Overcoming Perfectionism 2nd Edition, Roz Shafran
Overcoming Perfectionism 2nd Edition, Roz Shafran
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Overcoming Perfectionism 2nd Edition
A self-help guide using scientifically supported cognitive behavioural techniques

Author: Roz Shafran, Sarah Egan, Tracey Wade

Narrator: Amy Lyddon, Steph Bower

Unabridged: 8 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/30/2021


Synopsis

How to break the circle of 'never good enough'

Striving for something can be a healthy and positive attribute; it's good to aim high. But sometimes whatever we do just isn't good enough; we want to be too perfect and start setting unrealistic goals.

Such high levels of perfectionism, often driven by low self-esteem, can turn against success and develop into unhealthy obsession, triggering serious mental-health problems, such as anxiety, depression and eating disorders. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), on which this self-help book is based, has been found to be a highly effective treatment and provides relief from that disabling sense of not being good enough.

In this essential self-help guide, you will learn:

- How clinical perfectionism manifests itself
- Effective coping strategies with invaluable guidance on how to avoid future relapse

OVERCOMING self-help guides use clinically-proven techniques to treat long-standing and disabling conditions, both psychological and physical. Many guides in the Overcoming series are recommended under the Reading Well Books on Prescription scheme.

Series Editor: Professor Peter Cooper

About Roz Shafran

Roz Shafran is Professor of Translational Psychology at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health. She is a clinical psychologist and has extensive clinical and research expertise in cognitive behavioural theory and treatment of psychological disorders across the age range. She has co-authored three self-help books and one edited book including Overcoming Perfectionism, The CBT Handbook and The Complete CBT Guide for Anxiety; she has written over 250 peer-reviewed publications. She has three children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Paçimuçka on August 13, 2020

Overcoming Perfectionism is an overall good,but repetitive and a little bit unpractical book. The content, the roots of perfectionism, what feeds it etc. are very helpful to understand your own ideas and actions. However many sentences and arguments repeat in nearly every chapter, at some point it g......more

Goodreads review by Naila on January 11, 2024

Sebagai seseorang yang sering merasa sedih ketika apa yang aku lakukan kurang memuaskan menurutku pribadi, buku ini cukup menarik. Lewat buku ini aku menjadi tahu apakah aku termasuk seseorang yang perfectionist atau tidak. Buku ini bersifat interaktif karena tidak hanya berisi tentang teori, namun......more

Goodreads review by Maryam on February 12, 2017

Well, even with all the time I took, I still didn't finish it. I think of it as a book that can give you the general concept on overcoming perfectionism. I felt like it could be more practical, with more practices, and with a more detailed and -well, practical- description.......more

Goodreads review by Mohammad on April 17, 2021

I think the writer is also suffering from perfectionism! Plenty of tables and instructions is confusable!......more

Goodreads review by Riccardo on August 23, 2019

Perfectionism is a common feature of an array of disorders- eating disorders, anxiety disorders, OCD and OCPD. Cognitive behavioral theory sees it as being characterized by various cognitive distortions. The book gives a reasonable summary of CBT theory and treatment. It is somewhat dry as far as pe......more