Escape from Mind Traps. The bestselling author of "I Want to Change But I Don't Know How" and "Instead of Therapy" offers a step-by-step approach to self-initiated, self-directed personal change. This book "maps out" ways for readers to look at themselves objectively and identify the defeating attitudes that are keeping them locked into problem habits, relationships, and situations.

Tom Rusk, M.D., is a psychiatrist specializing in brief therapy, "guided self-change," and crisis intervention. A Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Dr. Rusk was elected a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and is an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego. He is the co-author of the bestselling books, I Want to Change, But I Don't Know How; Instead of Therapy; and The Power of Ethical Persuasion- Winning through Understanding at Work and at Home.