How often do you give in to anxiety, thinking that everything is going wrong? Do you criticize yourself with cruel words, strive for perfection and fall into procrastination? “If you're upset, you're self-destructive,” says Albert Ellis. The world-renowned psychotherapist and author of more than 75 books on psychotherapy offers practical methods for working with destructive emotions. Here you will find exercises to combat shame, guilt, models of a constructive attitude towards life's tasks and a self-help questionnaire.