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Army leaders are expressing increased alarm about the mental health of soldiers sent back to the front again and again under duress. Among combat troops sent to Iraq for the third or fourth time, more than one in four show signs of anxiety, depression, or acute stress, all symptoms of PTSD. Other soldiers poorly adjust when they get home. This self-help manual provides urgent relief to the soldiers of long and multiple deployments in Iraq or just retuning home. Chapters are first-aid kits of fast, practical, and effective strategies to defuse stress and feel emotionally alive again.

Childhood adversity that is severe enough to be harmful throughout life is one of the biggest public health issues of our time, yet health care systems struggle to even acknowledge the problem. In Damaged, Dr. Robert Maunder and Dr. Jonathan Hunter call for a radical change, arguing that the medical system needs to be not only more compassionate but more effective at recognizing that trauma impacts everybody's health, from patient to practitioner.

Rape is, unfortunately, an all-too-common violent crime usually perpetrated against women. For victims, the process of sharing information about an assault with loved ones or reporting the crime to the police can be harrowing, embarrassing, and painful. The responses of others can greatly affect the way a rape survivor copes. Often the men who are closest to rape survivors—intimate partners, friends, and family members—are simply unprepared to offer the right assistance. The wrong word or action may trigger an unexpected reaction

This book is a definitive guide to understanding talking therapies. It will clarify questions, misunderstandings, myths and grey areas in therapy, compassionately guiding the reader through their journey from beginning to consider therapy, to finding the right therapist, preparing for the first session, surviving common challenges, knowing when to end therapy, and when to return.

With intensive couples therapy, you can create the opportunity for real progress to be achieved—not weeks or months down the road but now, when the couple needs it the most. In The Clinician’s Guide to Intensive Couples Therapy, you’ll find an accelerated framework for couples therapy that involves meeting with clients for two to three consecutive days, for six hours at a time. Written by relationship expert and renowned Gottman therapist Elizabeth Earnshaw (@lizlistens), this approach allows you to dive deep into the heart of relational issues.

The Alchemy of the Enneagram in Transforming Addiction describes the distinct differences between the nine Enneagram types and their particular addiction struggles, protective mechanisms, relapse patterns, and key strategies for each type that will allow them to become conscious and drug-free men.

Un manual de psicología para los que confunden ser una persona buena con dejar de ser uno mismo, no generar ningún conflicto, no desobedecer o cumplir siempre con las expectativas ajenas.

Twelve-Step Integration Made Simple: A Quick Guide for Addiction Counselors helps professionals understand how to ethically and effectively incorporate twelve-step principles into evidence-based counseling—without crossing clinical boundaries or promoting a specific belief system.

Living in the Middle East for over 20 years has afforded Sarah Mattix a firsthand perspective of the trauma women face in this troubled region. After years of counseling women from diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds, she has learned to empathize deeply with their tragic plight. This book is a collage of their stories that sheds light not only on their grievous experiences, but also on practical ways of engaging them and helping them toward holistic healing.

Voici une méthode claire et simple pour se libérer des troubles émotifs qui viennent compromettre le bonheur humain...

Die Kunst des Kampfes – Mit Klarheit zum Erfolg ist ein ungekürztes Hörbuch über Wing Chun Kung Fu – und darüber, wie du seine Prinzipien in Alltag und Beruf nutzt: für Fokus, innere Ruhe und klare Entscheidungen unter Druck. Du lernst zentrale Ideen und Trainingsprinzipien aus den Systemen von Wong Shun Leung und Gary Lam kennen. Es geht um Struktur, Timing, Distanz, Rhythmus und Kontrolle, nicht nur als Technik, sondern als Haltung: Probleme erkennen, direkt angehen und effizient lösen.

Neurodiversity Coaching demystifies the themes and assumptions affecting neurodivergent coachee experiences at work, whilst at the same time exploring the necessary safeguards required for working with this vulnerable group. The book supports existing coaching practitioners, managers and...

The Mentorship Edge: Unlocking Potential, Nurturing Growth, and Creating Explosive Impact explores how we connect to others, feel valued, get pleasure from life, and believe our lives have meaning through forming mentor relationships with others. This book covers traditional hierarchical mentorship we're all familiar with, along with lateral mentoring, where you connect with a friend or colleague—someone you can be vulnerable with—whether they work in your department, another department, or outside of your organization entirely.

Los psicodélicos resultan muy prometedores en el trabajo terapéutico por su capacidad para potenciar el bienestar emocional; de hecho, cada vez son más los estudios que revelan sus enormes posibilidades a la hora de reducir los síntomas del TEPT, la ansiedad y la depresión, incluso en casos resistentes a otros tratamientos. Partiendo de esta base, Stover ha creado una guía completa y asequible para profesionales y pacientes interesados en la terapia asistida con psicodélicos.

Find healing and move on from the past in the face of loss, confusion, and pain “If only I could get some closure…” If you’ve found yourself saying these words, you’re not alone. When you’ve lost a relationship, a job, or a loved one, closure can seem as elusive as it is necessary...

In his landmark bestseller Listening to Prozac, Peter Kramer revolutionized the way we think about antidepressants and the culture in which they are so widely used. Now Kramer offers a frank and unflinching look at the condition those medications treat: depression. Definitively refuting our...

Esta obra será un apoyo fundamental para todos los profesionales que quieran implementar la terapia breve desde el enfoque interaccional, con resultados por demás alentadores para las personas que buscan soluciones a corto plazo pero con beneficios permanentes.

Centering Black culture and community for liberating, anti-racist therapeutic practice. This innovative book lays out the journey of family therapist Makungu Akinyela in developing testimony therapy—a healing practice rooted in Black cultural traditions of testifying and storytelling. This...

Understanding relationships isn’t just about other people — it starts with understanding yourself and where you’ve come from. In How We Relate, clinical and forensic psychologist Dr Ahona Guha takes us on an illuminating journey through the psychology of human connection. Drawing from her...

Körperbewusstsein und Interozeption als therapeutisches Fundament: Seit über drei Jahrzehnten hat die mehrfache Autorin, Trainerin für Körperbewusstsein und Interozeption und Hypnosetherapeutin, Katrin Jonas, eine faszinierende Frage erforscht: Wie können wir die Signale unseres Körpers nicht nur wahrnehmen, sondern gezielt für Heilung, Selbstreflexion und Wachstum nutzen? Und daraus ist ein Hörbuch entstanden, mit dem sie sich erstmals ausschließlich an Therapeuten, Coaches und alle richtet, die in unterstützenden, traumasensitiven und heilenden Berufen tätig sind.