The Road to Calm: Life-Changing Tools to Stop Runaway Emotions - Couverture souple

Daitch, Carolyn; Lorberbaum, Lissah

 
9780393708417: The Road to Calm: Life-Changing Tools to Stop Runaway Emotions

Synopsis

Emotional flooding-being overwhelmed by feelings-happens in response to stress, anxiety, and life's challenges. In this client-orientated accompaniment Affect Regulation Toolbox, Carolyn Daitch and Lissah Lorberbaum present skills and tools on how to dial down reactivity, practice mindfulness, and focus positively on the future. Written to conquer a broad range of emotional challenges in easily accessibly language, this book is intended to help clients improve the quality of their everyday lives. The workbook is split into two parts. Part I helps the reader understand when and why emotional flooding occurs. Using vivid stories and examples of others' triggering situations helps the reader better understand their own triggers, and how to cope with them. Part II provides instructions for "daily stress inoculations," a daily practice for relaxing and lowering baseline levels of emotional reactivity. The STOP Solution is introduced as a way of learning how to stop or lessen feeling emotionally overwhelmed. STOP stands for Scanning thoughts, feelings, and sensations, Taking a time-out, Overcoming Initial Flooding, and Putting tools into practice. To reinforce the effectiveness of each tool, the workbook includes guided imagery exercises, opportunities to create positive self-statements, and space for personal reflections after practicing each tool. In addition, the workbook points readers to the matching audio recordings to facilitate their practice of the exercises as they go through the workbook. Both the tools and the written and audio exercises provide a gentle and reliable program that leads to calm emotions, resilience, and well-being.

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À propos de l?auteur

Carolyn Daitch, Ph.D., has been a psychologist in private practice for over 25 years. She is director of the Center for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Farmington Hills, MI, and acts as a consultant to the University of Michigan School of Medicine's Department of Complementary and Alternative Research, as well as Wayne State University's School of Medicine. Dr. Daitch received the Life Time Achievement Award from the Michigan Society of Clinical Hypnosis in June 2008, and the Presidential Award from the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis in March 2008. She lives in West Bloomfield, Michigan. Lissah Lorberbaum, MA, holds a master's degree in clinical psychology with a specialization in somatic psychology and treats affect dysregulation across a wide range of clientele. She is also coauthor of Anxious in Love: How to Manage Your Anxiety, Reduce Conflict, and Reconnect with Your Partner. She lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.

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