Life Coaching: A Cognitive Behavioural Approach

Life Coaching The way we think profoundly inuences the way we feel. Therefore, it can be said that learning to think differently can enable us to feel and act differently. Derived from the methods of cognitive behaviour therapy, this book shows you how to tackle self-defeating thinking and replace it with a problem-solving outlook. This book gives clear and helpful advice on: • • • • • • • Dealing with troublesome emotions Overcoming procrastination Becoming assertive Tackling poor time management Persisting at problem-solving Handling criticism constructively Taking risks and making better decisions. The second edition of this book, which has been revised and updated with a new chapter on developing resilience, will be invaluable to all those who are interested in becoming more personally effective in their everyday lives, and to counsellors, coaches and psychologists, students and qualied alike. Michael Neenan is Associate Director of the Centre for Stress Management and Centre for Coaching, Blackheath, and a BABCP accredited cognitive behavioural therapist. He has written and edited over 20 books. Windy Dryden is Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths College, University of London and is an international authority on rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT). He has worked in psychotherapy for over 30 years and is the author and editor of over 195 books. This page intentionally left blank Life Coaching A cognitive behavioural approach Second edition Michael Neenan and Windy Dryden First published 2014 by Routledge 27 Church Road, Hove, East Sussex BN3 2FA Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2013 Michael Neenan and Windy Dryden The right of Michael Neenan and Windy Dryden to be identified as authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Neenan, Michael. Life coaching : a cognitive behavioural approach / Michael Neenan and Windy Dryden.—Second edition. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Conduct of life. 2. Cognitive therapy. I. Dry