Aldo R. PucciThe Client's Guide to Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: How to Live a Healthy, Happy Life...No Matter What!

A great self-counseling and self-help book, using clinically proven methods for improving your emotions!Your goal for your emotions explains Pucci, is "calm." People often mistakenly believe that the only goal for significant depression and anxiety is happiness, when in fact, the goal needs to be calm. Learning to feel calm in the midst of unfortunate events allows you to more often feel happiness and contentment when things are going well.I recommend beginning with Chapter 3, "Our Emotional ABC's." People mistakenly believe that A (Adverse events) directly cause C (Consequences of emotions, such as significant anxiety, anger, or depression). In fact, A (Adverse events) trigger B (Beliefs & self-talk) and B (Beliefs & self talk) primarily cause C (Consequences of Emotions such as depression, anxiety, anger, or your goal of Calm). When you learn the details of this essential fact and learn how to use ABC self-help methods, you will experience significant improvement in your emotions.I have taught the ABCs to my own children when they were growing up and I practice the ABCs of emotions in my life.A note to counselors - read this book and learn how to more easily present self-help methods to your clients in counseling sessions. This book is directly related to rational emotive behavior therapy and at [...] are listed over 500 outcome REBT research studies. All therapists want to accelerate therapy for their clients. Ask your clients to read, "The Client's Guide to Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy" in order to accelerate your counseling and therapy.Lynn Clark, clinical psychologist and author of SOS Help For Emotions: Managing Anxiety Anger And Depression. In addition to reading Pucci's book, I have attended his excellent seminar on cognitive behavior therapy for mental health professionals.

I use this book with counseling clients to go along with formal therapy. I find that this book has great information in understanding what stops therapy from working and what you can do to help yourself feel better. Emotions and behaviors have a cause, but many people do not realize how to identify or change these causes. This book works best if you use it with a therapist until the method is well understood. Writing down painful situations is the core of what helps because you are rewiring your brain when you go through the worksheets. Eventually you won't have to write everything down once you challenge all the beliefs that contribute to pain. This book will not always work by itself because the mind can put up road blocks to some issues...which requires an objective therapist to help you past these common obstacles. I've personally and professionally grown from using the principles in this book. What do you have to lose?

I found this book very helpful. It is filled with information that will help you re-work your life. But you will have to do the work and probably will need to work with a therapist. My psychologist made be buy this book. She is using it to work with me. It is really quite complex but I am glad she selected this book. She is a certified CBT trainer. I often think CBT does not look enough at the depth of our issues/lives but it does work if you follow it.

This book is an excellent tool for therapist and client! The cost is minimal when compared to the benefit for both client and therapist. When you use this book with therapy, it is very easy to know where you are with your client at any given point in the therapeutic process! I love it. I purchase it for all of my clients as part of their therapy, both individual and group! I have had excellent results with this book, and I happily recommend it to therapists and for any individual seeking to improve their overall quality of life. There is no magic! You have all the necessary ingredients to do the job. The book just helps guide you through the process of being a happier, healthier you! Thank you to Dr. Pucci for all the self-help products. I use them regularly!Susan Spehling, LCSWCrescent City, CA

As a long time anxiety sufferer, I've read all the books available pertaining to working with the symptoms. Relax, they all say. Unfortunately, relaxing only makes the issue worse as its not confronted head-on. I've always thought relaxing was the key too, but alas, this book by Pucci set the record straight. Since incorporating his techniques, I've noted enough improvement so to be able to stop taking my medication.CBT is probably not for everyone but well worth investing the cost of the book to find out if its right for you. I don't know Pucci, but am thankful for his contribution to this issue through his book. Don't delay in ordering it. Your recovery begins the moment you begin reading it.Best wishes to you. Send me an email if you like as I'd be interested in sharing our stories.

Not what I expected. I was looking for something I could use for help with my sister who had a stroke (I heard or read this was a way to go) I have been working with it myself and if may be my intellect doesn't work well on this, but I can't see how it can help her. The info is interesting for me. PM

This book was recommended by my therapist two years ago. It has made a huge difference in how I think about things and my self-talk. Pucci is a genius at explaining how to see life in a rational context instead of letting emotions get out of control. This book is excellent at helping drive away my sometimes obsessive negative thoughts. Whenever I start to feel overwhelmed, I pick this book back up. I always seem to find a kernel of wisdom that helps me to cope and feel better. I would recommend this book to anyone who feels that they can’t overcome their problems. I love this book. I feel like it keeps saving me again and again.