I love CBT. I had a lot of CBT therapy in my alcohol treatment program and it was also used a lot when I was in the psych hospital last summer. It took me a while to get used to using them, but now I find thought records really helpful for challenging negative beliefs about myself. But I'm in a relatively good space right now, I'm not in a deep depressive episode, not sure how well it would work if I was.

One book that I find helpful that I'm working my way through is Mind over Mood. It's CBT based obviously, but it has all kinds of practical exercises to do to help you look at various aspects of your life. It and my T are slowly chipping away at some of the negative beliefs I have about myself.

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