<p>"The most detailed examinations of self-defeating behavior I have ever read.... Very useful." -- Albert Ellis, PH.D., President, Institute of Rational-emotive therapy, and author of <em>A New Guide to Rational Living</em></p><p> "Some of my patients would not need therapy if they would read this book." -- Dr. Alan Loy McGinnis, author of <em>The Power of Optimism</em> </p><p>The groundbreaking theory expounded in <em>Self-Defeating Behaviors </em>asserts that, with each new moment, people have the ability to make a choice for either a self-defeating or self-enhancing behavior; this is the guide to freeing ourselves from the inappropriate and crippling behaviors that sabotage our success.</p>