Choosing to Live: How to Defeat Suicide Through Cognitive Therapy

Author: Thomas E. EllisPublisher: New Harbinger Publications, IncPaperback:ISBN 10: 1572240563ISBN 13: 978-1572240568This is the first self-help guide addressed directly to people considering suicide. A step-by-step program, it shows how to replace negative beliefs, feel better through coping, and develop alternative problem-solving skills. Review “This book tackles, head-on, a significant, high-priority clinical problem that many patients and therapists dread and avoid. It offers cool, clear thinking, immensely helpful to both patient and clinician, and dozens of practical, down-to-earth suggestions. A brave and extremely sensible book from which I learned quite a bit. I am delighted to have this ‘weapon’ in my armory when I work with suicidal patients.” —Jacqueline B. Persons, Ph.D., Director, Center for Cognitive Therapy, Oakland, California “Tom Ellis and Cory Newman have written a wonderful book. The writing