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Tackling Depression at Work

A Practical Guide for Employees and Managers

  • By Gordon Parker AO, and Kerrie Eyers.

Published November 2010

If you have depression, do you persevere or do you risk telling your manager? If you are a manager, what can you do to support the employee and ensure the job is done? Figures suggest that more than ten per cent of people in the workforce struggle with depression. Both employees and their managers…
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Navigating Teenage Depression

A Guide for Parents and Professionals

Navigating Teenage Depression
  • By Gordon Parker, and Kerrie Eyers.

Published March 2010

First symptoms of depression often occur during teenage years, and it can be a disturbing and confusing time for families as well as the teenager themselves. How can you tell whether it is just typical teenage ups and downs that will pass, or something more serious? How can we reliably…
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My Kid is Back

Empowering Parents to Beat Anorexia Nervosa

My Kid is Back
  • By June Alexander, and Daniel Le Grange.

Published February 2010

My Kid is Back explains how family-based treatment can greatly reduce the severity of anorexia nervosa in children and adolescents, allowing the sufferer to return to normal eating patterns, and their families to return to normal family life. In this book ten families share their experiences of…
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Changepower!

37 Secrets to Habit Change Success

Changepower!
  • By Meg Selig.

Published October 2009

In Changepower! 37 Secrets to Habit Change Success, author Meg Selig guides readers through a step-by-step process that will help them achieve any habit change goal. Whether the reader wants to break a hurtful habit like smoking or overeating, or build a healthy habit like exercising or…
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Developing Resilience

A Cognitive-Behavioural Approach

Developing Resilience
  • By Michael Neenan.

Published June 2009

Some individuals emerge from grim experiences stronger in mind and spirit than others who suffered the same fate. In this book, Michael Neenan suggests that it is the meanings that we attach to events, and not the events themselves, that determine our reactions to them; this is why…
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The Parent Survival Guide

From Chaos to Harmony in Ten Weeks or Less

The Parent Survival Guide
  • By Theresa Kellam.

Published November 2008

When parents turn to the parenting/self-help section of their local bookstore, they are looking for both practical guidance and a childrearing philosophy that resonates with them - an approach they can relate to and be comfortable implementing in their own household. In The Parent…
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What Should I Believe?

Why Our Beliefs about the Nature of Death and the Purpose of Life Dominate Our Lives

What Should I Believe?
  • By Dorothy Rowe.

Published October 2008

Suddenly, in the twenty-first century, religion has become a political power. It affects us all, whether we’re religious or not. If we’re not in danger of being blown up by a suicide bomber we’ve got leaders to whom God speaks, ordering them to start a war. We’re beset by people who demand that we…
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Moving On After Childhood Sexual Abuse

Understanding the Effects and Preparing for Therapy

Moving On After Childhood Sexual Abuse
  • By Jonathan Willows.

Published August 2008

This self-help guide allows those who have experienced childhood sexual abuse to consider the impact that it has had on their adult lives from a new perspective, helping them to understand the effects, and prepare for therapy. Based on known reactions to physical and emotional trauma, the book…
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Breaking Up Blues

A Guide to Survival and Growth

Breaking Up Blues
  • By Denise Cullington.

Published March 2008

We want to believe that break-up and divorce may be tough in the short term, but that time will heal all. But is it a dangerous myth? Breaking Up Blues presents evidence of the risks of remaining caught in bitter battle; of failing to learn from past difficulties; in refusing to mind; or becoming…
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Coming Out, Coming In

Nurturing the Well-Being and Inclusion of Gay Youth in Mainstream Society

Coming Out, Coming In
  • By Linda Goldman.
  • Foreword by Jody M. Huckaby.

Published November 2007

Coming Out, Coming In: Nurturing the Well-Being and Inclusion of Gay Youth in Mainstream Society describes the process of “coming in” to a welcoming and nurturing family, from both the teen's and the parents' perspective. Linda Goldman draws on her personal and professional experience as a school…
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