Howard Rosenthal, Joseph W. Hollis

Help Yourself To Positive Mental Health (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This work reveals 50 simple ideas and concrete actitivities to improve anyone's mental well-being. Written in a conversational style, this resource provides techniques and specific suggestions to combat depression, fear, loneliness, anger, a poor self-image, undesirable habits, poor communication, relationship difficulties and other problems. Step-by-step, the authors show the reader the way to positive mental health. All 50 ideas are introduced in the same straightforward format: a basic idea is presented on the right-hand page and a concise, one-page explanation that defines the concept and how to implement it is shown on the left.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135059255
• Artikelnr.: 39421526

Autorenporträt

Howard Rosenthal, Joseph W. Hollis

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Help Yourself
Chapter 1 Reward Yourself for doing the right thing
Chapter 2 Reward Yourself with the Thing You Like ... So You'll do the Thing You don't Like
Chapter 3 Do Some Moderate Exercise (Nature's Own Antidepresant)
Chapter 4 Keep a Journal
Chapter 5 Role-Play Difficult Situations with a Friend
Chapter 6 Use a Behavioral Contract to Help Yourself or Others
Chapter 7 Be Optimistic
Chapter 8 Stop Describing Yourself with Negative Labels
Chapter 9 Stop Blaming Others for Your Difficulties
Chapter 10 When Everything Else Fails, Give Reverse Psychology a Try
Chapter 11 Follow Through When you Make Promises to Others
Chapter 12 To Reach Your Big Goals, Always Set Smaller Ones
Chapter 13 Give Someone a Compliment
Chapter 14 Act Successful
Chapter 15 Use Negative Practice to rid Yourself of Common Mistakes
Chapter 16 Take Time to Relax
Chapter 17 Choose Present Moment Happiness
Chapter 18 Make a List of Your Successes
Chapter 19 Turn "You Statements" into "I Statements"
Chapter 20 Stop Mind Reading and Start Asking People What They are Experiencing
Chapter 21 Make a Chart to Reduce or Eliminate Unwanted Behaviors
Chapter 22 Use Cost to Reduce or Eliminate Unwanted Behaviors
Chapter 23 Relabel Difficulties
Chapter 24 Help Yourself by Helping Others
Chapter 25 Make Life More Exciting by doing Something Different
Chapter 26 When You Believe You Can, You Can
Chapter 27 Shake the Clay off Your Feet So You Can be Open to New Experiences
Chapter 28 Identify One Thing You Can do Today That Will Boost Your Morale
Chapter 29 Just Say "NO" to Black-and-White Thinking
Chapter 30 Risk Enough to let Someone Know How You Feel
Chapter 31 Look in the Mirror and Smile
Chapter 32 Acknowledge Your Feelings
Chapter 33 Try Expressing Feelings Constructively
Chapter 34 Complete a Task
Then Pause Long Enough to Feel the Satisfaction of Completion
Chapter 35 Before You Judge Someone Else, Take a Walk in his or Her Shoes
Chapter 36 Close Your Eyes, Pause for a Moment, and Look Deep Inside to See the "Real Me"
Chapter 37 Tackle Fear by Taking Action
Chapter 38 Share a Smile with Someone You Don't Know
Chapter 39 Help Yourself and Others by Being a Good Role Model
Chapter 40 Write a Letter to Help Yourself Cope with Difficult Emotions
Chapter 41 Look for the Good in Someone
Chapter 42 Recognize That the Outside will Change When the Inside Does
Chapter 43 To Change Your Feelings, do Something Different
Chapter 44 Confront Difficult Situations by Use of the Five-Step Problem-Solving Method
Chapter 45 Use Role Reversal to Take the Sting Out of a Nasty Argument
Chapter 46 Tell Someone How Much You Like him or her
Chapter 47 Spend Time Alone to Become More Comfortable with Yourself
Chapter 48 Plug into the ABC System of Mental Health
Chapter 49 Make a Decision to Change Even if You Don't Know the Secret Reasons Behind Your Behavior
Chapter 50 Accept and Follow Your Intuition