Books by Jeff Tierney

A master guide to social skills instruction, this fourth edition features thirteen new social skills that address issues related to personal autonomy, law enforcement interactions, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Special attention is given to helping educators and caregivers develop their cultural competence and better understand every child's self-identity. The manual now features 196 skills and focuses on the importance of teaching social skills to youth of all ages, the elements of social behavior (task and behavior analysis), individual and group teaching techniques, generalization of skills, the role of skill-based interventions for difficult youth problems, and the Boys Town Social Skills Curriculum itself.

Do you find yourself often feeling anxious, unmotivated, depressed, or feeling negative about yourself? Is it so often that it is beginning to impact your day-to-day life? Have you wondered if your feelings are normal, but you feel too ashamed to ask those close to you about their own experiences, and you are unable or unwilling to speak to a therapist? Are your negative emotions causing you to react disproportionately when you are faced with a challenging situation? Do you wish you could change your way of thinking into something more conducive to living a fulfilled life? If you can answer yes to even one of these questions, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: A Guide to Overcoming Anxiety, Negative Thinking, and Depression has arrived to help you.This book will be your comprehensive introduction into the wonders of cognitive behavioral therapy, teaching you how you can control your feelings and behaviors by altering your ways of thinking and challenging any thoughts that have become distorted.  You will learn about the constant feedback loop between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, discovering how your thoughts influence your feelings, which influence your behavior. By learning this key fact, you will be ready to unlock the methods of influencing your thoughts into something positive and productive. This method can be used to alleviate symptoms from nearly any mental health issue, and this book will take a particular focus on correcting anxiety, depression, and general negative thinking.Through no-nonsense descriptions and examples, this book will guide you through understanding what cognitive behavioral therapy is and how it is so beneficial. It will also provide you with insight into what mental health issues can do to your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. You will learn how cognitive behavioral therapy can be a valuable asset to changing your life, and you will learn the skills to complete this process, all from the comfort of your own home!  These skills you will learn will provide you with a mental toolbox that is armed to fix many of life’s various traumas you will inevitably face, and will provide you with the option to follow these steps without requiring you to leave home. 

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy:Do you find yourself often feeling anxious, unmotivated, depressed, or feeling negative about yourself? Is it so often that it is beginning to impact your day-to-day life? Have you wondered if your feelings are normal, but you feel too ashamed to ask those close to you about their own experiences, and you are unable or unwilling to speak to a therapist? Are your negative emotions causing you to react disproportionately when you are faced with a challenging situation? Do you wish you could change your way of thinking into something more conducive to living a fulfilled life? If you can answer yest to even one of these questions, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: A Guide to Overcoming Anxiety, Negative Thinking, and Depression has arrived to help you.This book will be your comprehensive introduction into the wonders of cognitive behavioral therapy, teaching you how you can control your feelings and behaviors by altering your ways of thinking and challenging any thoughts that have become distorted.  You will learn about the constant feedback loop between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, discovering how your thoughts influence your feelings, which influence your behavior. By learning this key fact, you will be ready to unlock the methods of influencing your thoughts into something positive and productive. This method can be used to alleviate symptoms from nearly any mental health issue, and this book will take a focus on correcting anxiety, depression, and general negative thinking.Manipulation:Manipulation is all around. Advertisements manipulate us to buy health and beauty products that we don’t need. Companies manipulate us to take jobs with the promises of big sign on bonuses that they don’t always honor. Parents manipulate their children to eat their veggies by promising them big muscles, toys, or money.Manipulation, for the most part, is dangerous. It hurts people. It tricks people into doing things that they don’t want to. Some manipulation is worse than others. A parent manipulating their children into eating veggies isn’t as bad a spouse tricking their partner into participating in something that they don’t want to.This book is here to help learn exactly what it means to be manipulated and what you can do about it.