The Power of Hope: Overcoming Your Most Daunting Life Difficulties--No Matter What

The must-read inspirational book of the year designed to combat a global "hope shortage."

Following in the footsteps of successful inspirational books like The Power of Positive Thinking and The Purpose Driven Life comes the definitive guide for understanding, developing, and strengthening our most important emotion: Hope. The timing couldn't be better.

In this engaging self-help "tour de force" authors Anthony Scioli, Ph.D., and Henry Biller, Ph.D., two renowned clinical psychologists, offer thought-provoking insights, compelling case studies, and practical "hope" exercises rooted in spirituality, religion, psychology, and philosophy, as well as their own personal stories of resilience. The result: a deeper assimilation of hope in daily life.

In The Power of Hope, readers will encounter:

• Strategies for overcoming nine kinds of hopelessness as well as for combating depression and suicide
• Advice on utilizing hope to manage the "day-to-day"—from work and relationships to serious illness, grief, or loss
• Ways in which hope can impact overall health, exercise, and diet
• Hope self-assessments, including a hope provider and spiritual intelligence scale 

Whether one is dealing with a serious health issue, a traumatic past, or just trying to thrive in a time of political and economic unrest, hope is the key to fostering success, love, and survival. The Power of Hope will inspire readers with renewed faith and possibility.

"This book is a must read for anyone dealing with adversity and a resource that every healthcare professional should own."—Bernie Siegel, M.D., author of Love, Medicine & Miracles and Help Me to Heal

Anthony Scioli, Ph.D., is professor of clinical psychology at Keene State College as well as a member of the graduate faculty at the University of Rhode Island. He is licensed as a psychologist in the state of Massachusetts. He was a Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude graduate of the University of Massachusetts/Amherst, and received his Ph.D. from the University of Rhode Island in 1990. Dr. Scioli completed Harvard fellowships in human motivation and behavioral medicine, and is listed in Who's Who in America. He co-authored the chapter on emotion for the Encyclopedia of Mental Health and has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. Considered to be one of the world's leading researchers of hope, Dr. Scioli has consulted to various NBC and CNN affiliates as well as WebMD on matters such as depression, coping, and trauma, and psychological adjustment in the aftermath of 9/11. Henry Biller, Ph.D., is professor of clinical psychology at the University of Rhode Island and has been involved in training mental health professionals for more than forty years. He has written eleven books, including Father Power, Stature and Stigma, and Creative Fitness. His groundbreaking work on the role of the father led to appearances on The Phil Donahue Show and The Today Show as well as a feature article in Life magazine.