An Introduction to Coping with Extreme Emotions: A Guide to Borderline or Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder - Couverture souple

Brosan, Lee; Spong, Amanda

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1472137329 ISBN 13 : 9781472137326

Editeur : Robinson, 2017

Synopsis

Many people suffer from extreme emotions with around 2% of people being diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. It is a very troubling condition which causes abnormal and unstable behaviour including overwhelming feelings of distress and anger, which may lead to self-harming, damage or destruction of relationships and, at times, loss of contact with reality.

Through clinically proven dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) techniques, this book will help you to control your extreme emotions. You will learn:

· The symptoms of personality disorder
· Different ways of coping with overwhelming emotions
· How to increase your emotional resilience from day to day

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Dr Lee Brosan was a consultant clinical psychologist in the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust, and Trust Lead for the development of psychological therapies. She was also clinical associate at the M.R.C. Cognition and Brain Science Unit in Cambridge and honorary lecturer at the University of East Anglia. She died in 2017.

Amanda Spong is a clinical psychologist in the personality disorders community team, which offers adult and specialist mental health services for people with borderline personality disorder. She is the personality disorder pathway lead for the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, and offers training and advice for other teams about how to understand and support people with personality disorder.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Learn how to cope with extreme or unstable emotions

Many people suffer from extreme emotions with around 2% of people being diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. It is a very troubling condition which causes abnormal and unstable behaviour including overwhelming feelings of distress and anger, which may lead to self-harming, damage or destruction of relationships and, at times, loss of contact with reality.

Through clinically proven dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) techniques, this book will help you to control your extreme emotions. You will learn:

· The symptoms of personality disorder
· Different ways of coping with overwhelming emotions
· How to increase your emotional resilience from day to day

Lee Brosan is a consultant psychologist with the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust. Over her career she has been responsible for the development of psychological treatment services within the Trust and has taught many other people about how best to understand and use CBT. Amanda Spong is a clinical psychologist in the personality disorders community team, which offers adult and specialist mental health services for people with borderline personality disorder. She is the personality disorder pathway lead for the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, and offers training and advice for other teams about how to understand and support people with personality disorder.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Robinson
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1472137329
• ISBN 13: 9781472137326
• Reliure: Poche
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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