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Matthew McKay
Author · 35 books

Matthew McKay, PhD, is a professor of psychology at the Wright Institute in Berkeley, and author of more than 30 professional psychology and self-help books which have sold a combined total of more than 3 million copies. He is co-founder of independent self-help publisher, New Harbinger Publications. He was the clinical director of Haight Ashbury Psychological Services in San Francisco for twenty five years. He is current director of the Berkeley CBT Clinic. An accomplished novelist and poet, his poetry has appeared in two volumes from Plum Branch Press and in more than sixty literary magazines. His most recent novel, Wawona Hotel, was published by Boaz Press in 2008.

Books

The Interpersonal Problems Workbook book cover

The Interpersonal Problems Workbook

ACT to End Painful Relationship Patterns

2013

Messages book cover

Messages

The Communication Skills Book

1983

Your Life on Purpose book cover

Your Life on Purpose

How to Find What Matters and Create the Life You Want

2010

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Interpersonal Problems book cover

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Interpersonal Problems

Using Mindfulness, Acceptance, and Schema Awareness to Change Interpersonal Behaviors

2012

The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Diary book cover

The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Diary

Monitoring Your Emotional Regulation Day by Day

2011

Pocket Therapy for Emotional Balance book cover

Pocket Therapy for Emotional Balance

Quick DBT Skills to Manage Intense Emotions

2020

Self-Esteem book cover

Self-Esteem

1987

Thirty-Minute Therapy for Anxiety book cover

Thirty-Minute Therapy for Anxiety

Everything You Need To Know in the Least Amount of Time

2011

The Luminous Landscape of the Afterlife book cover

The Luminous Landscape of the Afterlife

Jordan's Message to the Living on What to Expect after Death

2021

The Stress Relief Guided Journal book cover

The Stress Relief Guided Journal

Your Space to Let Go of Tension and Relax in 5 Minutes a Day

2023

Thoughts and Feelings book cover

Thoughts and Feelings

Taking Control of Your Moods and Your Life

1981

Emotion Efficacy Therapy book cover

Emotion Efficacy Therapy

A Brief, Exposure-Based Treatment for Emotion Regulation Integrating ACT and DBT

2016

Us book cover

Us

2012

The Anger Toolkit book cover

The Anger Toolkit

Quick Tools to Manage Intense Emotions and Keep Your Cool

2010

The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Card Deck book cover

The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Card Deck

52 Practices to Balance Your Emotions Every Day

2019

How to Communicate book cover

How to Communicate

The Ultimate Guide to Improving Your Personal and Professional Relationships

1995

Healing Emotional Pain Workbook book cover

Healing Emotional Pain Workbook

Process-Based CBT Tools for Moving Beyond Sadness, Fear, Worry, and Shame to Discover Peace and Resilience

2022

Emotsionaalse intelligentsuse tööraamat. Ladusam suhtlemine, tugevamad suhted book cover

Emotsionaalse intelligentsuse tööraamat. Ladusam suhtlemine, tugevamad suhted

2024

The Anger Control Workbook book cover

The Anger Control Workbook

2000

The CBT Anxiety Solution Workbook book cover

The CBT Anxiety Solution Workbook

A Breakthrough Treatment for Overcoming Fear, Worry, and Panic

2017

The Self-Esteem Companion book cover

The Self-Esteem Companion

Simple Exercises to Help You Challenge Your Inner Critic and Celebrate Your Personal Strengths

1999

The New Happiness book cover

The New Happiness

Practices for Spiritual Growth and Living with Intention

2019

When Anger Hurts book cover

When Anger Hurts

Quieting the Storm Within

1989

Mind and Emotions book cover

Mind and Emotions

A Universal Treatment for Emotional Disorders

2011

The Little Book of Relaxation and Stress Reduction book cover

The Little Book of Relaxation and Stress Reduction

2007

The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook book cover

The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook

Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, …

2007

Seeking Jordan book cover

Seeking Jordan

How I Learned the Truth about Death and the Invisible Universe

2016

When Anger Hurts Your Kids book cover

When Anger Hurts Your Kids

A Parent's Guide

1996

Freeing Yourself from the Prison of the Mind book cover

Freeing Yourself from the Prison of the Mind

2007

Neural Path Therapy book cover

Neural Path Therapy

How to Change Your Brain's Response to Anger, Fear, Pain, and Desire

2005

The ACT Workbook for Depression and Shame book cover

The ACT Workbook for Depression and Shame

Overcome Thoughts of Defectiveness and Increase Well-Being Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

2020

The Self-Esteem Guided Journal book cover

The Self-Esteem Guided Journal

2005

Why? book cover

Why?

What Your Life Is Telling You about Who You Are and Why You're Here

2013

Prisoners of Belief book cover

Prisoners of Belief

Exposing & Changing Beliefs That Control Your Life

1991

The Commitment Dialogues book cover

The Commitment Dialogues

2005

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