A successful survey of common therapy topics with remedies that may provide relief, growth, and lasting change.
A debut self-help guide that resists long explanations and jumps directly to solutions for handling relationship problems, anxiety, decision-making, and self-doubt.
This book’s format makes it stand out among other self-help offerings. Rather than focusing on one particular topic, such as anxiety, stress, or communication, Joelson covers a wide array of common issues that patients have brought to him during his therapist career. Instead of discussing the reasons behind their life struggles, he simply provides anecdotes about specific complaints and offers solutions that gave his patients relief. For example, he discusses the common problem of thinking about solutions rather than acting on them, using the story of a patient named William who wanted to begin an exercise routine but found himself unable to do so. Joelson quickly realized that William was deriving satisfaction from ruminating about exercising instead of taking active steps toward his goal. The author labels this a habit that people use as a way of avoiding anxiety. After all, he explains, thinking is safe, but acting brings risks and unknowns. Once the patient realized this, he was able to take the leap to starting an exercise program. Throughout the book, the author illuminates often simple solutions to very complex issues, from grief to criticism to making important life decisions. Although the book covers many different topics, it doesn’t gloss over the importance and severity of each patient’s issue; it simply cuts to the chase by defining each of the problems in a straightforward, easy-to-understand way. Overall, this book will be helpful to readers searching for better approaches to self-improvement.
A successful survey of common therapy topics with remedies that may provide relief, growth, and lasting change.Pub Date: June 21, 2016
ISBN: 978-0-9972292-1-9
Page Count: 228
Publisher: Health Psychology Press
Review Posted Online: April 21, 2016
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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An extravaganza in Bemelmans' inimitable vein, but written almost dead pan, with sly, amusing, sometimes biting undertones, breaking through. For Bemelmans was "the man who came to cocktails". And his hostess was Lady Mendl (Elsie de Wolfe), arbiter of American decorating taste over a generation. Lady Mendl was an incredible person,- self-made in proper American tradition on the one hand, for she had been haunted by the poverty of her childhood, and the years of struggle up from its ugliness,- until she became synonymous with the exotic, exquisite, worshipper at beauty's whrine. Bemelmans draws a portrait in extremes, through apt descriptions, through hilarious anecdote, through surprisingly sympathetic and understanding bits of appreciation. The scene shifts from Hollywood to the home she loved the best in Versailles. One meets in passing a vast roster of famous figures of the international and artistic set. And always one feels Bemelmans, slightly offstage, observing, recording, commenting, illustrated.
Pub Date: Feb. 23, 1955
ISBN: 0670717797
Page Count: -
Publisher: Viking
Review Posted Online: Oct. 25, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1955
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