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Book: The CBT Art Activity Book

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Book Title:

The CBT Art Activity Book: 100 Illustrated Handouts for Creative Therapeutic Work.

Author(s): Jennifer Guest.

Year: 2015.

Edition: First (1st), Illustrated Edition.

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Type(s): Paperback.

Synopsis:

Explore complex emotions and enhance self-awareness with these 100 ready-to-use creative activities.

The intricate, attractive designs are illustrated in the popular zentangle style and are suitable for adults and young people, in individual or group work. The worksheets use cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and art as therapy to address outcomes including improved self-esteem, emotional wellbeing, anger management, coping with change and loss, problem solving and future planning. The colouring pages are designed for relaxing stress management and feature a complete illustrated alphabet and series of striking mandala designs.

Book: Brain & Behaviour – An Introduction to Biological Psychology

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Book Title:

Brain & Behaviour – An Introduction to Biological Psychology.

Author(s): Bob Garrett.

Year: 2014.

Edition: Fourth (4th).

Publisher: SAGE Publications.

Type(s): Paperback.

Synopsis:

The 4th edition of Brain & Behavior: An Introduction to Biological Psychology showcases our rapidly increasing understanding of the biological foundations of behaviour, engaging students immediately with easily accessible content.

Bob Garrett uses colourful illustrations and thought-provoking facts while maintaining a “big-picture” approach that students will appreciate.

Key features:

  • Clear and compelling presentations and an outstanding art program simplify complex material.
  • End-of-chapter study resources such as “For Further Thought,” “For Further Reading,” and “Testing Your Understanding” quizzes encourage learning and self-assessment.
  • A Student Study Guide provides additional opportunities for practice and self-testing to develop a complete understanding of the material.

Book: The Book of Self-Care

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Book Title:

The Book of Self-Care – Remedies for Healing Mind, Body, and Soul.

Author(s): Mary Beth Janssen.

Year: 2017.

Edition: First (1st), Illustrated.

Publisher: Sterling Ethos.

Type(s): Hardcover and Kindle.

Synopsis:

Heal mind, body, and soul with this collection of self-care rituals and tips.

Never has the idea of mindfully checking in with ourselves and creating a “whole body” health – health that is more than simply the absence of illness – been so appealing. In this guide to self-care, wellness and beauty educator Mary Beth Janssen reveals how introspection, ritual, and love can help cure existential woes. She profiles a wide range of activities and exercises, including:

  • Karma Cleanse: How to cultivate/give lovingkindness, compassion, and forgiveness in yourself, and then pay it forward.
  • Intention, meditation, and breathwork techniques: Exercises for calm and centered living.
  • Emotional Housecleaning: How to deal with unprocessed emotions “stuck” within yourself.
  • Setting Healthy Boundaries: Check-in exercises for relationships that will help you reevaluate and build your support network.
  • Tips for nourishing yourself, deep sleep, and beauty rituals to celebrate your body.

Book: The Ayurvedic Self-Care Handbook

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Book Title:

The Ayurvedic Self-Care Handbook – Holistic Healing Rituals for Every Day and Season.

Author(s): Sarah Kucera.

Year: 2019.

Edition: First (1st).

Publisher: The Experiment.

Type(s): Flexibound, Audiobook, Audio CD, and Kindle.

Synopsis:

Feeling burned-out, unmotivated, or stuck? The Ayurvedic Self-Care Handbook is here to help. This authoritative guide to ancient healing offers more than 100 daily and seasonal Ayurvedic rituals – each taking 10 minutes or less – to reconnect you with nature’s rhythms, and to unlock better health, as you:

  • Boost and stabilise your energy with yogic breathing;
  • Overcome transitions with grounding meditations;
  • Undo physical and emotional stress with personalised yoga postures;
  • Prevent and treat disease with nourishing tonics and teas; and
  • Pause and reflect with daily and weekly journaling prompts.

Get back in sync with nature – and rediscover your potential to feel good.

Linking PTSD and the Parents of Children with Cancer

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Research Paper Title

Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms among Lithuanian Parents Raising Children with Cancer.

Background

The study aims to evaluate post-traumatic stress symptom expression among Lithuanian parents raising children with cancer, including social, demographic, and medical factors, and to determine their significance for the risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder.

Methods

The study was carried out in two major Lithuanian hospitals treating children with oncologic diseases. The cross-sectional study included 195 parents, out of which 151 were mothers (77.4%) and 44 were fathers (22.6%). Post-traumatic stress symptoms were assessed using the Impact of Event Scale-Revised. To collect the sociodemographic, childhood cancer, and treatment data, we developed a questionnaire that was completed by the parents. Main study results were obtained using multiple linear regression.

Results

A total of 75.4% of parents caring for children with cancer had pronounced symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. The female gender (β = 0.83, p < 0.001) was associated with an increased manifestation of symptoms, whilst higher parental education (β = -0.21, p = 0.034) and the absence of relapse (β = -0.48, p < 0.001) of the child’s disease reduced post-traumatic stress symptom expression.

Conclusions

Obtained results confirmed that experiencing a child’s cancer diagnosis and treatment is extremely stressful for many parents. This event may lead to impaired mental health and increased post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) risk; hence, it is necessary to provide better support and assistance to parents of children with cancer.

Reference

Baniene, I. & Zemaitiene, N. (2020) Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms among Lithuanian Parents Raising Children with Cancer. Children (Basel, Switzerland). 7(9), pp.116. doi: 10.3390/children7090116.

On This Day … 03 October

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People (Deaths)

  • 2014 – Benedict Groeschel, American priest, psychologist, and talk show host (b. 1933).

Benedict Groeschel

Benedict Joseph Groeschel, C.F.R. (23 July 1933 to 03 October 2014) was an American Franciscan friar, Catholic priest, retreat master, author, psychologist, activist, and television host.

He hosted the television talk programme Sunday Night Prime (originally Sunday Night Live) broadcast on the Eternal Word Television Network, as well as several serial religious specials.

He founded the Office for Spiritual Development for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. He was Associate Director of the Trinity Retreat House for clergy and executive director of St. Francis House.

He was professor of pastoral psychology at St. Joseph’s Seminary in New York and an adjunct professor at the Institute for Psychological Sciences in Arlington, Virginia. He was one of the founders of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal and among his close friends were Mother Teresa, Mother Angelica and Alice von Hildebrand.

Pastoral Psychology

One application of the psychology of religion is in pastoral psychology, the use of psychological findings to improve the pastoral care provided by pastors and other clergy, especially in how they support ordinary members of their congregations.

Pastoral psychology is also concerned with improving the practice of chaplains in healthcare and in the military.

One major concern of pastoral psychology is to improve the practice of pastoral counseling. Pastoral psychology is a topic of interest for professional journals such as Pastoral Psychology, the Journal of Psychology and Christianity, and the Journal of Psychology and Theology.

In 1984, Thomas Oden severely criticised mid-20th-century pastoral care and the pastoral psychology that guided it as having entirely abandoned its classical/traditional sources, and having become overwhelmingly dominated by modern psychological influences from Freud, Rogers, and others.

More recently, others have described pastoral psychology as a field that experiences a tension between psychology and theology.

Book: Applied Psychology – Driving Power of Thought

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Book Title:

Applied Psychology – Driving Power of Thought.

Author(s): Warren Hilton.

Year: 2019.

Edition: First (1st).

Publisher: Blurb.

Type(s): Hardcover, Paperback, Audiobook, and Kindle.

Synopsis:

Applied Psychology: Driving Power of Thought is an applied psychology text that explains the principles involved in business when psychology is applied to human resources and the hiring process.

Book: The Anxiety Toolkit

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Book Title:

Anxiety Toolkit, The – Strategies for Fine-Tuning Your Mind and Moving Past Your Stuck Points.

Author(s): Alice Boyes, PhD.

Year: 2015.

Edition: First (1st).

Publisher: End of line Clearance Book.

Type(s): Paperback.

Synopsis:

Do you overthink before taking action? Are you prone to making negative predictions? Do you worry about the worst that could happen? Do you take negative feedback very hard? Are you self-critical? Does anything less than perfect performance feel like failure?

If any of these issues resonate with you, you are probably suffering from some degree of anxiety, and you’re not alone. The good news: while reducing your anxiety level to zero is not possible or useful (anxiety can actually be helpful!), you can learn to successfully manage symptoms – such as excessive rumination, hesitation, fear of criticism and paralysing perfection.

In The Anxiety Toolkit, Dr. Alice Boyes translates powerful, evidence-based tools used in therapy clinics into tips and tricks you can employ in everyday life. Whether you have an anxiety disorder, or are just anxiety-prone by nature, you will discover how anxiety works, strategies to help you cope with common anxiety ‘stuck’ points and a confidence that – anxious or not – you have all the tools you need to succeed in life and work.

Book: The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook

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Book Title:

The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook.

Author(s): Edmund J. Bourne, PhD.

Year: 2020.

Edition: Seventh (7th), Revised and Updated Edition.

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications.

Type(s): Paperback and Kindle.

Synopsis:

Celebrating 30 years as a classic in its field and recommended by therapists worldwide, The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook is an unparalleled, essential resource for people struggling with anxiety and phobias.

Living with anxiety, panic disorders, or phobias can make you feel like you aren’t in control of your life. Tackle the fears that hold you back with this go-to guide. Packed with the most effective skills for assessing and treating anxiety, this evidence-based workbook contains the latest clinical research. You’ll find an arsenal of tools for quieting worry, ending negative self-talk, and taking charge of your anxious thoughts, including:

  • Relaxation and breathing techniques; and
  • New research on exposure therapy for phobiasLifestyle, exercise, mindfulness and nutrition tips.

Written by a leading expert in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), this fully revised and updated seventh edition offers powerful, step-by-step treatment strategies for panic disorders, agoraphobia, generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), worry, and fear.

You will also find new information on relapse prevention after successful treatment, and updates on medication, cannabis derivatives, ketamine, exposure, nutrition, spirituality, the latest research in neurobiology, and more.

Whether you suffer from anxiety and phobias yourself, or are a professional working with this population, this book provides the latest treatment solutions for overcoming the fears that stand in the way of living a meaningful and happy life.

This workbook can be used on its own or in conjunction with therapy.

Book: Anxiety – Overcome It and Live Without Fear

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Book Title:

Anxiety – Overcome It and Live Without Fear.

Author(s): Sonali Gupta.

Year: 2020.

Edition: First (1st).

Publisher: HarperCollins.

Type(s): Paperback and Kindle.

Synopsis:

Do you know the difference between anxiety and stress? What can you do when you have a panic attack? How do you know when it is time to get help?

Anxiety is a mental health crisis that has gripped over three crore Indians. In Anxiety: Overcome It and Live without Fear, clinical psychologist Sonali Gupta delves into the condition, using case studies to identify how anxiety can be triggered at work, in relationships, and by social media. Gupta shares a unique glimpse into this mental health condition in India, especially among Gen Z and millennials.

Recommending strategies and techniques for anxiety-prone readers, this book will help you confront your fears and take control of your life.