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drclay said:
The previous posters have mentioned some outstanding books. These kinds of recommendations are worth listening to. There are several thousand books available in libraries and bookstores and also many mental health centers have bookshelves. Finding the better books out of hundreds in a specific area of interest to you is the problem. You can look up books covering the areas that concern you by looking at the Chapter titles in my book. Refer to the book's bibliography to get the reference...or read a brief summary in the t ext. Over 2000 useful books are cited in there.

Reading the better books has been shown over and over to be helpful. Not all books are helpful, however.

Dr. Clay

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The book that introduced me to cbt is still my favorite, Been There, Done That? DO THIS! by Sam Obitz because it was the one that motivated me to give the exercises that have helped me a try and it was a quick book to read which is always a plus when are at a place in your life where you are easily overwhelmed.
I agree with Dr. Clay about a lot of the previous recs being great. I have since read The Road Less Traveled, Learned Optimism and Feeling Good and would say those are all great books too.

Link to my favorite self-help books foreword:
http://www.supertao.com/book_forward.html