Books for Survivors and Professionals

Coping With Stress: Effective People and Processes US CA UK amazon.com COMPARE Prices powells.com

Coping With Stress: Effective People and Processes by C. R. Snyder (Editor) Book Description: This companion volume to Coping: The Psychology of What Works includes chapters by some of the most well known clinical and health psychologists and covers some of the newest and most provocative topics currently under study in the area of coping. The contributors address the key questions in this literature: Why do some of us learn from life’s stressors? And why do others fail and succumb to depression, anxiety, and even suicide? What are the adaptive patterns and behaviors of those who do well in spite of the obstacles that are thrown their way?

Coping With Trauma: A Guide to Self-Understanding US CA UK amazon.com COMPARE Prices powells.com

Coping With Trauma: A Guide to Self-Understanding by Jon G. Allen Book Description: Traumatic experience is alarmingly prevalent; few people escape its direct or indirect effects. Dr. Allen, Senior Staff Psychologist with the Trauma Recovery Program at The Menninger Clinic, has written this book to help laypersons understand the complex and often bewildering impact of traumatic experience. Coping With Trauma: A Guide to Self-Understanding provides a comprehensive yet highly readable summary of current professional knowledge for people of diverse backgrounds and education. Based on an extensive review of contemporary professional literature, Coping With Trauma incorporates the author’s experience conducting educational groups for patients with a history of severe trauma. In teaching these groups, Dr. Allen learns from his patients, who have generously and openly shared their personal experiences. Their lessons form a vital part of this book. Those who are struggling to cope with the direct effects of trauma will find Coping With Trauma to be an informative and sensitive guide to better understanding themselves and their experience. Partners and family members of traumatized individuals can gain increased understanding of and empathy for their loved ones, in addition to learning how to be more supportive.

Kicking Your Stress Habits: A Do-It-Yourself Guide for Coping With Stress US CA UK amazon.com COMPARE Prices powells.com

Kicking Your Stress Habits: A Do-It-Yourself Guide for Coping With Stress by Donald A. Tubesing Book Description: Everybody knows what stress is-but Kicking Your Stress Habits helps people do something about it. This unusual workshop-in-a-book goes beyond lectures and statistics by encouraging readers to think, plan, and act for themselves. Used as a stand-along stress resource or as a course text, Kicking Your Stress Habits helps groups and individuals learn the fundamental principles of stress management and wellness-then put those principles to work in their own lives. This book’s engaging style and easy-to-use format promote reflection, group interaction, and individual action.