Making Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Work

This really is a manual for new practitioners, as in people who are entirely new to the profession as a whole. In that sense, this book may be helpful for anyone just starting out in the field regardless of therapy specialty. Most of the guidance here is relevant (and helpful!) to all young and new therapists. It is focused around CBT, but as someone who is really trying to learn CBT, this isn't the book for that. Which makes this frustrating. I'm not sure exactly who this book is for. It doesn't have enough CBT education to be the main book for people trying to learn CBT to a decent level of competence, but it also is geared towards people just starting out in their career. It would be a good supplement to a more robust CBT textbook, where would serve to focus on the nitty gritty of practice. In that case, the tone and way of writing is extremely helpful and engaging. I like it. I really wanted this book to be more helpful. And for some, it could be.