Cognitive behavioural theraphy has firmly established itself as the world's best-known and most effective form of self-help and personal development. At the heartof this book lies a simple but profoundly useful insight: most people trying to undergo some kind of personal change are not prepared for the discomford present at the beginning of the process pf change. Such discomfort sometimes causes them to sabotage their own efforts. This book makes the most of cognitive behavioural therapy techniques to help the reader deal with that discomfort - and go on to make the changes they seek.