AcknowledgementsIntroduction to the Third Edition1 Understanding CBT for goal achievement2 The four belief pairs3 Setting your goals4 Overcoming obstacles to goal achievement5 Developing cognitive skills through your internal dialogue6 Using imagination and visualization7 Developing resiliency8 Taking action and responsibility9 Accepting the possibility of failure and disappointment10 Developing a healthy philosophy of balanceAbout the AuthorIndex
AVY JOSEPH is an experienced Cognitive Behaviour Therapist and Director of the College of Cognitive Behavioural Therapies. He is a registered and accredited therapist with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP).Avy began working as a counsellor in 1992, developing and running workshops on relationship problems, phobias, panic disorders as well as goal achievement. It was when lecturing both nationally and internationally that his interest in evidence based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) grew. In 2001 he gained an MSc in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) from Goldsmiths College, University of London (one of the main schools of cognitive and behaviour therapies).