Self-Coaching

The simple, untold truth about anxiety and depression is that they are habits of insecurity—and, like all habits, they can be broken. In this new edition of the highly successful Self-Coaching, Dr. Joseph Luciani shows you how to change your way of thinking and develop a healthy, adaptive way of living through his proven Self-Talk strategy for coaching yourself back to health.

Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 Part I What Is Self-Coaching? 1. A New Self-Therapy 9 2. The Seven Principles of Self-Coached Healing 22 Part II The Problems Self-Coaching Can Heal 3. Getting to the Root of Your Problem 31 4. Depression 42 5. Anxiety 55 6. The Control-Sensitive Personality 65 7. Insecurity versus Self-Trust 80 Part III Self-coaching: The Program and How to Do It 8. Self-Talk 95 9. The Three Easy Steps of Self-Talk 106 10. Self-Talk: Follow-Through 130 11. Motivation 148 Part IV Self-coaching: Working with Specific Personality Types 12. Self-Coaching for Worrywarts 161 13. Self-Coaching for Hedgehogs 172 14. Self-Coaching for Turtles 185 15. Self-Coaching for Chameleons 199 16. Self-Coaching for Perfectionists 212 Part V Self-Coaching for Life 17. Saying Good-Bye to Anxiety and Depression 233 Appendix: Training Log Format 243 Index 249