I would highly recommend this book to anyone who still has psychotic symptoms despite medication but would like to learn how to deal with the symptoms to get this book.
It has helped me.
Ill post some pages later, on dealing with voices (command hallucinations and other states)
And case studies that go with it.
That book is selling for sixty bucks on eBay r n. It’s going for $43 used.
Can you post a pic of the table of contents so I can get a better idea of what’s in it?
I can’t buy it today, but maybe in the future.
I’ve tried CBT before and I thought it was stupid. Which is kind of a juvenile opinion; but that’s what I thought. Glad it works for you though.
This book was the authority on DBT when I was in the hospital back on 2012. Our DBT groups used photo copies of the workbook in group.
I haven’t had it out in over 7 years I bet. I think I’ll give it a read.
It says it’s for Borderline, but they used it as a general group DBT therapy.
It would be cool if we all had the same ‘behavioral therapy’ book and had a ‘say anything’ type of thread to discuss it.
Maybe there’s a more reasonably priced/older edition of a cbt/DBT book we could agree on
Just thinking out loud here…
I’m with Keith Laws when it comes to CBT and psychosis.
@firemonkey I have to disagree with you. But thanks for sharing
Yeah i wish it was cheaper. Ill post the table of contents later today. Im sure theres a free pdf kicking around somewhere with related stuff
Ill post the contents later
Worth every penny. My copy has some wear on it, should probably think of getting another.
It really does have some sound strategies in it. Glad it found its way to you too @shutterbug
Thats interesting to read.
For me finding that there were these styles of thoughts that weren’t helpful was helpful for me and I feel like it did help my thinking.
But it didn’t suddenly change all my habits and get me out in the world functioning.
So while I think the critisim is accurate - I don’t think its a good idea to say “this isn’t enough therefore its pointless”. At least thats my feelings as a patient.
I would say that the CBT course was really important for me in terms of putting unhelpful thoughts to rest.
@firemonkey @LevelJ1 @shutterbug
I’ve found CBT to be very useful, especially giving me more insight.
Therapy isnt for everybody, its helps some and for some it doesnt. I guess if your problem is psychological then it helps but if its neurotransmitter imbalance/medical its just good to pass time. It was just to pass time for me with my therapist but nothing changed, I still wasnt able to do what I want to do. So me saying what I want to my therapist and having my therapist just repeat my words didnt help.
I got angry at my therapist at the end as she got mad at me as I didnt do a thing and blamed me for my negative symptoms. I told her to fk off and I am better now. She was making me depressed by saying that I dont want to improve. Ill stick with psychiatrists, thanks.
I had a therapist that wasnt helpful either. But doing cbt on my own helped me manage and sort thoughts out.
Yes the insight is very helpful
I’ve sure had a few bad ones. The worst had such a thick Russian accent that I could barely understand him. Was tempted to check him for Bratva tats – he looked gangsta AF!
You got me on a cerebral kick. I’ve been reading all about DBT since like 3:00 a.m.
Sorry about kind of hijacking your post earlier too, dealing with some mania today.
@mikev0882 All good dude feel free to share 
Ha ha . he probably said “this, is problem.” In the thickest of russian mafia accents
I wish I would have had this book and meds 15 years ago…
It looks like something they should hand out to sz patients as they leave the hospital.
