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SELF-HELP BOOK LIST - UK PRICES 1999
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STRESS MANAGEMENT: A QUICK GUIDE
Stephen Palmer & Lynda Strickland
£4-99 + £0-75p&p
Stress Management: a quick guide provides concise information on the nature and negative consequences of stress. It demonstrates the causes of stress, such as life events, too much or too little pressure and organisational stresses. The Guide highlights how the way people think can lead to stress. Also it shows readers how to manage and reduce their stress.
MANAGING ANGER
Gael Lindenfield
£6-99 + £0-75p&p
Anger is a very natural response to hurt, frustration, bereavement, loss or threat.
But it can be a very damaging response, and unless we deal with it effectively the results can be highly destructive. We might take out our feelings on people we love, we may feel violent or we may turn our anger in upon ourselves - feeling regret, guilt, bitterness or even apathy. Because this is an emotion we often try to hide from ourselves as well as from others, we are often not aware quite how deep our anger runs.
ASSERT YOURSELF
Gael Lindenfield
£4.99 + £0.75p&p
Dont spend your life blaming yourself for being inadequate, shy or too easily led. Learn how to assert yourself. This best-selling book has already changes the lives of thousands of people.
LIVING WITH FEAR:
Understanding and Coping with Anxiety
Isaac M Marks M.D.
£11-99 + £0-75p&p
Worry is an emotion that everyone experiences, but when our worries reach a level at which they adversely affect our ability to reason and make sound decisions, professional help can and should be sought to overcome them. Living with Fear offers a unique blend of inspiration and practical guidance for people who suffer from recurring anxieties and phobias.
LIVING WITH STRESS
Cary L Cooper, Rachel D Cooper, Lynn H Eaker
£7-99 + £0-75p&p
One way or another, we all have to learn to live with stress....And yet people who can avoid constant competition at work, endless conflict at home and a driven, coronary-inducing (Type A) lifestyle will be far better placed to deal with it. In this major survey of the latest research the authors make absolutely clear why low levels of stress are positively desirable, why todays business world and new patterns of family life make us all vulnerable and why we are not therefore compelled to let stress ruin our lives. They explore the terrible vicious circle of stress leading to more stress, with no escape route in sight, and they explain how it is, in fact, always possible to break out.
THINK RATIONALLY
Prof Windy Dryden & Jack Gordon
£1-95 + £0-50p&p
This self-help guide will enable readers deal with many aspects of stress. The guide explains a simple ABC model of emotional disturbance which highlights how irrational beliefs are largely responsible for stress. The guide has been written by two experienced counsellors, Pro-fessor Windy Dryden and Jack Gordon.
PEAK PERFORMANCE
Windy Dryden & Jack Gordon
£12.99 + £0.75p&p
The way we react emotionally to events or circumstances is determined by our rational (or irrational) beliefs about those events or circumstances. Rational-Emotive Training (RET) shows how to reshape and channel those beliefs to ensure a positive a positive or constructive reaction. Everyone experiences disappoint-ments, frustrations, and worse in the workplace. Most allow their reactions to draw them down. This book shows readers how to ride above them.......
THE FEELING GOOD HANDBOOK
David D Burns M.D.
£12-50 + £1-50p&p
With his phenomenally successful Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy, Dr. David Burns introduced a ground-breaking, drug-free treatment for depression. Now, in this long-awaited sequel, he reveals powerful new techniques and provides step-by-step exercises that help you cope with the full range of everyday problems.
THINK YOUR WAY TO HAPPINESS
Dr Windy Dryden & Jack Gordon
£6-99 + £0-75p&p
Have you ever wanted to take more control over your life? Wouldnt you be happier if you didnt have to worry about jealousy, anger, frustration and embarrassment getting in the way? Emotional problems dont have to spoil your life, because you can get rid of the ideas which hold you back and depress you, so you can make a new, positive start. When you read this book youll learn to understand your feelings, and see that you dont have to feel bad about anything. Dr Windy Dryden and Jack Gordon explain the rational approach, which will let you choose a better life, and think yourself happy!
HOW TO STICK TO A DIET
Deborah Steinberg & Dr Windy Dryden
£4-99 + £0-75p&p
Thousands of people go on diets, to lose weight, or change their eating patterns, or for health reasons, but the vast majority give up without achieving their long-term goals. Sticking to a diet needs more than an eating plan, and this book uses psychological techniques to help you achieve your aims.
HOW TO BE YOUR OWN BEST FRIEND
Paul Hauck
£5-99 + £0-75p&p
An excellent book for people who wish to become their own best friends.
HOW TO INTERVIEW AND BE INTERVIEWED
Michele Brown & Gyles Brandreth
£5-99 + £0-75p&p
Being interviewed for a job can be a traumatic experience. What should you say about yourself? How do you cope with nerves? How do you give a good impression? What do you wear? You probably dont pause to think how your interviewer is feeling! But there is also a knack to conducting an interview effectively - getting the best out of a candidate, and asking the right questions. This book look at interviewing from both sides of the desk.
HOW TO ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT
Vicky Maud
£6-99 + £0-75p&p
When you retire it can change your life as much as starting work did. Suddenly you have more time and new freedom to do what you want to do, and the escape from routine and the choices that brings with it can be invigorating, or they can be daunting.
Whether youve been counting the days for years or dreading the moment when you dont have a job to go to, youll find sensible, sympathetic advice here.
BEATING THE COMFORT TRAP
Dr Windy Dryden & Jack Gordon
£5-99 + £0-75p&p
Do you ever...
lie in bed that extra half hour when there are lots of things you want to get done?
have another biscuit even though you really want to lose some weight?
wait to wash the car until youre in the mood, even though its filthy?
Know the feeling? Then youve been in the comfort trap. The reason its a trap is that, although you save effort in the short term, you know that the big rewards, the real satisfactions, call for more initiative. If you wish you were more energetic, more dynamic and more creative you need to break out of the trap. Windy Dryden and Jack Gordon have inspired thousands with their no-nonsense motivation. Beating the comfort trap offers the spark to help you take charge of your life. So dont put it off - read this book and start now!
THE ASSERTIVENESS WORKBOOK - A Plan for busy women
Joanna Gutmann
£5-99 + £0-75p&p
Many women would love to feel a bit braver about standing up to people, and more confident that their expectations were reasonable. Assertiveness isnt something you need to be born with - you can learn it. You can learn techniques to help you ask for what you want, and say no when you need to. Youll save yourself time, energy and embarrassment when you can be direct, without making excuses or giving in to people. You can become calm and confident, and take back control of your life.
CALM DOWN
Dr Paul Hauck
£5-99 + £0-75p&p
How do you react to situations that dont run according to plan? How do you cope with people who wont do things your way? Do you let lifes frustrations build up inside you until you explode with anger and rage? This book will help you deal with these problems.
...excellent...Dr Hauck talks so much sense.
Virginia Ironside, Problem Page Editor of Woman.
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