Mind Over Mood or The Abs Diet

Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think

Author: Dennis Greenberger

Developed by two master clinicians with extensive experience in cognitive therapy treatment and training, this popular workbook shows readers how to improve their lives using cognitive therapy--one of the most effective and widely practiced forms of psychotherapy. The book is designed to be used alone or in conjunction with professional treatment. Step-by-step worksheets teach specific skills that have helped thousands of people conquer depression, panic attacks, anxiety, anger, guilt, shame, low self-esteem, eating disorders, substance abuse and relationship problems. Readers learn to use mood questionnaires to identify, rate, and track changes in feelings; change the thoughts that contribute to problems; follow step-by-step strategies to improve moods; and take action to improve daily living and relationships. The book's large-size format and lay-flat binding facilitate reading and writing ease.

Booknews

A hands-on workbook for therapy clients suffering from depression, panic attacks, anxiety, eating disorders, substance abuse, and relationship problems, using case examples and written exercises to help clients understand and use cognitive therapy methods. Includes sample worksheets and blank worksheets for reproduction. Can be used as a framework for treatment, an adjunct to treatment, or to pinpoint specific skills development. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

What People Are Saying

Dr. Laura Schlessinger
I recommend Mind Over Mood for those who are serious in their commitment to psychological change. [It's] a true self-help text in which easy... exercises lead readers to deeper understanding and... control over their inner lives.
— Laura Schlessinger, Ph.D., author of Ten Stupid Things Women do to Mess up their Lives

Aaron Beck, M.D.
Only rarely does a book come along that can change your life. Mind Over Mood can be both a vehicle and a road map for people seeking to make fundamental changes in their lives.
— From the Foreword by Aaron Beck, M.D.

Table of Contents:

	Prologue	1
Ch. 1	Understanding Your Problems	3
Ch. 2	It's the Thought That Counts	15
Ch. 3	Identifying and Rating Moods	26
Ch. 4	Situations, Moods, and Thoughts	33
Ch. 5	Automatic Thoughts	46
Ch. 6	Where's the Evidence?	63
Ch. 7	Alternative or Balanced Thinking	89
Ch. 8	Experiments and Action Plans	112
Ch. 9	Assumptions and Core Beliefs	128
Ch. 10	Understanding Depression	153
Ch. 11	Understanding Anxiety	174
Ch. 12	Understanding Anger, Guilt, and Shame	191
	Epilogue	208
	Appendix: Worksheets	217

The Abs Diet: The Six-Week Plan to Flatten Your Stomach and Keep You Lean for Life

Author: David Zinczenko

Whether you want to change your body to improve your health, your looks, your athletic performance, or your sex appeal, The Abs Diet offers you a simple promise: If you follow this plan, you will transform your body so that you can accomplish each and every one of those goals.
The Abs Diet lets you enjoy the foods you crave. It’s not low-carb, low-fat, or low-anything else. It’s just a smart, sensible, healthy plan that will give you the body you want in weeks. The Abs Diet will show you how to eat to keep your body’s natural fat burners stoked at all times so you burn fat and build muscle all day, every day—even when you sleep. And you’ll never feel hungry, restricted, or deprived.

Publishers Weekly

Eat everything. Concentrate on whole grains. Drink milk. Balance protein with carbohydrates. Avoid processed sugars. Do some exercise. The idea that a diet book making such proposals comes as a pleasant surprise shows just how far afield we've gone in the search for new ways to be fit. The only thing new about this diet by the editor-in-chief of Men's Health is its name, and this, one can presume, is because nowadays, a book simply called "Sensible Eating" wouldn't sell. The book's title is indeed misleading; only the final chapter deals solely with abs. The rest is full of rational recommendations for a realistic diet plan: eat more and smaller meals; have oatmeal in the morning for a nourishing breakfast; don't starve yourself; drink plenty of water; and stay away from sodas and foods that contain high-fructose corn syrup. Whether readers will, in the end, walk away with abs of steel is not really the point. They'll control their weight in a healthy way, without counting calories, cutting out whole food groups or supporting the beef futures market. Best of all, this book tells readers why it works: increase your body's metabolism, gain some muscle and fat burns away. The authors make this seem like a fresh and very attainable ideal. (June) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.