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Recommended Reading: Super Psyched by Dr Adam Dorsay

Format: Kindle edition Published: 1 October 2024 Genre: Self-help Storygraph | Goodreads The harmful effects of loneliness and lack of fulfilling relationships are well-documented—higher rates of anxiety, depression, sleeplessness, addiction, and even premature death. In providing nearly 20,000 hours of intensive psychotherapy, Dr Adam Dorsay has effectively treated hundreds of patients, from adolescent gang members to survivors of torture to Fortune 500 executives and professional athletes in the pressure cooker of Silicon Valley. The common thread? They all struggled with …

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For Practitioners: On Learning From the Patient by Patrick Casement

Format: Kindle edition, 256 pages Published: 15 October 2013 by Routledge (first published 1 April 1985) Genre: Psychology, counselling, psychoanalysis Goodreads | Purchase this book through Waterstones On Learning from the Patient is concerned with the potential for psychoanalytic thinking to become self-perpetuating. Patrick Casement explores the dynamics of the helping relationship – learning to recognize how patients offer cues to the therapeutic experience that they are unconsciously in search of. Using many telling clinical examples, he illustrates how, through trial identification, he …

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Recommended Reading: The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk

Format: Kindle edition, 417 pages Published: 25 September 2014 by Penguin Genres: Psychology, self-help Goodreads | Purchase this book on Wordery | Waterstones What causes people to continually relive what they most want to forget, and what treatments could help restore them to a life with purpose and joy? Here, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk offers a new paradigm for effectively treating traumatic stress. Neither talking nor drug therapies have proven entirely satisfactory. With stories of his own work and …

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Recommended Reading: Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving by Pete Walker

Synopsis This book is a practical, user-friendly self-help guide to recovering from the lingering effects of childhood trauma, and to achieving a rich and fulfilling life. It is copiously illustrated with examples of my own and my clients’ journeys of recovering. This book is also for those who do not have Cptsd but want to understand and help a loved one who does. This book also contains an overview of the tasks of recovering and a great many practical tools …

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Your Complete Guide to Finding a Private Counsellor/Psychotherapist

This guide is for people in the UK wanting to find a counsellor or psychotherapist and not knowing where to start. I will explore the following: what is a counsellor/psychotherapist, where do you look for one, and what should you bear in mind. The first thing you might be asking yourself is: what is the difference between a counsellor and a psychotherapist? To be perfectly honest, there is very little difference. I’ll explore some possible differences, but all in all, …

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Recommended Reading: Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect by Jonice Webb

Format: Kindle edition, 228 pages Published: 1 October 2012 by Morgan James Publishing Genres: Psychology, self-help Goodreads | Purchase this book on Wordery A large segment of the population struggles with feelings of being detached from themselves and their loved ones. They feel flawed, and blame themselves. Running on Empty will help them realize that they’re suffering not because of something that happened to them in childhood, but because of something that didn’t happen. It’s the white space in their …

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Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: An Overview

What is Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)? PMDD is a condition that occurs just before and while a person with a uterus is menstruating. It differs from Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) in that it tends to be more severe and recurring. PMDD can affect a person’s physical and mental health, which can in turn impact their work life, social life and family life. What are some symptoms of PMDD? Emotional symptoms may include: mood swings increased irritability feeling tearful, anxious and/or hopeless …

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Top tips for it all becomes too much

Sometimes we might find ourselves at a point beyond exhaustion. It could be the comedown after seeing friends, or the end of a frantic week and dreading the next week. Perhaps you find yourself running around for others constantly without sparing a moment for yourself. It might feel like there’s no end in sight to the exhaustion. When life becomes a bit much, here’s what we recommend you try. Make sure you’ve covered the basics. These following tips will seem …