This book is important reading, as it competently deals with the treatment of a major health issue which is both prevalent and chronic, with strong co-morbidity. While the tone didn't particularly engage me, I did finish the book with some insights and solid understanding.

Tags: cbt, PTSD, trauma

The basic conceptualisation of human experience offered by this book is that distress arises from our relationship with our own internal experience. The remedy goes beyond (and could be seen as contrary to) the traditional cognitive therapy approach of disentangling the client from the thoughts, questioning them and replacing them with more realistic and helpful ones.

Tags: acceptance, cbt, mindfulness, Research

Written by four luminaries of the mindfulness movement in psychotherapy and counselling, The Mindful Way through Depression is a self-help book in the best sense of the term, and you don't need to suffer from depression to find it useful.

Tags: cbt, depression, mindfulness, philosophy, Research

Aimed at practising cognitive behavioural therapists, 'Cognitive Behaviour Therapy' offers eleven chapters of the newest developments in applying CBT to work with particular client populations.

Tags: anxiety, bipolar disorder, cbt, depression, eating disorder, personality disorder