Overcoming perfectionism : a self-help guide using scientifically supported cognitive behaviourial techniques / Roz Shafran, Sarah Egan, and Tracey Wade.

Includes index.

Part One. Understanding Perfectionism.--Part Two. Overcoming Perfectionism: Learning to Change.

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. 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.