Keeping Your Head After Losing Your Job

Product Description

Although the current economic crisis creates a sense of urgency we have always had & will always have a large number of people who are unemployed. For many it is the most difficult time that they have ever faced. Without help the unemployed face an increased risk of binge drinking depression anxiety & suicide. For many there is a decreased quality of mental health life satisfaction & objective physical wellbeing. Most feel alone & helpless. Dr Robert Leahy has worked with many unemployed people over the years examining the psychological consequences of unemployment & exploring ways to help people cope with the emotional fallout of losing their job. This book gives readers psychological tools to handle their period of unemployment & simple self-help strategies that can be used immediately to help them feel better & act better. The book draws on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) as well as practices such as mindfulness to help readers boost their self-esteem & confidence decrease anxiety & feelings of helplessness & develop resiliance & strength going forward.