 Comments Off


“It’s a book which sets realistic goals, has a down-to-earth approach and is genuinely useful.”
Claudia Hammond, broadcaster, writer and academic psychologist.

“Very simple and practical”
Professor Geoff Beattie, University of Manchester and resident Big Brother psychologist

“The method described is really excellent! Besides having a sound basis in CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) it instils hope and motivates intentions to change.”
B̩la BUDA, M.D РPsychiatrist, Budapest, Hungary

“This book is a well thought-out combination of cognitive therapy and mindful techniques. It is a practical book with useful step-by-step exercises. It contains an excellent analysis of the common causes of worry and methods for overcoming it.”
Dr Steven Melemis, author of I Want To Change My Life

We all worry about things – some of us even worry about the fact that we are worrying. This practical book will help you to put your fears into perspective and teach you to cope with stressful situations. Supporting and offering advice to worriers, as well as their family and friends, this book also provides guidance for professionals who work in mental health, especially those who recommend self-help to their clients.

Other contributors: Saida Akhnikh, Anneke Koopman, Maarten van der Linde, Marleen Stam and Elvan Tutkun were doctoral students in clinical psychology at the VU University of Amsterdam where they carried out research on the Stop Worrying Project, which formed the basis of this book.
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Simply Effective Group Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: A Practitioner’s Guide

Posted by admin on November 4, 2011 Comments Off


Group Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (GCBT) and guided self-help widen the availability of evidence-based treatment for common mental health disorders. This volume provides GCBT protocols for common disorders as well as session-by-session teaching materials and self-help survival manuals covering:

  • Depression
  • Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Social Phobia
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • Generalised Anxiety Disorder

The specifics of selecting and engaging clients in GCBT are first addressed and general group therapeutic skills are detailed. Transcripts of sessions show how group processes can be utilised to enhance outcome. Simply Effective Group Cognitive Behaviour Therapy adds to the armamentarium of tools for low intensity intervention and complements the high intensity individual approach of the companion volume Simply Effective Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. It will prove essential reading for all professionals using CBT with groups.

Online resources:

The appendices of this book provide self-help manuals, questionnaires and worksheets that can be downloaded free of charge to purchasers of the print version. Please visit the website www.routledgementalhealth.com/9780415573412 to find out more about this facility.


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