Shrinking the Smirch

A Practical Approach to Living with Long Term Health Conditions

Jo Johnson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

96 Seiten

2014
Speechmark Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-86388-996-7 (ISBN)

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Suitable for anybody who is living with a long term physical or psychological condition including MS, Parkinson's, brain injury, epilepsy, chronic fatigue, epilepsy, stroke, cancer, depression, eating disorders, trauma or anxiety, this book: asks the reader to think about their symptoms as something external to them - a smirch.

Shrinking the Smirch is a unique workbook for anybody who is living with a long term physical or psychological condition including MS, Parkinson's, brain injury, epilepsy, chronic fatigue, epilepsy, stroke, cancer, depression, eating disorders, trauma or anxiety.

The workbook asks the reader to think about their symptoms as something external to them - a smirch. A smirch is an annoying little imaginary creature who seeks to make humans sad and unhealthy. It helps you work out what your smirch makes you think, feel and do and create an image or description of your own smirch. It includes twenty practical ways to shrink your smirch ideas, based on psychological approaches that have been proven to work including narrative therapy, CBT, ACT, systemic and solution focused models as well as mindfulness and positive psychological. This book offers a dynamic approach to managing mental and physical health challenges.

Written in an accessible but unpatronising manner with marvellous pictures and some positive humour make it an easy read and will be a very useful resource for individuals with health conditions as well as therapists, teachers, life coaches and health professionals.

Jo Johnson has been working as a neuropsychologist for eighteen years. She worked for two decades within the NHS but now works as an independent consultant teaching and writing for several of the national neurology charities. Her specialist interests include brain injury, dementia and multiple sclerosis. She has written several books to meet the needs of children who have a parent with a neurological diagnosis including How to Talk to Your Kids about MS and My Parent has a Brain Injury; a Guide for Young People.

Introduction 1 The Smirch Story .2 Creating your own Smirch 3 Starting your Smirch Journey 4 Essential Shrinking Tips 5 Thinking, Feeling and Doing 6 Body Stuff 7 The Final Touches 8 Personal Revenge Plan 9 References and Resources

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.4.2014
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	297 x 210 mm
Gewicht	300 g
Themenwelt	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher
ISBN-10	0-86388-996-4 / 0863889964
ISBN-13	978-0-86388-996-7 / 9780863889967
Zustand	Neuware