Reinventing Your Life : The Breakthough Program to End Negative Behavior... and Feel Great Again

by Young, Jeffrey E.; Klosko, Janet S.; Beck, Aaron T.

• ISBN13: 9780452272040
• ISBN10: 0452272041
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-05-01
• Publisher: Plume

Summary

Two of America's leading psychologists, Jeffrey E. Young, Ph.D., and Janet S. Klosko, Ph.D., show readers how to free themselves from negative life patterns. Written with compassion as well as clinical insight, this thought-provoking book guides readers through the process of identifying "life traps." For example, "Do you put the needs of others before your own? Are you drawn into relationships with people who are self-centered, cold to you, misunderstand you, or use you? Do you feel inadequate compared to people around you?" Followed by an engaging discussion that makes use of case studies, this book can help people change their lives by stopping the cycle of self-destruction.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. XI
Preface	p. XIII
Lifetraps	p. 1
Which Lifetraps Do You Have?	p. 14
Understanding Lifetraps	p. 23
Surrender, Escape, and Counterattack	p. 35
How Lifetraps Change	p. 42
"Please Don't Leave Me!": The Abandonment Lifetrap	p. 58
"I Cant' Trust You": The Mistrust and Abuse Lifetrap	p. 83
"I'll Never Get the Love I Need": The Emotional Deprivation Lifetrap	p. 109
"I Don't Fit In": The Social Exclusion Lifetrap	p. 129
"I Can't Make It on My Own": The Dependence Lifetrap	p. 155
"Catastrophe Is About to Strike": The Vulnerability Lifetrap	p. 184
"I'm Worthless": The Defectiveness Lifetrap	p. 207
"I Feel Like Such a Failure": The Failure Lifetrap	p. 239
"I Always Do It Your Way!": The Subjugation Lifetrap	p. 258
"It's Never Quite Good Enough": The Unrelenting Standards Lifetrap	p. 294
"I Can Have Whatever I Want": The Entitlement Lifetrap	p. 314
A Philosophy of Change	p. 341
References	p. 353
Index	p. 355
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