SELF-HELP

Detox Your Thoughts: Quit Negative Self-Talk for Good & Discover the Life You’ve Always Wanted

by Andrea Bonoir

Chronicle Prism. May 2020. 256p. ISBN 9781452184876. $26.95. ;. SELF-HELP

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If you can’t change your situation, you can always change your thoughts about it. So says licensed clinical psychologist Bonoir, who writes to those whose worried, negative thoughts get in the way of their moods, relationships, and work. Using cognitive behavior therapy, acceptance and commitment therapies, Bonoir offers tools and techniques for overcoming common mental traps, such as thoughts that urge one to run from discomfort, seek approval over connection, and buy into the myth of arrival. She supports these suggestions through life stories, self-assessments, and practices that help readers neutralize the effects of stress, contradict negative thoughts, and build better habits.

VERDICT Bonoir synthesizes psychological concepts into understandable suggestions certain to help any reader reclaim a healthy state of thinking.

Reviewed by Deborah Bigelow , May 01, 2020

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