Adrienne Green, John Humphrey

Coaching for Resilience (eBook, ePUB)

A Practical Guide to Using Positive Psychology

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A recent report for the CIPD indicated that stress is now the more common cause of long-term sick leave in the UK for the first time ever. Demanding workloads and lack of job security are key stress factors, but in a tough, highly competitive environment these stressors are no longer avoidable. But you can learn how to cope with the stress effectively.
Coaching for Resilience is your practical guide to the principles of positive psychology. Using tried and tested techniques it will show you how to motivate and inspire your clients and yourself to build greater resilience. There are clear explanations of the principles of positive psychology throughout, with practical exercises and examples for ease of understanding. This comprehensive resource will help you develop a clear understanding of the psychology of stress and develop your own strategies to enhance resilience.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kogan Page eBook
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780749466466
• Artikelnr.: 38220768

Autorenporträt

Adrienne Green has practised for many years as a psychotherapist with people suffering with severe stress, anxiety and depression.She has also lectured at Lancaster University in theories of counselling and psychotherapy.

John Humphrey advises many leading employers on health and employment issues. He has run the healthcare functions of Procter and Gamble and the Beecham Group.

Adrienne and John are the founding directors of Nice Work Consulting Ltd a company that specialises in workplace psychology and employee wellbeing.

Inhaltsangabe

About the authors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART ONE Essential foundations for lasting resilience
1 Defining 'resilience' and 'stress'
Resilience
Stress
Fight-or-flight
2 The science bit
How the brain works
How the brain works in the real world
Reacting without thinking
Taking control of the stress response
3 The effects of modern-day chronic stress
Exercise one
How stress undermines resilience
External threats have been replaced by internal threats
4 Managing stress to build resilience
The signs and symptoms of stress
The causes of stress
Strategies and techniques to reduce stress
5 What you already know
Exercise two
What causes stress and undermines resilience?
Techniques and strategies to reduce stress and build resilience
Why what you know about stress isn't helping you
Only two real causes of stress
Exercise three
PART TWO The 7 KEYS
6 KEY 1
The two underlying psychological causes of stress
Why is the need for approval such a powerful psychological driver?
A question answered
How the need to be liked affects stress levels in everyday life
Exercise four
The two underlying psychological causes of stress
Need for control - I
Exercise five
Need for control - II
Need for control - III
Exercise six
7 KEY 2
A model to develop awareness
Exercise seven
Exercise eight
8 KEY 3
Life is short - getting motivated
Exercise nine
Taking control of your life
The quality of assertiveness
Exercise ten
Passive
Aggressive
Passive-aggressive
The skills and qualities of empathetic assertiveness
Assertiveness and rights
Developing the skills of empathetic assertiveness
9 KEY 4
Change threatens people's need for control
How do you react to change?
Exercise eleven
Exercise twelve
Change is the only constant
10 KEY 5
Building self-confidence
Exercise thirteen
Dealing with a difficult time: how did you do that?
11 KEY 6
Attitude
CBT: changing thoughts to change feelings
Exercise fourteen
Choosing your attitude
Controlling your inner voice - 1
Controlling your inner voice - 2
Exercise fifteen
Controlling your inner voice - 3
Exercise sixteen
12 KEY 7
Stress comes from the past and the future
Exercise seventeen
Learn to live in the present
Exercise eighteen
The last word
References and further reading
Index