Book Review-Choosing to Live: how to Defeat Suicide Through Cognitive Therapy, by T E Ellis & C F Newman

This book is written directly to suicidal persons & takes them through a step-by-step understanding & cognitive restructuring of suicide as a desperate attempt to solve life’s problems. Through a number of cognitive, emotional & social-skill building homework exercises, the authors engage & teach suicidal persons rational problem solving, analytical decision making, emotion modulation & impulse control. The bibliotherapeutic use of the exercises complement a cognitive treatment plan.