A practical guide to CBT

Overcome fears, manage negativity and improve your life.

Using the tools of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), understand your behaviour and how to change negative patterns, learn how to think differently about problematic situations, put your worries into perspective and start to feel better, achieving and exceeding your goals.

Clinical psychologists Clair Pollard and Elaine Iljon Foreman offer activities to support you, stories to provide perspective and a clear framework to guide you. This Practical Guide will help you to develop effective coping strategies, so that you can think more constructively, act more calmly, and feel better about yourself.

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Elaine Iljon Foreman is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist specializing in the treatment of anxiety-related problems. Her clinical research into Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques, developed over 30 years, has meant she is regularly in demand by the media for her expert contribution. Elaine's research into the treatment of anxiety and particularly fear of flying has generated invitations to present her research in this field across Europe, the Americas, Australia, the Middle and Far East.

Clair Pollard is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and is accredited by the BABCP (British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies). Clair works in the NHS with adults with mental health problems and for a charity called The Back-Up Trust, working with people with spinal cord injury. Clair has a particular interest in issues around adjustment to disability and in post-traumatic coping and growth.