Overcoming unwanted intrusive thoughts : a CBT-based guide to getting over frightening, obsessive, or disturbing thoughts / Sally M. Winston, PsyD, Martin N. Seif, PhD.

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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. San...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Winston, Sally (Author) Seif, Martin N. (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, Inc., [2017]
Subjects:	Intrusive thoughts. Thought insertion. Cognition disorders. Cognitive therapy. Anxiety disorders. Interference (Perception) Anxiety. Cognitive Disorders. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Stress, Psychological. Thinking. Popular works.
Genre:	Popular works.
Physical Description:	180 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

Recovering from unwanted intrusive thoughts
Varieties of intrusive thoughts
What thoughts mean: myths and facts
Unwanted intrusive thoughts Q and A
How the brain creates unwanted intrusive thoughts
Why nothing has worked
How to handle thoughts when they happen
Getting over unwanted thoughts for good
What does recovery mean?
When to seek professional help
Appendix: A recipe for unwanted intrusive thoughts (what not to do).