Brilliant Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, 2nd Edition

Stage one: precontemplation

During the pre-contemplation stage, most people are not really prepared to admit to themselves they might have a problem. You may have a sense that something isn’t right, but are certainly not quite ready to do anything about it. At this point you will rely on a whole raft of strategies including denial, self-justification and cognitive biases to avoid the issue. So what if you still smoke 50 a day? A few decades ago everyone smoked … Some people might say that spending four hours in the gym everyday was too much but we all know exercise is good for you and anyway the pounds are just dropping off … The best thing you can do for yourself at this point is to become more aware of the distortions in your thinking and stop ...