Coaching for Resilience – A Practical Guide to Using Positive Psychology
Autor Adrienne Green, John Humphreyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 sep 2012
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780749466459
ISBN-10: 0749466456
Pagini: 232
Ilustrații: Illustrations
Dimensiuni: 156 x 233 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: Kogan Page
ISBN-10: 0749466456
Pagini: 232
Ilustrații: Illustrations
Dimensiuni: 156 x 233 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: Kogan Page
Cuprins
About the authors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART ONE Essential foundations for lasting resilience
1 Defining ‘resilience’ and ‘stress’
Resilience
Stress
Fight-or-flight
2 The science bit
How the brain works
How the brain works in the real world
Reacting without thinking
Taking control of the stress response
3 The effects of modern-day chronic stress
Exercise one
How stress undermines resilience
External threats have been replaced by internal threats
4 Managing stress to build resilience
The signs and symptoms of stress
The causes of stress
Strategies and techniques to reduce stress
5 What you already know
Exercise two
What causes stress and undermines resilience?
Techniques and strategies to reduce stress and build resilience
Why what you know about stress isn’t helping you
Only two real causes of stress
Exercise three
PART TWO The 7 KEYS
6 KEY 1
The two underlying psychological causes of stress
Why is the need for approval such a powerful psychological driver?
A question answered
How the need to be liked affects stress levels in everyday life
Exercise four
The two underlying psychological causes of stress
Need for control – I
Exercise five
Need for control – II
Need for control – III
Exercise six
7 KEY 2
A model to develop awareness
Exercise seven
Exercise eight
8 KEY 3
Life is short – getting motivated
Exercise nine
Taking control of your life
The quality of assertiveness
Exercise ten
Passive
Aggressive
Passive-aggressive
The skills and qualities of empathetic assertiveness
Assertiveness and rights
Developing the skills of empathetic assertiveness
9 KEY 4
Change threatens people’s need for control
How do you react to change?
Exercise eleven
Exercise twelve
Change is the only constant
10 KEY 5
Building self-confidence
Exercise thirteen
Dealing with a difficult time: how did you do that?
11 KEY 6
Attitude
CBT: changing thoughts to change feelings
Exercise fourteen
Choosing your attitude
Controlling your inner voice – 1
Controlling your inner voice – 2
Exercise fifteen
Controlling your inner voice – 3
Exercise sixteen
12 KEY 7
Stress comes from the past and the future
Exercise seventeen
Learn to live in the present
Exercise eighteen
The last word
References and further reading
Index
Notă biografică
Adrienne Green is a psychotherapist, and she works with people suffering from severe stress, anxiety and depression. She has lectured at Lancaster University on theories of counseling and psychotherapy and on a variety of topics in the area of professional and personal development.
John Humphrey advises many leading employers on health and employment issues. He has run the healthcare functions of Procter & Gamble and the Beecham Group. He is co-founder of BMI Occupational Health, founding Managing Director of Minerva Health Management and the Chairman of Marsh Health. He is also the author of Fast Track to the Top: 10 Skills for Career Success, published by Kogan Page.
Descriere
Many people are ill-equipped to deal with modern-day stressors, causing them to react as though they are being attacked. This book uses the principles of positive psychology to show coaches, trainers, and managers how to build greater resilience to pressure.