Life Support
A Survival Guide for the Modern Soul
1st Edition
Published on 19. March 2009
384 pages
978-1-84850-601-5 (ISBN)
Description
Psychotherapy helps thousands of people every day: they feel happier, achieve more success and enjoy better relationships. But not everyone can be - or wants to be - in therapy. Prominent psychotherapist Derek Draper has chosen to share his tips and tools from the therapy room to help exactly those people. In this groundbreaking book he explores 40 key issues that impact almost everyone's lives, uses examples drawn from real life to help you gain a better understanding of why things happen, and provides clear insights and advice that will help you think about life's new challenges in new, more positive ways. These stories will help you be a better wife, husband, parent and friend. Above all they will help you become a better you - because the more we understand why we do what we do, the more we can change ourselves for the better and enjoy the fuller, happier lives we deserve.
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Derek Draper was an award-winning psychotherapist and author. He featured regularly in national newspapers and magazines, appeared frequently on TV and radio, and wrote a therapy column in Psychologies magazine, which was the inspiration for this book. He was also a MIND Journalist of the Year. He lived in London with his wife, Kate Garraway, and their two children.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part 1 - Understanding You
- Understanding Your Inner World
- Finding Direction
- Telling the Truth
- Remembering Right
- Letting Go
- Getting Angry
- Letting It All Out
- Acting Your Age
- Having a Happy Birthday
- Dreaming On
- Dealing with the Past
- Being Too Dependent
- Getting Addicted
- Techno-stress
- Avoiding Depression
- Accepting Unhappiness
- Being Your Own Worst Enemy?
- Crying Shame
- Making a Change
- Part 2 - Understanding Your Relationships
- Falling in Love
- The Go-Between
- Being Popular
- How Much to Share?
- Dealing with Sibling Rivalry
- Coping at Christmas
- A Christmas for all Generations
- Lost Boys
- Part 3 - Understanding Your World
- Motherhood
- Fatherhood
- Pressured Childhood
- Masculinity
- Religion
- Celebrity
- What's So Fascinating about Britney?
- Why We Read 'Misery Memoirs'
- Coping with Recession
- Reality TV
- Part 4 - Understanding Therapy
- Do I Need Therapy?
- The Therapy Relationship
- Truth in Therapy
- Love and Therapy
- Falling in Love with Your Therapist
- Coping with Shame
- Holidays
- Therapy on TV
- A Healthy Dislike
- Therapist, Heal Thyself
- Conclusion - Where to Go Next?
- About the Author
- Join the Hay House Family
