Alice Boyes Books
Alice Boyes, PhD, is a former clinical psychologist and writer specializing in cognitive-behavioral therapy and emotional well-being. She contributes regularly to Psychology Today and is known for her accessible approach to mental health topics.
Known for: The Anxiety Toolkit: Strategies for Fine-Tuning Your Mind and Moving Past Your Stuck Points, The Healthy Mind Toolkit: Simple Strategies to Get Out of Your Own Way and Enjoy Your Life
Books by Alice Boyes
The Anxiety Toolkit: Strategies for Fine-Tuning Your Mind and Moving Past Your Stuck Points
In The Anxiety Toolkit, Dr. Alice Boyes translates evidence-based tools from cognitive-behavioral therapy into practical strategies for everyday life. The book provides actionable methods to manage an...
The Healthy Mind Toolkit: Simple Strategies to Get Out of Your Own Way and Enjoy Your Life
The Healthy Mind Toolkit offers practical cognitive-behavioral techniques to help readers overcome self-defeating habits and improve emotional well-being. Drawing on psychological research and clinica...
Key Insights from Alice Boyes
Understanding Anxiety Patterns
In my years of studying anxiety, one of the first things I came to appreciate is that our minds are master storytellers. They weave explanations, anticipate disasters, and create plausible but sometimes distorted interpretations of reality. Anxiety thrives on these distortions—what CBT calls 'cognit...
From The Anxiety Toolkit: Strategies for Fine-Tuning Your Mind and Moving Past Your Stuck Points
Recognizing Personal Triggers
Everyone’s anxiety has a fingerprint—distinct patterns of situations, sensations, and interpretations that set it off. Recognizing these personal triggers is a form of self-knowledge, and it’s foundational for change. Often, people think of triggers as external events—emails, deadlines, social encou...
From The Anxiety Toolkit: Strategies for Fine-Tuning Your Mind and Moving Past Your Stuck Points
Understanding Self-Sabotage
Self-sabotage often begins as self-protection. That’s the paradox I’ve seen so often in my work: the very instincts that evolve to keep us safe—protecting us from failure, rejection, or disappointment—can end up shrinking the space in which we live our lives. Perhaps perfectionism keeps you working ...
From The Healthy Mind Toolkit: Simple Strategies to Get Out of Your Own Way and Enjoy Your Life
Recognizing Cognitive Distortions
Cognitive distortions are the mind’s optical illusions. They’re habitual, exaggerated ways of interpreting the world that feel absolutely true while subtly distorting reality. You might notice yourself catastrophizing, jumping to conclusions, or disqualifying your successes. These distortions act li...
From The Healthy Mind Toolkit: Simple Strategies to Get Out of Your Own Way and Enjoy Your Life
About Alice Boyes
Alice Boyes, PhD, is a former clinical psychologist and writer specializing in cognitive-behavioral therapy and emotional well-being. She contributes regularly to Psychology Today and is known for her accessible approach to mental health topics.
Frequently Asked Questions
Alice Boyes, PhD, is a former clinical psychologist and writer specializing in cognitive-behavioral therapy and emotional well-being. She contributes regularly to Psychology Today and is known for her accessible approach to mental health topics.
Read Alice Boyes's books in 15 minutes
Get AI-powered summaries with key insights from 2 books by Alice Boyes.