Transforming Negative Self-Talk: Practical, Effective Exercises

Provides exercises and strategies to control and maintain a positive and empowering spin on negative inner chatter, including how to change the location, tempo, tone or volume to change the meaning of self-critical thoughts.
Provides exercises and strategies to use to control and maintain a positive and empowering spin on persistent negative inner chatter, including how to change the location, tempo, tone or volume to change the meaning of self-critical thoughts. Original.
Critical internal self-talk (e.g., "I'm a loser") can lead to anxiety, depression, and obsessive-compulsive thoughts. Following an overview of the negative and positive aspects of self-talk, a private practitioner in Boulder, Colorado, presents case examples and exercises for harnessing these inner voices for their beneficial effects. For example, talking back to these messages or pairing them with music can alter their tone and lead to self-acceptance. Andreas is the author of Change Your Mind and Keep the Change and other books. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
A toolkit of practical strategies for managing intrusive, negative ?self-talk and how you respond to it.
Hearing a judgmental or disapproving internal narrative is a very common mental health complaint, and not always a sign of schizophrenia or another serious diagnosis. Persistent inner chatter and rumination can lead to depression, anxiety, phobias, trauma, obsessive-compulsive thoughts, and more. In this unique collection of practical, take-charge strategies, the author reveals how self-critical voices can actually be altered and used to your own advantage.Rather than changing the words themselves, Steve Andreas’s approach is to change how the words are spoken through specific, easy-to-implement techniques, such as changing the location of the voice; its distance from you; its tempo, tone, or volume; and much more. Unlike most therapies that advocate talking back or ignoring it, this guide offers exercises for viewing our self-talk as a useful and productive indicator of our emotions, and shows us how to take control of them in a more meaningful way.
Hearing a judgmental or disapproving internal narrative is a very common mental health complaint, and not always a sign of schizophrenia or another serious diagnosis. Persistent inner chatter and rumination can lead to depression, anxiety, phobias, trauma, obsessive-compulsive thoughts, and more. In this unique collection of practical, take-charge strategies, the author reveals how self-critical voices can actually be altered and used to your own advantage.Rather than changing the words themselves, Steve Andreas’s approach is to change how the words are spoken through specific, easy-to-implement techniques, such as changing the location of the voice; its distance from you; its tempo, tone, or volume; and much more. Unlike most therapies that advocate talking back or ignoring it, this guide offers exercises for viewing our self-talk as a useful and productive indicator of our emotions, and shows us how to take control of them in a more meaningful way.