Here is a first-time examination of sexual anorexia: the extreme fear of sexual intimacy and obsessive avoidance of sex. Patric Carnes, the acknowledged leader in the treatment of compulsive sexual behavior, examines its causes, then describes concrete tasks and plans for exploring intimacy and restoring healthy sexuality.
Most books on backache emphasize medication or surgery as cures. This practical guide suggests a better approach for sufferers. Using self-healing techniques to relieve pain, distinguishing back trouble from other problems, and protecting a weak back during sex or pregnancy are just a few of the topics in this thorough handbook. Over 40 black-and-white illustrations are included.
Children love to turn self-doubt into self-belief. Children relate to the dolphin in this story as the sea creatures show him how to believe in himself. Watch your child’s self-esteem grow as the sea creatures weave a web of positive statements. This feel good technique can be used to bolster self-image, manage stress and anxiety, and accomplish goals. This encouraging story will bring a smile to your face and give your child a tool that will last a lifetime. This is one of four stories featured on the Indigo Ocean Dreams CD.
Overcoming Low Self Esteem has become a classic of self-help literature, winning widespread praise for its practical and user-friendly approach. At last this benchmark work is available as a large format, practical manual, complete with multiple copies of worksheets, diaries and exercises suitable for a two-week course of treatment. The user will be able to write directly into the workbook, allowing him or her to trace progress over the course of treatment, monitor behaviour and record step-by-step improvement. Ideal for working through alone or with guided assistance, Overcoming Low Self Esteem Self Help Manual is a complete step-by-step treatment guide.
The most comprehensive kitchen resource for overcoming food allergies-now completely revised and updated!
Since its original publication in 1984, The Allergy Self-Help Cookbook has helped thousands of people overcome their food sensitivities and intolerances. Now, the tips and recipes have been entirely revamped for 21st-century cooks with little or no time to spare! Includes:
* Extensive breakfast and dessert chapters
* Updated nutrition information
* New recipes using ingredients such as Kamut flour and quinoa pasta
* How to help allergic children eat right and feel better
* Complete guide to new allergy-free products
* Tips for creating an allergy-free kitchen and home
With your doctor’s diagnosis in one hand and this book in the other, let your new allergy-free life begin!
As our knowledge of traumatic stress grows, so too does our awareness of the high cost of caring. Beginning with the assumption that caring for people who have experienced highly stressful events puts the caregiver at risk for developing similar stress-related symptoms, this book brings together some of the best thinkers in the trauma field to write about the prevention and treatment of Secondary Traumatic Stress. This “cutting edge” material not only reflects the current state of knowledge about secondary traumatization, but in a personal way explores our ethical obligations to each other, to our communities, and to future trauma research. Revised, expanded edition includes a new preface and introduction, a revised chapter on telehealth, a new chapter on moderating secondary traumatic stress through administrative and policy action, an extensive bibliography, and a new index!
How do you help someone who is grieving?When do you call? How can you help with practical matters? What kind of emotions can you expect to encounter? Here’s a helping hand with these difficult issues.
Listen to real-life stories that are easy to relate to, and benefit from concrete ideas to help others in each stage of grief.
You just found out . . . Responding to the news-what to say and do, and what not to
One week after . . . Listening and offering unconditional support
First six months . . . Helping with practical matters-belongings, finances, change in residence
One-year anniversary . . . Remembering their loved one
Being a support for someone who is grieving can be draining. June also helps you to remember to take care of yourself so you can keep on giving.
How Can I Help? takes the mystery out of grief. Gain strength and knowledge from June’s expert advice, and benefit from her hard-earned experience. You are needed-you can help.
TMJ: The Self-Help Program is a comprehensive guide written by a doctor specializing in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders—TMJ. These common disorders, affecting millions of people, are a group of painful and functional conditions that have their origin in the jaw joint and the jaw and neck muscles. Dr. Taddey explains how to pinpoint the source of your problem, then describes what you can do on your own to minimize any trouble.
Whether you’ve only recently developed symptoms of TMJ or have suffered for years with pain and discomfort, there is help available. Take your first step to relief now.
Maybe you feel trapped by the life you are living.
Or, possibly you have just lost your sparkle.
If so, the BagLady is someone you need to meet. A contemporary and empowering story, The BagLady’s Guide to Elegant Living is a universally appealing fable that inspires you to become more conscious in your approach to daily life. At its center is Angela, a woman who has lost it all-her husband, her career, and her passion for greeting each day-and Rose, a mysterious baglady who appears by chance . . . or by fate. As their unlikely friendship blossoms, Rose will lead Angela on a path to find joy and inner peace.
Simple and insightful, The BagLady’s Guide to Elegant Living will propel you on a journey of self-discovery, resulting in a richer and more meaningful life.
Renowned hypnosis and health experts Steven and Joy Gurgevich reveal the most powerful tool available for sustainable weight loss–our subconscious minds. With The Self-Hypnosis Diet, readers can reach their perfect weight with proven, successful techniques designed to utilize and understand the subconscious mind-body connection. In this instructive book and companion CD of guided self-hypnosis trancework sessions, readers will discover: * How to determine, reach, and maintain your ideal weight based on your own needs * How to increase willpower, change unhealthy eating patterns, and create new and lasting behaviors * How to still have an enjoyable, fulfilling love affair with food
As members of Dr. Andrew Weil’s Integrative Medicine program, Steven and Joy Gurgevich have taught thousands how to use hypnosis to overcome the innate challenges of dieting. With The Self-Hypnosis Diet, they provide readers with the “missing ingredient” to any plan for achieving a healthy diet and lifestyle–and change that lasts for a lifetime.
