You Can Choose To Be Happy 

100's of pages of free, tested, self-help information

• A FREE complete copy of Dr. Stevens' book, You Can Choose To Be Happy: "Rise Above" Anxiety, Anger, and Depression (324 pages)
  A self-development program to help you get positive control of your emotions, your relationships, and your life. Learn to overcome anxiety, anger, and depression and find more love, hope, confidence, and integrity to be the person you really want. Discover your Higher Self and learn how to overcome your worst fears of loneliness, rejection, poverty, illness, failure, etc. Readers rated it 8.3 out of a possible 9.0 on helpfulness. You can read chapters out-of-order to gain knowledge of specific topics. New detailed research support for ideas and recommendations in book not found in other self-help books.
• Dr. Stevens' SELF-HELP MATERIALS on Relationships, Shyness, Time Management, Career-Planning, Memory, etc. Free articles for self-development on intimate, loving, relationships and marriage; meeting people, dating, conversational skills, and overcoming loneliness and fear of rejection with confidence; overcoming unhappiness, pessimism, confusion, loneliness, grief, fear, jealousy, pleasing others too much, and low self-esteem; decision-making and career planning.
• The free Success and Happiness Attributes Questionnaire (SHAQ).  SHAQ IS COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS! SHAQ reports your Happiness Quotient (HQ).  The HQ can predict overall happiness with an average of about 75% accuracy, and is also very good at predicting depression, anxiety, anger, and other outcomes. SHAQ also tests for self-esteem and self-confidence; intimacy and assertive conflict-resolution skills; causes of anxiety, depression, and anger; emotional coping and time management skills; internal control; optimism vs. pessimism; factors influencing memory, learning, and academic success; and other factors. Want help with emotions, intimate relationships, meeting people or shyness, non-assertiveness, negative thinking, learning, personal growth, or many of the personal problems on this page?  Also, see links to many other self-help topics and checked web sites specifically related to your SHAQ results.
  
• Research Paper on Results Related to the Happiness Quotient (HQ) Formula Factors, Book Ideas, and SHAQ Questionnaire. This is a professional research paper describing the research methods and results of the study on 3446 people who took SHAQ and various outcome scales on the Internet.  The results strongly supported the utility of SHAQ, the ideas in the book, and the power of the HQ formula.
• Layman's Version of Research Results Related to the Happiness Quotient (HQ) Formula Factors, Book Ideas, and SHAQ Questionnaire. Much briefer summaries copied from book which summarize the research results.  If you are not a professional researcher, read this version.
• Cognitive Therapy, Life Skills Training, Research, and other Professional Papers  A few professional papers by Dr. Tom and Sherry Stevens.
• SITE CONTENTS

 Dr. Tom Stevens' book: 

You Can Choose To Be Happy:
"Rise Above" Anxiety, Anger, and Depression (with Research Results)  

Based upon 30+ years of clinical experience, personal experience, and research, this book uses many validated methods for increasing control of your happiness, anxiety, anger, and depression; for developing successful relationships; and for managing your time and your life to achieve your goals and satisfy your values.  It is an advanced and detailed self-help book which can be understood by almost anyone.  It can be read for brief methods to solve particular issues or problems; or it can be used as a comprehensive, long-range self-development program for changing your life in significant ways.  Many readers have commented about how this book has helped them make major life changes in even short time periods.

A unique aspect of the book's use for self-development is how it goes hand-in-hand with SHAQ (see below).  SHAQ can be used as a pre-test and a measure of your needs and progress.  SHAQ's results have specific links to self-help material in the book and elsewhere.  SHAQ can help you focus on areas that will have the greatest effect; while the book provides the tips and step-by-step instructions.

Try reading the first 50 pages of the book to get a good overview and start.  Then read the other sections as you find a need or interest.

       ==> To DOWNLOAD a FREE, complete COPY of the book, click here.

Research Identifies a Formula for Happiness and Low Anxiety, Depression, and Anxiety

The Happiness Quotient (HQ) formula correlated .87 with Overall Happinessmaximum possible correlation  = 1.00).      (Go to SHAQ Research and Book Conclusions for more detail)

Dr. Stevens designed the Success and Happiness Questionnaire (SHAQ) based upon the chapters in this book. Each main book factor (such as Positive World View, Internal-External Control, Higher Self, Self-Esteem, Self-Management Skills, Coping Skills, Assertive Conflict Resolution, etc.) was made into a scale of questions.  The whole questionnaire  of all scales is called the Success and Happiness Attributes Questionnaire (SHAQ).  Our research analyzed data on 3,446 people who have completed SHAQ.

The Happiness Quotient (HQ)  is a total score derived from  a combination of key SHAQ scale scores.  Your HQ is based upon factors found to be related to your happiness in a way that is analogous to how your IQ is related to factors of the Intellect.  Our research showed a correlation of 0.865 between the SHAQ scales  based upon the chapters in this book used in finding HQ and people's Overall Happiness scale score. In other words a remarkable 75 % of test takers' overall happiness was accounted for by these scales.  (The overall effect size is the  mathematical square of the correlation.)

The HQ also has moderate to strong correlations with Low Depression, Low Anxiety, Low Depression, Good Relationships, Health, and some measures of Success

The SHAQ scales had moderate to high positive correlations (R) with almost all outcome measures.  SHAQ’s scales had surprisingly high correlations with the emotional outcomes; with Overall Happiness, R = .865; with Low Depression R = .730,  with Low Anxiety R = .675; with Low Anger-Aggression  R = .701.(N = 1123 for all analyses.)  For Relationship Outcomes Scale R = .693; for Health Outcomes Scale R = .816; for Highest Personal Income  R = .486.  For Highest Education Completed R = .458 and for College GPA R = .393. 
==> To view or download a layman's summary of SHAQ's research results, click here.
==> To view or download a research paper summarizing SHAQ's development and research results, click here.

These HQ Factors Are Controllable--You Can Choose To Be Happy and Improve Your HQ

Your HQ values, beliefs, and life skills may be powerful influences on your past, current, and future happiness. These HQ factors are CONTROLLABLE factors and described in detail in Dr. Stevens  book and readings on this web site. You can choose to be happy by improving SHAQ results and recommendations to maximize your future happiness. You will receive your HQ score and more information about HQ when you complete the SHAQ questionnaire (free).

What can you gain from this book?

 Based upon our research evidence and feedback from hundreds of readers, you can learn how to...

• Find peace and joy. This book is for people who are serious about self-development and being happier.
• Be more successful reaching your goals and fulfilling your dreams.
• Develop more intimate and loving relationships.
• Overcome unhappiness, stress, depression, loneliness, fear, grief, pessimism, shyness, 
  low self-esteem, grief, anxiety, or anger.
• Improve your self-esteem, confidence, assertiveness, independence, motivation, 
  emotional control, relationships, career planning and success, and/or your emotional intelligence. 
• Discover and strengthen your natural "Higher Self"--the center of your
  unconditional love, self-worth, and integrity. This is your spiritual core and key source of power.
• No matter how difficult your past history or current circumstances, striking new insights 
  about the causes of emotions can empower you to "rise above" negative thinking and negative emotions, 
  and you can choose to be happy by choosing the right paths to happiness.
• Learn positive thinking techniques to replace negative thinking and develop a more positive world view.
• Learn cognitive therapy, mental control techniques to cope with your emotions and even improve learning and memory.
• Discover the inner causes of your unhappiness and happiness and develop your inner power.
• Learn how to find more meaning and spirituality in your life by cultivating mental-spiritual values and effectively setting and meeting goals.
• Modify your expectations and goals to replace pessimism with optimism and deprivation thinking with abundance thinking.
• Become more like the exceptionally productive and mentally healthy people Maslow described as having self-actualization.
• There really are secrets to happiness that we can all apply to our lives.  I have learned so much from my clients, my research, and my own life about how to be happy that one of my top goals is to pass these secrets freely on to you.  I wish you a happy life!
  
  

If you want to maximize your own and others' happiness, try this book. 

The complete on-line version is free here.

To learn more about the book, You Can Choose to Be Happy:

Go to the BOOK OVERVIEW and READER COMMENTS
Go to the one-page BOOK SUMMARY article
Go to the Choose To Be Happy Checklist
Go to the PREFACE to see WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR, etc.
Go to the TABLE OF CONTENTS and FREE, complete ON-LINE COPY of the book 
How to ORDER A COPY of the book
Biographical Sketch of Dr. Tom G. Stevens

Self-Help and other resources on this website (and site map)