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Emotional resilience : how to safeguard your mental health / Dr Harry Barry.

Barry, Harry. (Author).

Summary:

There are many challenges facing our mental health. We are living in the middle of an anxiety epidemic, depression is the one of the most significant mental health issues of our time, self-harm is endemic amongst school children and technology and social media are insidiously and pervasively invading our lives leading to toxic stress. In this book, bestselling author and GP Dr Harry Barry reveals how you can unlock your inner emotional resilience reserves, deal with the challenges of life, and protect your mental health. He explores the key skills needed to transform your emotional capacity and reach your full potential. He covers: Personal skills teaching you how to deal with self-acceptance, perfectionism, frustration, failure and success, the physical symptoms of anxiety, procrastination, problem solving and catastrophising. Social skills such as how to develop and practice empathy, read social cues and how to deal with anxiety in social and performance situations. Life skills such as how to deal with the unfairness and discomfort of life, pragmatism and conflict resolution, how to develop a work/life balance and what to do when stress comes calling.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781409174578
  • ISBN: 1409174573
  • Physical Description: 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: London : Orion Spring, 2018.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Mental health.
Cognitive therapy.
Self-confidence.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Interurban Library RA 790 B377 2018 (Text) 26040003383383 Main Collection Volume hold Available -

Foreword 1(2)
Introduction 3(8)
PART ONE SETTING THE STAGE
1 What Is Emotional Resilience?
11(14)
2 Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
25(12)
PART TWO PERSONAL RESILIENCE SKILLS
3 Skill One: Unconditional Self-acceptance
37(14)
4 Skill Two: The Flooding Technique
51(14)
5 Skill Three: How to Deal with Uncertainty
65(8)
6 Skill Four: How to Deal with Discomfort
73(11)
7 Skill Five: How to Cope with both Failure and Success
84(11)
8 Skill Six: How to Challenge Catastrophising
95(9)
9 Skill Seven: How to Challenge Perfectionism
104(12)
10 Skill Eight: How to Challenge Procrastination
116(12)
11 Skill Nine: How to Practise Mindfulness
128(11)
12 Skill Ten: How to Problem-solve
139(10)
PART THREE SOCIAL RESILIENCE SKILLS
13 Skill Eleven: How to Develop Empathy
149(14)
14 Skill Twelve: How to Read and Interpret Non-verbal Cues
163(6)
15 Skill Thirteen: How to Become Comfortable in Social Situations
169(9)
16 Skill Fourteen: How to Deal with Performance Anxiety
178(8)
17 Skill Fifteen: The Art of Conversation
186(9)
PART FOUR LIFE RESILIENCE SKILLS
18 Skill Sixteen: How to Deal with the Unfairness of Life
195(12)
19 Skill Seventeen: How to Achieve a Healthy Work/Life Balance
207(11)
20 Skill Eighteen: How to Resolve Conflict
218(13)
21 Skill Nineteen: Pragmatism
231(10)
22 Skill Twenty: How to Manage Stress in Our Lives
241(9)
Conclusion 250(3)
Bibliography 253(16)
Index 269(6)
Acknowledgements 275(2)
About the Author 277


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