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| Introduction | |
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| What to Expect from this Guide | |
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| The Scientific Background | |
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| Two Principles of Underlying Mental Fitness | |
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| Valuing Yourself | |
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| Recognizing That You Can Change | |
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| The Seven Basic Skills | |
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| Managing Yourself and Your Time | |
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| Facing the Problem | |
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| Treating Yourself Right | |
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| Problem-Solving: A Strategy for Change | |
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| Keeping Things in Perspective: Help from Cognitive Therapy | |
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| Building Self-Confidence and Self-Esteem | |
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| Learning to Relax | |
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| How to Improve Your Relationships | |
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| The Importance of Relationships | |
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| The First Key to Good Relationships: Being Fair to Yourself and Others | |
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| The Second Key to Good Relationships: Recognizing Voices from the Past | |
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| The Third Key to Good Relationships: Relationships as Systems | |
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| Anger in Relationships (new) | |
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| Sexuality and Intimate Relationships (new) | |
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| The Twin Enemies of Good MoodAnxiety | |
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| Getting the Better of Anxiety and Worry, or Defeating the Alarmist | |
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| Overcoming Fears and Phobias | |
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| Stress: How to Live with the Right Amount of It | |
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| Dealing with Panic: Controlling the Alarm SystemDepression | |
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| Depression-The Common Cold of the Mind | |
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| Digging Yourself Out of Depression | |
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| How to Become Less Vulnerable to Depression | |
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| Traumatic Experience (all new chapters) | |
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| Loss and Bereavement | |
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| Dealing with the Past | |
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| Recent Traumatic Events and Their After | |
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| Mind and Body | |
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| Breaking Habits and Stopping Smoking | |
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| Averting Problems with Alcohol | |
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| Overcoming Sleep Problems | |
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| Good Eating Habits | |
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| The Working Mind | |
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| The Fundamentals of Effective Study | |
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| Key Study Skills: Reading, Taking Notes, and Using the Material | |
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| How to Improve Your Memory | |
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| The Palest Ink and Other External Memory Aids | |
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| How to Improve Your Memory | |
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| Internal Memory Aids | |
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| Making Decisions | |
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| Thinking Straight | |
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| Notes | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Index | |