Trauma is a wound - one that we often hide from ourselves and others. Philippa Smethurst - a psychotherapist with decades of experience - has written this compassionate and practical guide to help you to understand, process and move beyond trauma. The book explains twenty common ways that trauma can show itself - from dissociation and anger to ......
Evidence-Based Strategies to Heal From Trauma and Adversity
This book provides scientifically proven strategies for reducing guilt and shame associated with trauma and adversity. Automatic reactions help us survive dangerous situations. Whether we are fighting to fend off an attacker, fleeing an explosion, or freezing to maintain attachment with an abusive parent upon whom we are dependent, our ......
Understanding and Overcoming the Mental Habits that Steal Your Joy
Are you feeling overwhelmed? In The Anger Myth, transformational coach and happiness expert Trish Ahjel Roberts offers a step-by-step guide to creating the life you desire by changing negative mental habits. She shares her breakthrough five-step Tame and Reframe method to transform your anger and its 7 Cranky Cousins (disappointment, ......
Evidence-Based, Mind-Body Practices to Stress Less and Improve Cardiac H
This book fills a critical niche that has long been overlooked. It specifically focuses on somatic practices to decrease stress and improve heart health. It will combine science, time-tested somatic mindfulness techniques, and patient stories to provide hope and help.
Personal and Professional Experiences of Functional Neurological Disorde
In this collection, contributors from across the world describe their experiences with Functional Neurological Disorder. Chapters explore the fight for diagnosis, the emotional impact of living with a long term, stigmatised condition, coping with symptoms, and more, all from the perspective of people living with FND.
Recharge, Reconnect, and Transform Burnout with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Burnout is a cycle, and it's time to break free. In this book, ACT-based concepts and exercises will help you re-engage with your emotions and reconnect to the things that really matter. By examining the systemic, cultural, and economic context of burnout, this book will help you understand the roots of the problem and find lasting solutions.
A Guide to the Perks, Pitfalls, and Possibilities of DBT for Better Mental Health
Everyone can benefit from better mental health, and this clear guide breaks down the four modules of DBT into key skills to improve your life. Tips and tricks show you how to get the most out of each skill and avoid pitfalls, so you can improve your mental health and handle anything life throws at you.
Part of the How to Help series of books exploring issues commonly faced by children and young people at home and in school, Managing Stress and Distress offers an accessible introduction to how heightened stress levels in young people can lead to distressed behaviour - and how to manage both.
"Informed by guidance from 30 nurses from around the world, this book provides readers with the steps you can take to thrive personally and professionally. Recognizing the limits to what individuals can do, this work also covers how to advocate for change at work, at home, and in your community"--
Tranquility Parenting encourages parents to find engaged contentment as they learn to stay calm, deal with problems, reduce negative emotions, and truly enjoy being with their children. Based on the Greek philosophy of Stoicism, this approach to parenting can help parents and their children discover the path to flourishing.
Cultivating Emotional Intelligence for the Admissions Process
This work offers a method for minimizing and managing the untenable stress of the competitive college admissions process in the US. Given the current reality of the process, it introduces us to a more mindful approach to college admissions - one that is grounded in emotional intelligence and emphasizes resilience, wellbeing, and compassion.
Lessons on Overcoming from a First Responder Turned Crisis Counselor
We all have the ability to redefine ourselves, to feel hope about what lies ahead, and to choose our own way forward. After Trauma is a story of adversity, grit, defiance, choice, and hope. Each chapter offers a lesson to help readers overcome their own trauma, including concrete and actionable advice on how to re-story a life after adversity.
Real-World Solutions for Amputees to Accomplish the Impossible
This work offers a glimpse into the life of a new amputee and walks readers through the first minutes, hours, and days of living with limb loss. Jeffrey A. Mangus, a below the knee amputee, also offers insight and encouragement for the long haul - providing readers with all they need to know to get back to living a full life.
The secret to reducing your stress is not a better work-life balance, nor is it in meditation or mindfulness. Chronic high stress--the kind contributing to heart disease--is not caused by an inability to decompress, but rather external factors that are out of our control--namely, overwhelm and uncertainty. So, while most people are focusing on ......
This book truthfully and compassionately guides students through the obstacle course of graduate school while keeping their mental health and diverse identities intact. Topics addressed include practical academic issues, relationships within and outside of graduate school, and the impact of the socio-political climate on graduate students.
Written by leading mental health professionals, this warm and accessible parenting book for children with chronic illnesses offers clear, practical guidance for all aspects of the journey. The book places your psychological well-being front and centre, so you can be the best caregiver possible for your child.
An activity-based journal exploring self-care in all its forms. This book delves into the why and the how of self-care, examining why it is so foundational to our wellbeing and how we can implement it in our daily lives, drawing on a diverse range of approaches.
