Is your stress threatening to take over your life?

Beat Stress with CBT is a clear, hands-on, practical guide to dealing with stress in every situation. It uses an effective, drug-free approach - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy - that will give you lasting support and solutions to your stress.

Using CBT, you can identify your reaction to stressful situations, and pick out the aspects of your life or personality which feel uncontrollable. This book will give you a straightforward method of measuring and reducing your stress levels, and help you to tackle the related problems such as poor sleep, anxiety, depression or disordered eating or drinking. Using a mixture of immediate solutions and long-term strategies, CBT will help you rework your mindset and find a healthier, less stressful way of life.

Stephen Palmer (London, UK) is founder of the Centre for Stress Management and honorary professor of psychology at City University, and a coaching trainer and consultant . He is author or editor of over 25 books, and an expert on BBC1's The Stress Test.

Christine Wilding (Sussex, UK) is a human resource practicioner and psychotherapist.