Snap Out Of It!

By Herbert S. Cohen

Book Overview

A psychotherapist presents an easy six-step program to banishing bad habits, addictions, and negative thoughts. The book includes a wrist band to serve as reminder, crutch, and coach. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871318962
• ISBN13: 9780871318961
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: M. Evans and Company
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Outside the coloring lines

Snap Out Of It is the only "self-help" book I've even picked up much less read and interacted with since I was pregnant with my 1st child 33 years ago BUT, this one snagged me. The writer is gifted; the book is fun and makes you step outside the coloring lines for a fresh dip of zest whenever you pick it up. I find it healthy to keep around because ruts can feel safe, yet I know that snapping out of them is invigorating and nourishing. Bravo to the author; this is a fun read. A unique gift item too.

Snap Out of It!

Herbert S. Cohen, E.D.D., presents six steps for "banishing bad habits, addictions, and negative thoughts, in his book, Snap Out of It!. Dr. Cohen bases his steps on information learned in more than twenty-five years as a practicing psychotherapist. He's also a certified family and marriage therapist and an expert in stress management. Dr. Cohen says that "one of the great truths I have found is that human beings can change." He admits that change can be difficult, but we all have the potential to make successful changes in our lives. Change is easier when it can be broken into smaller steps, allowing us to feel success as we progress. His steps are based on a process called "thought-stopping," a technique that's been in use since 1958. He says the first step is to decide what you want to change, and he very strongly recommends changing only one habit at a time. He offers a questionnaire that will help with clarifying just what your goal is and determining reasonable changes. It never works if you're trying to follow someone else's goal. That is, if your goal is to quit smoking, it must be because you really want to do so and not because someone else wants you to. Dr. Cohen provides an elastic band with his book, and his next steps involve wearing the band on your wrist. Whenever you find yourself doing whatever it is that you've decided you no longer want to do, you snap the band while telling yourself "No!" That's called thought-stopping. The next step is to learn to relax, because changing your behavior can be stressful. Then while relaxed, you engage in some positive self-talk. Dr. Cohen provides several examples of how negative thoughts can be made more positive, saying that sometimes it can be as easy as changing the way the thought is phrased. Dr. Cohen says that people are often resistant to change, because on one level, they're comfortable with the way they've always been. The best way to overcome that resistance is to have a clear and simple plan. Snap Out of It! presents six easy steps that readers can use successfully to make the self-improvement changes they desire.

Snap out of it is a snap

I highly reccommend this book. It is easy to read and provides excellent examples that I could relate to. By wearing the band that comes with the book I was constantly aware of my goal to break my bad habit and it worked!