Counselling Psychology

Peter Fraenkel presents a practical, creative, integrative approach that combines action- and insight-oriented techniques to help last-chance couples manage conflict, modulate intense negative emotions, address power struggles, develop mutual compassion, and restore emotional intimacy and pleasurable connection. Special attention is paid to developing a collaborative therapeutic alliance when partners have little motivation for therapy or faith that it can be effective. Through engaging in "nonbinding experiments in possibility," partners can then better evaluate whether to "stay or go."

Narrative therapy has the potential to help clients understand their challenges as separate from their selves, shifting the focus to their inner strengths when managing a problem. Narrative Practices and Emotions provides a fresh perspective for new and experienced practitioners alike on how to combine classic narrative therapy with the latest scholarship on the mind-body connection.

Manage anxiety effectively with simple, practical, life-giving strategies to find equilibrium and focus on what you love.

The impact of visual images all around us on clients who suffer from eating disorders; using phototherapy as a means of healing.

Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) is the most commonly diagnosed birth abnormality in the US. Little attention, however, has been paid to the psychosocial impacts on these individuals. Liza Morton and Tracy Livecchi are both mental health professionals who have developed a specialty in working with clients who have chronic medical conditions, and they are both themselves living with CHD. While their powerful personal stories are woven into the narrative, the book is focused on providing evidence-based coping and self-care skills for adults living with CHD.

If you struggle with a highly sensitive personality, this memoir and collection of stories will help you heal and flourish. Benita A. Esposito is a licensed professional counselor and best-selling author with four decades of professional experience. Even smart high-achievers have themes on their hero’s journey to the authentic self, and these were hers. What unconsciously drew her to an emotionally distant relationship or an emotionally abusive relationship? Why did she feel so hurt when others judged her? Why was she so tired? What compelled her toward self actualization?

You're about to discover a logical and proven method on how to overcome grief and deal with loss fast. Millions of people suffer with grief and bereavement and ruin their personal life as well as their careers trying to deal with it the best they can. Most people realize that they are still grieving but don't know how to or are unable to overcome it, simply because that person has been such an important and memorable person in their life.

What you can expect from this challenge is a no-nonsense, common-sense approach to shaking off some of the dieting industry's BS and trying to remember what our bodies know. We'll look at common-sense ways to gradually and safely lose weight that honor our instincts, not go against them.

Understand how psychotherapy works, build more resilience, and overcome negative cycle of self-sabotage with this ultimate guide to building brain strength and self-empowerment. Learn how to use cognitive behavioral therapy to reshape your life and stay on the path for a complete change in your outlook and emotional state.

Louisa is a Cognitive Behavioral Hypnotherapist who runs a clinic in the UK but also works with clients worldwide to support them with their mental health. The combination of CBT and hypnosis is a powerful one so as you work through this book you'll not only be given tools but you'll also be taken through exercises and explanations. You will also have relaxation and hypnosis downloads to listen to.

HSP(敏感すぎる人)という言葉は、人々の生きづらさを巧みに表したことで共感をよび、広く使われている。

¿Te sientes abrumada por un millón de pensamientos acelerados y una montaña rusa interminable de emociones? Lleno de herramientas prácticas, estrategias probadas e ideas transformadoras, este audiolibro ofrece un mapa vial para gestionar tus síntomas de TDAH y desbloquear tu máximo potencial. Estos son algunos de los tesoros que encontrarás dentro: - 15 estrategias comprobadas para calmar tus pensamientos acelerados - El cambio de mentalidad que necesitas para abrazar la neurodiversidad.

As a life raft for beginners and their supervisors, Where to Start and What to Ask provides all the necessary tools for garnering information from clients. Lukas also offers a framework for thinking about that information and formulating a thorough assessment. This indispensable audiobook helps therapeutic neophytes organize their approach to the initial phase of treatment and navigate even rough clinical waters with competence and assurance.

This audiobook is scholarly, educational, and for reference purposes script. Its structure flows around its narrative techniques and reflective practice episodes, presenting several case studies as life stories and self-help strategies. All sections are, in fact, evidence-based research within the public services and private sector psychotherapeutic practice. The text had been praised, by several editors, as topical and potential intriguing and thought-provoking.

Life in the Past Lane is an audiobook that focuses on better days ahead. Learn how to frame the issues, problems, and concerns of our past by being more aware and more willing to make the changes necessary. Included are strategies to better manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship dynamics in our lives. You will learn how to dispute negative thoughts with the evidence that it will be okay. Thinking about what you can do differently is the first step to making life better.

For many people, there is fear and stigma associated with entering the therapy room. Maybe you've been told that going to therapy means something is wrong with you. Maybe you don't know what to expect. Even if you recognize the benefits of seeking help, it can feel scary and unknown to take that first step. If you've thought about therapy but don't know where to start, or if you've tried therapy in the past but it hasn't helped, Authentic Therapy is for you.

Who am I? What does that dreaded phrase "Just be yourself" even mean? What does it mean to be "authentic"? These questions can feel overwhelming and impossible. But in Pocket Therapy, licensed psychotherapist Sarah Crosby will help you find the answers. Using accessible language and fun exercises, Sarah helps listeners tackle their “big” questions, one small step at a time.

Ucelené a přehledné shrnutí znalostí z více než padesáti let praxe světoznámého psychiatra Stanislava Grofa, jednoho ze zakladatelů transpersonální psychologie. Počínaje jeho výzkumy užívání LSD v psychoterapii, přes jeho klinickou práci s umírajícími, holotropní dýchání, až po kosmologický přesah výzkumu vědomí. Kniha potvrzuje Grofův neocenitelný přínos pro moderní psychiatrii a psychologii, zejména v jeho intenzivním a systematickém zkoumání zážitků ve změněných stavech vědomí a pojetí holotropního dýchání. Zároveň významně přispívá do debaty o místě člověka v kosmu.

The ghost of gaslighting past can linger long after you’ve broken free. A gaslighter’s sneaky and slippery tactics can leave their mark deep within you. Recovery and true self-actualization are absolutely possible, with the right guidance. Countless victims, like you, have recovered using the techniques outlined in this book. Many of which are absolutely free and can be started immediately.

Anyone who has ever gone for a run, a jog or even a walk knows that uplifting, happy feeling they get at the end of their journey. Some call it the runner's high; others put it down to endorphins. Here William Pullen teaches us focus that incredible energy to experience our emotions in motion. In Run for Your Life, Pullen argues that we need a radical new approach to mindfulness - an approach which originates in the body itself.