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).

Acknowledgements ix

Introduction to the Third Edition 1

1 Understanding CBT for Goal Achievement 5

2 The Four Belief Pairs 37

3 Setting Your Goals 69

4 Overcoming Obstacles to Goal Achievement 97

5 Developing Cognitive Skills through Your Internal Dialogue 121

6 Using Imagination and Visualization 139

7 Developing Resiliency 157

8 Taking Action and Responsibility 183

9 Accepting the Possibility of Failure and Disappointment 207

10 Developing a Healthy Philosophy of Balance 227

About the Author 247

Index 249