Heart Disease
Author: Jack Canfield
Endorsed and supported by the Hope Heart Institute!
This new series from Chicken Soup for the Soul - inspirational stories followed by positive, practical medical advice for caregivers and patients - is the perfect blend of emotional support and vital information about heart disease including:
- Understanding your diagnosis
- working with your doctor
- blood pressure and cholesterol
- the DASH diet
- smart exercise
- alternative treatments
- surgery and other options
- attitude and health
- cardiac rehab
- living better with heart disease than you ever have before
Table of Contents:
| Introduction: From the Heart | ix | |
| Drop-Dead Gorgeous | 1 | |
| With Every Beat of Your Heart | ||
| Think about ... am I at risk for heart disease? | ||
| The Angina Monologues | 10 | |
| Blood Pressure: Silent but Dangerous | ||
| Think about ... questions to ask my doctor | ||
| Life in the Fast-Food Lane | 17 | |
| Cholesterol: It's All in the Numbers | ||
| Think about ... my cholesterol | ||
| Ticked Off | 25 | |
| The Diabetes Connection | ||
| The Appointment | 32 | |
| Two Opinions Can Be Better Than One | ||
| Think about ... questions to ask about my diagnosis | ||
| Kicked Off the Merry-Go-Round | 40 | |
| Lessen the Stress | ||
| Think about ... how well I deal with stress | ||
| Singing His Heart Out | 48 | |
| Get Off on the Right Foot ... and Then the Left | ||
| Think about ... which exercise is right for me? | ||
| Serious as a Heart Attack | 57 | |
| DASH-Your Heart-Healthy Eating Plan | ||
| Tips on How to Make Heart-Healthier Meals | ||
| Mission Possible: Healing One Heart from Baghdad | 69 | |
| What's My Alternative? | ||
| Think about ... my complementary practices | ||
| In a Heartbeat | 78 | |
| Classic Signs of Heart Attack | ||
| Classic Signs of Stroke | ||
| Take One Minute, Ask Three Simple Questions | ||
| A Shocking Start | 84 | |
| Six Minutes to Save a Life | ||
| Think about ... my emergency plan | ||
| Thanks for the Miracle, Sis | 91 | |
| Think about ... living day to day | ||
| Cradled in God's Hands | 98 | |
| Cardiac Rehab: One Way to Save Your Life | ||
| Think about ... ways to prevent (another) heart attack | ||
| A Damaged Heart Finds Love | 108 | |
| Planning for Major Health Events | ||
| Dying Was Never an Option | 114 | |
| Resources | 119 |
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Trauma-Centered Group Psychotherapy for Women: A Clinician's Manual
Author: Hadar Lubin
The awareness of psychological trauma has grown exponentially in the past decade and clinicians in many areas have increasingly found themselves confronted with the need to provide trauma-related services to clients. Still, there remains a serious lack of manuals that guide clinicians using group therapy to treat posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Trauma-Centered Group Psychotherapy for Women: A Clinician's Manual is the important, "how-to" resource that fills this void with a successful theory-based, field-tested model of group therapy for traumatized women. Concise and full of clinical examples, this helpful text includes a session-by-session guide for clinicians and a workbook for clients.
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Reviewer:Nicholas Greco IV, MS, BCETS, CATSM(College of Lake County)
Description:This wonderful book explains the tools and skills necessary to perform successful trauma-centered group psychotherapy with women. Despite the recent advances in treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the female group psychotherapy experience is an area in much need of further exploration, and this book provides the map.
Purpose:The focus is on providing clinicians with the authors' own 16-week method for conducting weekly outpatient group psychotherapy with women suffering from trauma. The authors present the theory, excellent case discussion, and appropriate evidence of success.
Audience:Clearly, mental health professionals working with trauma-exposed women will benefit the most, as this is not only a great teaching tool but also a clinical guide for immediate implementation into practice. Both authors clearly demonstrate their wealth of knowledge and experience.
Features:The highlight is the structure of the manual that walks readers through the 16 weeks of this therapeutic model. I particularly appreciated the discussion of therapists being guided by the three basic principles of immediacy, engagement, and emotionality. These three principles have applicability across the field of mental health and are just one great example of how beneficial this guide is both clinically and academically. The case examples are realistic; any therapeutic manual worth its weight has to have clear, concise, and meaningful vignettes. The authors know their material and bring the book and their therapeutic model to life with these cases. Astandout chapter is how to manage traumatic reenactments, as any clinician knows that discussing trauma is never easy for a patient. The book is more than mere explanation; it is a guide to helping the therapist bring together a group of women who may not normally have met if not for their shared conditions.
Assessment:If one word could sum this book up it would have to be outstanding! Clinicians need solid, usable models for treating PTSD, especially in women, and we now have one.
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