Shelf Help: CBT at home

That uncertainty is a fact of human life sounded like a cliché to many until recently—it doesn’t anymore. Every day, millions across the world are waking up to news of death, contagion, economic crisis and medical emergencies. Isolation at home, alone or with others, is necessary but also a situation rife for worries. In Show Your Anxiety Who’s Boss (New Harbinger Publications, $16.95, or around ₹1,290), released this month, clinical psychologist Joel Minden offers A Three-Step CBT Program to Help You Reduce Anxious Thoughts And Worry. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, or CBT, is a tried and tested method, recommended globally. In self-isolation, it may be the voice of reason to calm your racing thoughts.

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