The Teenager's Guide to Burnout

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Naomi and Eliza have produced an accessible, engaging book that is a welcoming combination of personal stories, exercises and lovely illustrations that clearly addresses this common yet rarely discussed problem. The book challenges thoughts and beliefs commonly held about stress and burnout and introduces new perspectives, ideas and self-help tasks to promote effective change through a four-step process from breakdown through repair and learning to the new road ahead. The book also contains a helpful summary for parents so they can be understanding and supportive of their teens' road to change and, hopefully, recovery -- Dr Russell Hurn, chartered counselling psychologist This book is an absolute asset for teenagers and those who love and support them in understanding and recovering from burnout. It's not just the clear explanations of burnout and recovery that are helpful, but the way Naomi and Eliza weave in personal stories from their own and other people's lives, which makes it a warm, relatable and hopeful reading experience. You will come away understanding more about what burnout is, the factors that contribute to it and importantly, with a pathway for positive recovery. I highly recommend this book and it has a firm place on my bookshelf, as well as being on my 'recommended reading' list for young people experiencing burnout -- Dr Jo Coombs, BPS chartered psychologist and consultant HCPC-registered clinical psychologist At last, a book that has been written for young people that help them understand what burnout is and how to recover from it. Naomi and Eliza have included stories of their own lives as well as other peoples' stories and this makes the book so much more relatable. The book explains what burnout is, why it happens and why it feels so hard to recover from burnout. Eliza's illustrations make the stories come to life and the practical exercises throughout the book give young people the opportunity to practice the strategies that will help them in burnout and on the road to recovery. This is a great resource for anyone who supports young people at home or in the community to know what burnout in teenagers look like and also how to support them in their recovery. The book is full of hope for young people and I've recommended it as a must-read to the young people I work with, their parents and other professionals -- Anne Turnbull, EMDR consultant and BACP accredited counsellor