Facing the Storm: Using CBT, Mindfulness and Acceptance to Build Resilience When Your World's Falling Apart

204 Pages Indexed. Page 31-32 top corner has light crease from being using as a bookmark. No other defects noted to this otherwise as new book with flawless interior text pages. Bad things can, and do, happen to any of us irrespective of whether we are good or bad, whether we consider ourselves lucky or doomed, and with no regard to fairness. Any of us can find ourselves facing redundancy, the breakdown of a relationship, bankruptcy or any number of life changing crises, or supporting someone else who is. And sometimes, no matter how much we might try, there is nothing we can do to prevent or reduce the problem. But that doesn't mean you have to be helpless; no matter how bad the situation you're about to deal with, there are things that you can do to become more resilient and that will help you face the storm that's coming towards you or yours. Using Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) techniques and the latest developments in mindfulness and acceptance-based approaches, this practical guide will take you through each stage of preparing for, enduring and recovering from a major life crisis helping you better understand what's going on, and providing new tools for dealing with the situation. When there's a storm coming towards you, and you can't escape it, then you have to prepare to face it. Here's how. Highly commended in the 2012 BMA Medical Book Awards. Contents: Storms happen, Gale warning realising you're in trouble, Listening to the forecasts making sense of it, I can't believe it's going to hit us, What should we do making decisions, Keeping going managing normal daily life, Thinking ahead preparing for afterwards, Riding the storm dealing with the emotions, The eye of the storm finding a quieter place in the middle of it all, Rebuilding from driftwood after the event, and all the different storms.…