CBT At Work For Dummies

Packed with useful tips that make it easy to incorporate CBT—Cognitive Behavioral Therapy— into your working day, CBT at Work For Dummies helps you reap the benefits of a more focused working life. You'll discover how integrating CBT at work promotes improved productivity and concentration, lower staff turnover, enhanced employer/employee and client relationships, reduced cost of staff absenteeism caused by illness, injury, stress, and more.

An alarming number of individuals in the UK and across the globe suffer from work-related stress, some to the point of experiencing illness. The good news is, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy—often associated with treating acute mental health conditions—is finding its way into the workplace, where it's being used as a way to combat one of the most common occupational health issues: stress. In this friendly and accessible guide, you'll find everything you need to put CBT into practice today, whether you're in charge of managing employee wellness or just want to find a positive and productive way to get through the workday yourself.

• Answers the call of business leaders seeking creative solutions to enhance productivity and minimize the effects of stress in the workplace
• Offers employees trusted ways to be more effective in the workplace while reducing personal stress levels
• Arms learning and development professionals with the know-how to apply mindfulness meditation in the workplace
• Details the benefits of making CBT a part of your business plan

If you're an employer looking to get the best out of your staff or an employee interested in reducing stress and anxiety whilst achieving an enhanced performance at work, CBT at Work For Dummies can help.

Introduction 1

Part I: Getting Started with CBT at Work 7

Chapter 1: Reducing Your Anxieties at Work with CBT 9

Chapter 2: Discovering How CBT Works 19

Chapter 3: Using CBT to Change Unhelpful Thinking 33

Chapter 4: Working in Healthy Ways 47

Part II: Benefits, Bonuses and Added Value for All 61

Chapter 5: Looking after Yourself at Work 63

Chapter 6: Impressing Employers with Your Professional Integrity 79

Chapter 7: Putting CBT to Work . . . at Work! 97

Part III: Working with CBT (Work and You) 115

Chapter 8: Feeling Positive about Your Work 117

Chapter 9: Matching Your Personality to Your Job 131

Chapter 10: Creating Your Own Philosophy for Work 147

Chapter 11: Exploring Your Relationships at Work 161

Part IV: Using CBT in Your Organisation 175

Chapter 12: Taking Action! Implementing CBT at Work 177

Chapter 13: Seeing CBT as a Positive Force in the Workplace 197

Chapter 14: Communicating the Benefits of CBT to Other People 213

Chapter 15: Introducing CBT Methods to Your Organisation 231

Part V: Next Steps and the Future 255

Chapter 16: Transferring Your CBT Practice to New Situations 257

Chapter 17: Adapting to the Inevitable Changes at Work 271

Chapter 18: Revising and Maximising Your Work Opportunities 281

Chapter 19: Exploring Additional Practices for Health and Wellbeing 291

Part VI: The Part of Tens 301

Chapter 20: Ten Top Tips to Train You in CBT 303

Chapter 21: Ten Pointers to Maintain Your CBT Practice 311

Chapter 22: Ten Tips for Maximising Success in the Workplace 319

Chapter 23: Ten Invaluable Ideas for CBT Resources 327

Index 333

Gill Garratt, M.A. Psychol., M.A. Prof. Writing, B.Ed. Hons, Senior Accred. REBT Therapist is an accredited psychotherapist in the U.K. who specialises in using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in the workplace. She has 30 years experience in the public and private sectors both in the U.K. and internationally. Gill has incorporated CBT into individual and group training in a wide variety of workplace settings.

Learn to:

• Look after yourself at work
• Solve work problems using CBT
• Implement CBT in your organisation
• Create a great workplace philosophy

Nip workplace stress in the bud with CBT

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is finding its way into the workplace, where it's being used to combat one of the most common occupational health issues: stress. In this friendly guide, you'll find everything you need to put CBT into practise today, whether you're in charge of managing employee wellness or want to find a positive way to get through the workday yourself.

• The ABCs of CBT — find out what CBT is and understand how changing the way you think at work can change your overall experience
• Practise good self care — discover the importance of valuing yourself, treating yourself with respect and investing in your overall health
• Take your CBT toolkit to work — identify problem areas that need attention, whether your job atmosphere evokes feelings of anger, anxiety, fear, embarrassment or depression — or anything in between
• Find the light — use CBT to increase your positive interactions, put your job in perspective and create a more productive philosophy
• Lead by example — apply CBT methods and strategies to your organisation and confidently teach CBT in workshops and seminars

Open the book and find:

• Steps for implementing CBT in your organisation
• How to be an ambassador for acceptable behaviour
• A look at workplace-based case studies
• How to use CBT to manage change
• Holistic work practises for overall health and well being
• Pointers for maintaining your CBT practises
• Additional resources to help you