The Growth Mindset Workbook: CBT Skills to Help You Build Resilience, Increase Confidence, and Thrive through Life’s Challenges by Elaine Elliott Moskwa with a forward by Carol S. Dweck
Elaine holds a PhD and did postdoctoral work at the Harvard School of Education. She trained in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) at the University of Pennsylvania. She helped to establish the CBT training program at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. Currently, she is president of the Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies.
A certainly important follow up book to Carol Dweck’s breakthrough work. This is a well received workbook providing great lessons to embrace personal growth. This workbook holds clear and actionable exercises based upon Elaine’s work as a student of Carol and clearly excels at Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
There is a mix of theory and actionable hands-on activities. This is based upon step-by-step guidance for shifting from a fixed to a growth mindset. Elaine is focusing on sustaining a growth mindset even when setbacks naturally develop. This should be recommended for anyone seeking to deepen self-awareness and develop lifelong mental skills. However to be fair Elaine is acknowledging this is not a substitute for clinical mental health treatments.
From education to implementation
The CBT skills presented appear to be effective when engaged with exercises and techniques molded into the daily routine. This workbook has a hands-on approach, to nudge readers to complete the exercises as they progress with their goals. This suggests it will helps further cement a firm understanding, leading to both immediate and lasting applications of CBT strategies.
Readers must first learn from the source: Carol’s Growth Mindset.
Ultimately Elaine is delivering lessons to move readers into the “growth mindset” which will certainly guide you to increase your ability or develop new attributes.
In conclusion, I found the effectiveness of the CBT skills linked to Carol’s work and therefore need to have the reader ready to practice in order to grow. Great read and really a must have for anyone who has transformed their life with Carol’s work.