Self-improvement & Bibliotherapy

When you read this you’ll discover . . .  

“How enlightened, happy, fulfilled people are living the life of their dreams doing what you aren’t”

(All based on proven theories of counseling and psychotherapy!)

Dear friend,

Are you truly happy?  Well are you? That’s a legitimate question you know. Experts estimate that 30 million Americans are unhappy and depressed.  Granted, some people have a biological problem.  Nevertheless, I think you’ll agree that a high number of people don’t suffer from a Prozac deficiency!  What they do suffer from is a distinct lack of knowledge about how to change their own behavior.  In fact, many --if not most of them-- are downright clueless.  Many folks turn to . . .

Self help books loaded with inaccurate and harmful information that could prove downright deadly!

In the 1980’s I co-authored a journal article in which we actually discovered that some self-improvement books gave information that was downright deadly.  After the article appeared I didn’t really do anything with the information until I was contacted many years later by a well-known counselor named Dr. Joseph W. Hollis.  Maybe you’ve heard of Joe.

The catalyst for positive mental health was the late, great counselor educator Dr. Joseph W. Hollis

Joe was a prince of a guy and a true leader in the helping professions. Joe died recently and his notoriety was such that Counseling Today, the Newsletter for the American Counseling Association (ACA), ran his death as a front-page story.  I was honored to be quoted in the story and Joe’s wife Marcey later wrote me to thank me for the kind words. Joe actually started an ACA Division, had been a Professor of Counseling, and even owned a large company that only published counseling books.

When Joe owned his book publishing company (Accelerated Development, Inc.) he would travel the U.S. putting up book displays at all the major conferences devoted to counseling and psychotherapy.  He loved rubbing elbows with counselors and chewing the fat with them about the art and science of helping others.

One day when I opened my afternoon mail I found a long letter from Joe.  Joe always penned his letters in his own handwriting.  He never used a typewriter or a computer.  That was his trademark and you always knew the letter was really from him and not ghost written by an assistant or sent via an auto e-mail responder.

Joe told me that again and again . . . in conference after conference . . . counselors approached him and wanted an easy-to-comprehend self-help book.  But unlike many of the books on the shelves:  they wanted a book that they wouldn’t be embarrassed to give their clients.  It had to be short, sweet, and to the point.  “No fluff,” Joe insisted.  “I mean zero.”  The book had to be based on ethical, psychotherapeutic principles from the world’s greatest theorists, but it had to be easy enough to understand, so that virtually anybody with no background in the field could benefit from the ideas

I was extremely flattered when Joe chose me as his co-author!

As I read the letter I found myself nodding to myself that Joe (per usual) was right on target.  This book was a necessity.  Nevertheless, what came next was a pleasant surprise.  Joe had published a couple of my books (Not With My Life I Don’t, Preventing Your Suicide And That Of Others and the first edition of the Encyclopedia of Counseling) and he liked my engaging, conversational style. He knew that my lively presentations to over 100,000 people had made me one of the most popular mental health speakers in the Midwest.  Joe therefore insisted that I co-author the book with him.  I did.

Joe chose the name Help Yourself to Positive Mental Health to piggyback on the presidential idea at the time that we take charge of our own health.

Positive Mental Health Is Born!

The World Wide Web was first getting off the ground and America Online (AOL) featured this book as an AOL Psych Online Cover Story on three separate occasions!  I was told that this was a record, but I have no idea if that was really the case.

I immediately began using our book Help Yourself to Positive Mental Health in the Theories and Skills classes I was teaching.  College students loved the book and were using many of the techniques on themselves . . . often ridding themselves of bad habits in just days!  A sociology teacher read and loved the book and made it a requirement in her popular Human Relations class. Another teacher saw it and added it to her reading list.  Moreover, I began to receive letters and e-mails from folks who said they were giving a friend or loved one a copy of Help Yourself to Positive Mental Health instead of another necktie or perhaps a gift certificate to the local mall.

THE BOOK RECEIVES THE ULTIMATE COMPLIMENT

A therapist stopped me one day after a workshop to say that it was her belief that our little 126- page vest pocket Hercules was possibly the “most powerful self-improvement book ever written.” 

Help Yourself to Positive Mental Health is packed with 50 strategies that reveal a whole new way of living! Each strategy is explained in one page or less.  (Albert Einstein once commented that if you couldn’t explain a principle in a matter of minutes you probably didn’t understand it yourself.)

WHO ELSE WANTS TO KNOW THESE SECRETS OF POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH!

• Why goal setting fails and precisely what to do about it.
• Having a bad day?  Let Dr. Rosenthal’s now famous emotional trophy closet technique turn it around . . . often in less than 15 minutes!!!  Professional therapists, psychologists, and social workers are now using this remarkable technique in their own lives.  Shouldn’t you be doing the same?
• Practice makes perfect.  Right?  Now always!  Discover exactly what to do when practice fails . . . and it does fail.  Finally something you haven’t tried before!
• The world’s leading psychologist’s ABC system of mental health.  Too complex to learn? Think again, Dr.Hollis and I give you the scoop in just one page . . . not a misprint.
• What to do when common sense fails.  Hint:  99% of the population never even thinks of it!
• How to use the same strategy Dr. Hollis and I used to create this book to create something meaningful and special that can make you proud in your own life.
• How to use a little-known strategy called the Premack Principle that professional helpers use when they need to change their own behavior.
• Why longstanding blushing and nail biting problems can be cured – yes cured -- in days using a trick psychologists used nearly 80 years ago.  We guarantee you haven’t seen this strategy in other self-improvement guides and you won’t hear Dr. Phil talking about it on his show or Oprah.
• Relationship problems?  Try this and stop a terrible argument dead in its tracks, often in just minutes.  Some readers claim this one tip is worth the price of the book!
• Exercise always makes you feel less depressed and happier right?  Don’t be so sure. . . . Read this book before you go jogging or do your next bicep curl and get the whole story.
• Is cursing an issue in your home or office?  No problem!  Rosenthal and Hollis reveal a way to have a curse free office in 7 to 14 days.  Works great with a host of other problems too!

And over 40 other fast acting serious strategies provide a road map of information to

change your life.  Also makes a great gift!

How To Order Right Now With Paypal And Immediately Discover The Secrets Of Happiness

 Send us your order before the sun rises again. Order right this minute with Paypal!!!  Just send  $25.00 to me drhowardr@juno.com and put a message that you want my classic Help Yourself To Positive Mental Health book!  You may also mail me a check or money order for $25.00  . . . that includes shipping . . . there are no hidden charges. To: Dr. Howard Rosenthal, Dept SS-455, 3417 Cottonwood Drive, St. Charles, MO 63301.

P.S.  Remember, this book lists 50 life-changing strategies in an easy to understand format.  If one technique doesn’t do the trick . . . well . . . you have 49 more to choose from.  While it is true that many difficulties require years of counseling, other problems can often be solved in just minutes with the proper technique.  This book is highly recommended for anyone who wants a better, more-fulfilling, happier life.  It is also ideal motivational speakers, private practice therapists and life coaches, stress centers, youth programs, middle school, high school and college, and addiction treatment units.  The text makes a great supplement to counseling and therapy.  In fact, telling your client to read and then discuss Help Yourself to Positive Mental Health is an excellent homework assignment for any client who possesses average reading skills. I would like to leave you with one simple fact that tells you the whole story in just one sentence:  In the ten years I have been selling this book we have never (and I do mean never) had a customer who was dissatisfied after purchasing this text.