Self-Talk: Key to Personal Growth

by David Stoop

Book Overview

The brain processes 1,300 words a minute. No one speaks or writes at such a rate, but that is the speed at which people talk to themselves. People are more aware of the consequences of all those words... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800755936
• ISBN13: 9780800755935
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company
• Length: 193 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher

Customer Reviews

Brilliant

I LOVED this book!! I found myself underlining, circling, and putting stars everywhere! I couldn't take notes fast enough. Way to go, Stoop! :)

Principles Still Working

I read this book about 10 years ago and it literally changed my life. I was given valuable tools to help me excel in many areas of life. I am now ordering it for my 51 year old husband who is facing a career change. I highly recommend the book for people ready for a positive change.

An Absolute Must for Those in Recovery

This book has absolutely turned my whole life around. It has given me a complete new outlook on my recovery from drugs and alcohol. It has brought to light that drugs and alcohol were not my main problem, but the way I thought about myself. After reading this book, and applying it to my life, I am a new person. I now see myself in a totally different light. There is power in words--especially the words we speak to ourselves. We become what we say we are.

Excellent resource for Christian Counselors

I found this book to be an excellent resource in my profession as a Christian Counselor. It integrates cognitive theory with Christian principles, in a clear and easy to understand manner. I have also recommended this book to my clients, who have also found it to be helpful.

Excellent resource for Christian counselees and therapists.

As a cognitive Christian therapist, I have discovered the "self-talk" approach to be very effective. It is not only backed by research, but it is biblically based. Dr. Stoop does a good job in boiling down a lot of cognitive therapy concepts and biblical psychology into a very practical and easy-to-follow book for counselors and counselees alike. I wish I wrote it.