Keeping Your Head After Losing Your Job
How to survive unemployment
$66.99
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
12 February 2013
Summary
Although the current economic crisis creates a sense of urgency, we have always had and will always have a large number of people who are unemployed. For many, it is the most difficult time that they have ever faced. Without help, the unemployed face an increased risk of binge drinking, depression, anxiety and suicide. For many, there is a decreased quality of mental health, life satisfaction and objective physical wellbeing. Most feel alone and helpless.
Dr Robert Leahy has worked wi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780749958848 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0749958847 |
| Author: | Dr Robert L. Leahy |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Piatkus Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 12 February 2013 |
| Weight: | 458g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 155mm x 232mm |
Critics Review
Unemployment can be one of the biggest downers. But Robert Leahy shows how positive thinking can make all the difference - and how it can be achieved
Losing a job is like losing a piece of yourself. It can cause real damage to your self-image, your mental health and your physical health. Robert Leahy’s Keeping Your Head After Losing Your Job is a practical guide to picking yourself up, restoring your health and well-being, and getting the motivation and confidence to move forward with your life. This invaluable resource also has tips for family members who want to help, but don’t know how. Leahy is an international expert in teaching people how to recover from setbacks and live more healthy, productive lives - Dr Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, author of the bestselling Women Who Think Too Much
Dr Robert L. Leahy
Robert L. Leahy (B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Yale University), Director of The American Institute for Cognitive Therapy, completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Medical School under the direction of Dr Aaron Beck, the founder of cognitive therapy.
Dr. Leahy is the Past-President of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Past-President of the International Association of Cognitive Psychotherapy, Past-President of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, Director of the American Institute for Cognitive Therapy (NYC), and Clinical Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at Weill-Cornell University Medical School.
Dr. Leahy is the Honorary Life-time President, New York City Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Association and a Distinguished Founding Fellow, Diplomate, of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. He has received the Aaron T. Beck award for outstanding contributions in cognitive therapy. He is the author and editor of over 21 books, including THE WORRY CURE.
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