Prisoners of Belief: Exposing and Changing Beliefs That Control Your Life

by Patrick Fanning, Matthew McKay PhD

Overview

Belief is ultimately the key to happiness. Your most deeply held core beliefs are the bedrock of your personality. They determine your feelings of worth, competence, belonging, lovability, security, trust, and self-reliance. Negative core beliefs can imprison you behind bars of conviction.

Written by the authors of Self-Esteem, this book shows you how to become a personal scientist, test your core beliefs objectively, subtly shift your more negative convictions, and escape from the prison of belief to a freer, more satisfying life.

"A book that will help people come face-to-face with core beliefs, and examine and challenge them. This new approach has the potential to help many whose lives are darkened by negative beliefs about themselves and the world."
—Martha Davis, PhD, Psychiatry Department, Kaiser-Permanente Medical Center, Santa Clara, California

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781879237049
Publisher:	New Harbinger Publications
Publication date:	07/01/1991
Series:	Unassigned Series
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Patrick Fanning is a professional writer in the mental health field, and founder of a men’s support group in Northern California. He has authored and coauthored twelve self-help books, including Self-Esteem, Thoughts and Feelings, Couple Skills, and Mind and Emotions.

Matthew McKay, PhD, is a professor at the Wright Institute in Berkeley, CA. He has authored and coauthored numerous books, including The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook, Self-Esteem, and Couple Skills, which have sold more than a million copies combined. He received his PhD in clinical psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology, and specializes in the cognitive behavioral treatment of anxiety and depression.

Editorial Reviews

"A book that will help people come face-to-face with core beliefs, and examine and challenge them. This new approach has the potential to help many whose lives are darkened by negative beliefs about themselves and the world."
—Martha Davis, PhD, Psychiatry Department, Kaiser-Permanente Medical Center, Santa Clara, California

Martha Davis