
The Practical CBT Guide
Outils, distorsions et restructuration cognitive
By Gildas Garrec · 260 pages · 2025
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About this book
Manuel pratique de la thérapie cognitivo-comportementale : 15 distorsions cognitives, modèle ABC, restructuration cognitive, exercices d'exposition, journal de pensées.
Do you know something's off in how you think, but have no idea how to actually change it? This practical Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) manual — the approach developed by Aaron Beck, validated by a meta-analysis covering over 400 clinical trials and 52,000 patients — hands you the tools psychopractitioners use in session, so you can practice them at home between sessions or on your own. Eight progressive chapters take you from theory to action: spotting the fifteen most common cognitive distortions, identifying your early schemas according to Jeffrey Young, practicing cognitive restructuring, behavioral activation and graded exposure, then discovering what ACT and mindfulness have to offer. Every chapter comes with worksheets and concrete exercises, built around mental training rather than passive reading. The final chapter walks you through building your own personal therapy plan. A workbook, not just a theory lecture — to help you understand your thoughts and, above all, learn to change them.
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- 1Exercises and Tools for Feeling Better — Cognitive Distortions, Young's Schemas, ACT
- 2Aaron Beck and the Cognitive Model
- 3Albert Ellis and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
- 4The Thoughts-Emotions-Behaviors Triad
- 5The Three Waves of CBT
- 6The Therapeutic Alliance: The Engine of Change
- 7The Effectiveness of CBT: What the Science Says
- 8The 15 Cognitive Distortions
- 9The Mechanics of Distortions
- 10The Cascade Effect: When Distortions Chain Together and Reinforce Each Other
- 11Identifying Your Most Frequent Distortions
- 12What Is an Early Maladaptive Schema?
- 13How Schemas Form in Childhood
- 14The 18 Early Maladaptive Schemas
- 15The Schema Maintenance Mechanisms
- 16Schema Modes: Understanding Our Emotional States
- 17Schema Chemistry in Relationships
- 18Socratic Questioning
- 19The Art of Socratic Dialogue with Yourself
- 20Behavioral Experiments as Cognitive Tests
- 21Examining the Evidence
- 22The 5-Column Restructuring Chart
- 23When Action Precedes Motivation
- 24The Mechanism of Depressive Withdrawal
- 25The Behavioral Model of Depression
- 26The Pleasure-Mastery Rating: A Daily Compass
- 27Values-Based Activation
- 28Activity Planning
- 29Principles of Progression
- 30The Mechanism of Habituation
- 31The Neurobiological Basis of Habituation
- 32The Fear Hierarchy
- 33In Vivo versus Imaginal Exposure
- 34Interoceptive Exposure: When Fear Comes from Within
- 35Adapting Exposure by Disorder
- 36The Golden Rules of Exposure
- 37The Six Core Processes of ACT
- 38The Hexaflex: A Map of Psychological Flexibility
- 39Deepening Defusion: A Repertoire of Techniques
- 40Deepening Values: Beyond the Compass
- 41Mindfulness: The Foundations
- 42Functional Analysis: Understanding the "Why" of Your Behaviors
- 43The Four Questions of Functional Analysis
- 44The In-Depth SECCA Model: A Comprehensive Analytical Framework
- 45Building Your Personal Therapy Plan
- 46What CBT Does Not Promise
- 47When to See a Professional
- 48Resources Available to You
- 49A Final Word
- 50Foundational Works
- 51Scientific Articles with PubMed References
- 52Standardized Questionnaires and Tools
- 53Works in French
- 54Crisis resources
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