Book description
Resilience: How to Thrive and Survive in Any Situation helps you to
prepare for adversity by finding healthier ways of responding to
stressful thoughts and feelings. You will learn a comprehensive toolkit
of effective therapeutic strategies and techniques, drawing upon
innovative 'mindfulness and acceptance-based' approaches to
cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), combined with elements of
established psychological approaches to stress prevention and
management. The book also draws upon classical Stoic philosophy to
provide a wider context for resilience-building. This book is a complete
course in resilience training, covering everything from building
long-term resilience by developing psychological flexibility,
mindfulness and valued action, through specific behavioural skills such
as applied relaxation, worry postponement, problem-solving, and
assertiveness. Each chapter contains a self-assessment test, case study,
practical exercises and reminder boxes and concludes with a reminder of
the key points of the chapter (Focus Points) and a round-up of what to
expect in the next (Next Step), which will whet your appetite for what's
coming and how it relates to what you've just read. Donald Robertson
is a UKCP registered psychotherapist, specialising in
cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), clinical hypnosis, and other
evidence-based approaches. He has been in practice as a therapist for
over fifteen years and mainly treats clients with anxiety-related
problems at his clinic in Harley Street, London. Donald is also an
experienced trainer and workshop facilitator.
He is the author of dozens of articles in therapy journals and
magazines and of the books The Philosophy of Cognitive-Behavioural
Therapy (2010) and The Practice of Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy
(in press). He is also the editor of The Discovery of Hypnosis (2009),
the complete writings of James Braid, the founder of hypnotherapy.
