CHRISTINE YAROSH, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has more than 25 years of experience helping people heal, grow, and find greater life balance. Learn more about her work at liblafayette.com.
"""Dr. Yarosh has built a unique framework of confident expectancy within which readers may discover certain success while weathering their highly personal struggles. The book explores intangible concepts with remarkable lucidity, engaging vignettes, and examples with which every reader will identify. Dr. Yarosh is gently yet relentlessly encouraging. Her mastery of cognitive behavioral therapy is bolstered at every juncture with practical tools drawn from the disciplines of mindfulness and yoga. There is so much here for every reader seeking a stronger footing in life."" -- Linton S. Holsenbeck, MD, Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and Practicing Psychiatrist ""Dr. Yarosh has written an engaging and highly accessible CBT workbook that deftly combines neuroscience concepts with practical real-world examples and exercises. This would be an excellent first-choice workbook for both beginners and experienced practitioners of CBT."" -- Matthew P. White, MD, Director of Medical Affairs, Sutter Health ""Dr. Yarosh's workbook will not disappoint the reader! A genuinely user-friendly guide, Dr. Yarosh has written a timely, gentle, embraceable, understandable, and engaging treatise bridging both CBT and self-esteem. Readers will gain ample and meaningful personal insights broadened by her heartfelt and uniquely engaging writing style."" -- James W. Kenshalo, LCSW, California Task Force to Promote Self-Esteem and Personal and Social Responsibility ""What a great book! This is a thoughtfully written and easy-to-follow guide to self-improvement."" -- Yehonatan Borenstein, MD Psychiatry"