Telling Yourself the Truth: Find Your Way Out of Depression, Anxiety, Fear, Anger, and Other Common Problems by Applying the Principles of Misbelief Therapy

William Backus, Marie Chapian

Bethany House, Feb 1, 2000 - Religion - 224 pages

Most of What Happens in Your Life Happens Because of the Way You Think.



Wrong thinking produces wrong emotions, wrong reactions, wrong behavior--and unhappiness! Learning to deal with your thoughts is the first step on the road to healthy thinking.



How to handle one's thoughts properly is what this book is all about! It explains the life-changing method the authors call Misbelief Therapy, and it can work for you--





In your home

In your own circumstances

In your own problems

In your own adverse environment

In your own thinking





Based on the Bible, this book has helped thousands of people for many years, and it can help you!

Telling Yourself the Truth can show you how to identify your own misbeliefs and replace them with the truth.



Also available: the corresponding Telling Yourself the Truth study guide.

Winner of the Gold Book Award (500,000 copies sold),

Winner of the Gold Medallion Award (ECPA), which recognizes excellence in evangelical Christian literature

Contents

• What Is Misbelief?: 13
• Do We Really Want to Be Happy?: 23
• Misbelief in SelfTalk: 28
• Misbelief in Depression: 36
• Misbelief in Anger: 46
• Misbelief in Anxiety: 63
• Misbelief in Lack of SelfControl: 78
• Misbelief in SelfHate: 103
• Misbelief in Fear of Change: 115
• Misbelief in Never Taking a Chance: 126
• Misbelief in Our Relationships With Others: 139
• Misbelief in Being Indispensable: 150
• More Misbeliefs Guaranteed to Make You Miserable: 159
• What Must I Do to Be Miserable?: 173
• Study Guide: 183

About the author

William Backus, PhD, founded the Center for Christian Psychological Services. Before his death in 2005, he was a licensed clinical psychologist and an ordained Lutheran clergyman. He wrote many books, including What Your Counselor Never Told You.




Dr. Backus has conducted follow-up studies of his clients, which show a 95 percent improvement rate, compared to a 67 percent success rate for other methods of therapy. The difference, Dr. Backus says, is "the truth of God as revealed in the Word."



In addition, he serves as an assistant pastor on the staff of North Heights Lutheran Church, Roseville, Minnesota, where he has founded and directed a lay-staffed free counseling clinic. He and his wife live in Minnesota.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Telling Yourself the Truth: Find Your Way Out of Depression, Anxiety, Fear, Anger, and Other Common Problems by Applying the Principles of Misbelief Therapy
• Authors: William Backus, Marie Chapian
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Bethany House, 2000
• ISBN: 1441211012, 9781441211019
• Length: 224 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Christian Living / General; Religion / Christian Living / Personal Growth; Religion / Christian Ministry / Counseling & Recovery