Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts
A CBT-Based Guide to Getting over Frightening, Obsessive, or Disturbing Thoughts
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Narrated by:
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Senn Annis
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Written by:
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Sally M. Winston PsyD
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Martin N. Seif PhD
About this listen
You are not your thoughts! In this powerful book, two anxiety experts offer proven-effective cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) skills to help you get unstuck from disturbing thoughts, overcome the shame these thoughts can bring, and reduce your anxiety.
If you suffer from unwanted, intrusive, frightening, or even disturbing thoughts, you might worry about what these thoughts mean about you. Thoughts can seem like messages - are they trying to tell you something? But the truth is that they are just thoughts, and don’t necessarily mean anything. Sane and good people have them. If you are someone who is plagued by thoughts you don’t want - thoughts that scare you, or thoughts you can’t tell anyone about - this book may change your life.
In this compassionate guide, you’ll discover the different kinds of disturbing thoughts, myths that surround your thoughts, and how your brain has a tendency to get “stuck” in a cycle of unwanted rumination. You’ll also learn why common techniques to get rid of these thoughts can backfire. And finally, you’ll learn powerful cognitive behavioral skills to help you cope with and move beyond your thoughts, so you can focus on living the life you want. Your thoughts will still occur, but you will be better able to cope with them - without dread, guilt, or shame.
If you have unwanted thoughts, you should remember that you aren’t alone. In fact, there are millions of people just like you -good people who have awful thoughts, gentle people with violent thoughts, and sane people with “crazy” thoughts. This book will show you how to move past your thoughts so you can reclaim your life!
This book has been selected as an Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Self-Help Book Recommendation - an honor bestowed on outstanding self-help books that are consistent with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and that incorporate scientifically tested strategies for overcoming mental health difficulties. Used alone or in conjunction with therapy, our books offer powerful tools listeners can use to jump-start changes in their lives.
©2017 Sally M. Winston, PsyD and Martin N. Seif, PhD (P)2020 New Harbinger PublicationsCritic Reviews
“This important book is essential and mandatory reading for anyone affected by unwanted and intrusive thoughts, and their health providers. The authors crystallize decades of experience into a perfectly clear and readable guide. The solution to this misunderstood problem is in this book.” (Joseph A. Adams, MD, medical director at Baltimore Health Systems and Step By Step of Maryland, LLC, and past president at Smoke Free Maryland)
“I wish I would have had access to this book twenty years ago! Sally Winston and Martin Seif have put all the pieces of the puzzle together to help people understand and overcome unwanted intrusive thoughts. This is a must-read book, packed with information to help people suffering with anxiety-provoking intrusive thoughts, as well as clinicians who are trying to help them.” (Kimberly J. Morrow, LCSW, maintains a private practice in Erie, PA; specializes in the treatment of anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD); provides training and case consultation for clinicians through www.anxietytraining.com; and is author of Face It and Feel It)
“It turns out that commonsense approaches to stopping our worries, such as pushing thoughts away, arguing with them, or seeking reassurance, actually feed these worries and help them grow. Sally Winston and Martin Seif—two of the brightest minds in our field - deliver a simple yet powerful two-step process for change.” (Reid Wilson, PhD, author of Stopping the Noise in Your Head)
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- Mannu
- 04-05-21
Must read
A good book to understand and tackle your thoughts. Narration could have been better but content was good
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- Aditya Singh Rathore
- 02-07-23
Very Very Helpful..!!
Extremely helpful for those struggling with unwanted intrusive thoughts.. plus, the narration is amazing..!! Will recommend.
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- sushmita
- 19-02-21
A must read book if you are crowded wit thoughts!
I would say, a must read for anyone who has thoughts coming into their mind in general. An amazing, well researched and well-read book. It's a very detailed guide. may it be thoughts of any kind which is bothering you, then this book might be able to acknowledge and help you overcome it. Though its not an alternative for therapy but a very therapeutic read! :-)
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- Sn
- 06-08-22
Worth A Listen
interesting even though there are some unnecessary parts
still a good explanation
A lot is based on Claire weeks works who i am a huge fan of
But yes there is also a new and different perspective to unwanted intrusive thoughts
I'd say worth a listen If you or someone you know is experiencing unwanted thoughts
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- Saurav S.
- 03-02-24
Ironic but really helpful
It explains what these thoughts mean, what they are like, what the myths and facts are, then explains why nothing worked earlier and then tells the real way to get rid of them. Key is to have faith in the process and the ironic advice it gives, U will first become desensitised of them, then get less disturbed and eventually so unaffected that you wont even know they came and gone, plus this 'ends' these thoughts except in a way you didn't expect. This book is REAL DEAL. Thank You Very Much Sally Winston for this incredibly valuable Book.
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- Kindle Customer
- 28-04-20
mare useless words.
writer does not understand the seriousnes of the ocd disease. kidish and immature as if writer a college student.
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