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A far-ranging examination of how the effects of addiction and trauma in the family can reverberate for generations. Claudia Black presents a searing portrait of a broken family system, exploring how addiction and trauma develop and how their damaging repetition uproots and frequently destroys one's family tree.
"Originally published as Rock the Boat. Newly updated, revised, and expanded"--Title page.
An unforgettable memoir about the turmoil of antidepressant withdrawal and the work it takes to unravel the stories we tell ourselves to rationalize our suffering - all unfurled against a global backdrop.
Drawing from the latest research and more than 25 years of clinical experience, Dr Gina Simmons Schneider explains the link between anxiety, anger and stress, and shares groundbreaking remedies from neuropsychology. These tools will strengthen your resilience and expand your capacity for happiness.
Sociometrics offers layers of healing - many small incremental moments of healing that cumulatively help to peel back the layers of the onion, revealing ever deepening and widening aspects of both the self and the self in relation to others. It is a therapeutic role-playing developed by fin-de-siecle Viennese psychiatrist Jacob Levy Moreno.
Offers a narrative of one of the first modern examples of successfully weaponizing psychological neuroscience to try to reshape society. But this book is more than a critique of social policy. It is for anyone who wants a better understanding on how groupthink and herd mentality works and improves our ability to understand scientific fact.
Presents an easy-to-follow method for changing the course of one's relationships. Anyone who has struggled with balancing his or her own needs and desires with those of the "other" person will benefit from these easy-to-implement suggestions. Its format combines psychoeducation, anecdotes, clinical case vignettes, and skills-building exercises.
The result of eleven years of in-depth research into the formative years of A.A. Granted unprecedented access to the GSO archive, among others, the author reveals the inner workings of the early Fellowship, the conflicts, personalities, failures, and dispels myths of canonical texts.
Introduces the concept of self-irrelationship, in which we inhibit ourselves from realizing our potential by shutting down our emotions and creativity. When we are cut off from ourselves-our feelings and desires-this state leads to a crazy-making, self-imposed isolation.
Intimately explores the impact of personal loss on physicians and the ways in which they integrate it into their professional lives, providing a blueprint for change that places compassion and empathy at the centre of the practice of medicine.
Told through anecdotes and in response to letters and questions at her public appearances, Eva Mozes Kor imparts a powerful lesson for all survivors that guilt, anger, resentment, and shame are a waste of energy. Forgiveness of our tormentors and ourselves is the end of victimization, a release from pain, and fosters resilience.
The follow-up to the bestselling Beneath the Neon, this book shares the harrowing stories of Sin City's most marginalized people, from bottoming out in homelessness to mending relationships with family and adjusting to jobs, housing, and sobriety.
The follow-up to Anne McTiernan's 2016 release Starved and differs from other physician memoirs in its themes of motherhood, mental illness, and the perspective of a female physician on how she turned adversity into a strength and set of skills.
Designed as a resource for the clinician versed in identifying and treating depression. What sets this book apart from other depression workbooks is that it holds a healthy respect for cognitive behavioural modalities as well as recognising the role of affective and spiritual interventions related to depressive disorders.
A poignantly funny account of humourist and "Greatest Living American Author" Neal Pollack's years as a marijuana addict. Sober after joining a 12-step program, Neal outed himself publicly as a marijuana addict in a 2018 New York Times op-ed piece, leading to his decision to document his addiction experience as a cautionary tale.
Anorexia has the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. Binge eating disorder (BED) and bulimia can also bring misery and death. With its unique three-phase approach to eating, this book smashes the illusion of control, the power, and the lies of the deadly illness of disordered eating, providing a concrete plan for long-term recovery.
Spells out the how-tos for befriending our wider community, building a social safety net, and fostering our sense of belonging. On a deeper level, we are invited to befriend our loneliness, rather than feel ashamed of it, and open our hearts and minds to others trapped in isolation.
Reveals the extent of the burnout epidemic in the medical field. By sharing his own harrowing story, Dr. Adam Hill shows how this problem manifests, considers ways to address it, and confronts commonplace attitudes regarding self-care, recovery/treatment, empathy, and vulnerability amongst medical practitioners.
Guides readers through nine tasks that can transform the struggles of aging, bringing fulfillment, joy, and serenity. Drawing on the understandings that come from the author's own work and the truths distilled from work with those at the end of life, Garfield offers a fresh, uplifting vision of the wholeness that awaits us in our wisdom years.
Best-selling recovery author Claudia Black introduces readers to five different families and reveals how each of the parents talked with their kids about recovery, relapse, and the child's own vulnerability to addiction. Discussion tips and clearly presented facts help parents focus on key issues.
A compassionate and accessible guide for parents whose children have experienced traumatic or life-threatening events written by one of the foremost authorities on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children and adolescents.
Presents an innovative approach that teaches parents how to reconnect with the entire family and reclaim their parenting power. The program is designed to help parents let go of the addicted family system and begin parenting with renewed strength and positive power.
Kids who have lived with the chaos of addiction are often relieved, but just as often confused, when a parent enters recovery. This enlightening picture book explores the positive change in a family's life after Daddy enters recovery with a surprisingly light touch for a tough subject.
Alternately hilarious and heartbreaking in its honesty Weightless is a tale of "food gone wrong" that chronicles the before, the during, and the after in a way no other book has, and will move, educate, entertain, and inspire anyone who is ready for change.
Follow the author as he goes on a harrowing journey from the US Olympic Training Center to homeless shelters to shooting heroin on the job to being declared dead. This story goes beyond addiction. It is about the fragility and tenacity of the human spirit and how that spirit can redeem each and every one of us.
With time, recovering women face challenges from complacency to burnout, menopause to weight gain. Diane Cameron has faced these issues, and shares her "experience, strength, and hope" to teach readers how to handle the unexpected trials of double-digit recovery.
The author uses his expertise, developed over thirty-five years of addiction medicine practice, to give therapists and counselors the knowledge and tools they must have in order to work effectively in addiction treatment.
Chi kung, the art of cultivating life force energy, is here distilled into a selection of exercises designed to boost health and increase mind-body-spirit consciousness. For anyone interested in exercise with a deeper spiritual significance, this step-by-step guide takes readers through essential breathing, meditation, and mindfulness techniques.
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