We all need some stress to get us going but too much can disrupt our lives almost without our realising it. The impact on health relationships & work can be extreme but it isn't inevitable. We can learn to understand & cope with stress & greatly improve our quality of life. Using well-developed methods of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) a clinical psychologist demonstrates how to recognise what happens when we are stressed. Considering common sources of stress she describes how to change how we think feel & act so our lives become more enjoyable & effective. ...

Terrible events are very hard to deal with. Those who go through a catastrophic life experience often feel permanently changed by the impact of what has happened. They become numb & shut off from those around them or grief or guilt may constantly weigh them down. Memories of horrifying scenes may intrude unexpectedly during waking hours while sleep may be disturbed by vivid unpleasant dreams. Traumatic stress responses including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder are psychological conditions that result from a persons coping mechanisms having been completely overwhelmed by a terrible experience. These flashbacks may be so severe that sufferers may feel that they are losing their sanity & subsequently become ever more isolated in their distress. To overcome the effects of trauma it is necessary to change those reactions & begin to see events in a different light. This book demonstrates with practical advice & tested exercises how to find new effective ways of coping with & finally overcoming traumatic stress. ...

From their ground-breaking work with CBT techniques in London's only NHS clinic for obesity Drs Jeremy Gauntlett-Gilbert & Clare Grace have developed this accessible self-help guide based on clinically tested methods that will help change thinking & overcome weight problems once & for all. This title discusses how to: develop real motivation to change; deal with negative patterns of thinking & blocks & understand why you have gained weight & can't shift it; develop a healthy & sustainable eating plan & understand why quick-fix diets are not the answer; bring more activity into life over the long term; & handle difficult emotions & physical feelings. ...

Up to 44 in every 1000 adults suffer from a condition known as Generalised Anxiety Disorder. This is much more than the normal worrying we all do
- it can be a debilitating disorder leading to significant personal & social problems & sometimes financial loss. Using established & proven CBT techniques expert clinicians Kevin Meares & Mark Freeston help readers to understand that it is their propensity to worry not the multitude of problems they worry about that is the root of the problem. The user-friendly step-by-step approach explains why they worry how to recognise what feeds it & develop effective methods of dealing with it.
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Many children are naturally shy but extreme shyness & social anxiety can become a major childhood problem leading to avoidance of school difficulty in making friends & even developing into social anxiety in adulthood. In Overcoming Your Childs Shyness & Social Anxiety" child psychologists Lucy Willetts & Cathy Creswell explain how parents can help a shy child learn to challenge their thoughts & behaviour patterns & learn to participate confidently in every aspect of their lives. Based on clinically proven cognitive behavioural principles the book explains what causes shyness how to identify social anxiety in your child (sometimes masked by anger or stubbornness) & how to gradually help your child face their anxieties & develop problem-solving strategies. This book is a must for parents teachers & anyone working with children." ...

The Overhaul is Kathleen Jamies first collection since the award-winning The Tree House & it broadens her poetic range considerably. The Overhaul continues Jamies lyric enquiry into the aspects of the world our rushing lives elide & even threaten. Whether she is addressing birds or rivers or the need to accept loss or sometimes the desire to escape our own lives her work is earthy & rigorous her language at once elemental & tender. As an essayist she has frequently queried our human presence in the world with the question How are we to live? Here this is answered more personally than ever. The Overhaul is a mid-life book of repair restitution & ultimately hope -- of the wisest & most worldly kind. ...

Conversations from the buses boardrooms & bars of Britain Think youve heard it all before? Think again with this hilarious collection of conversations from around Britain overheard at tourist hotspots in queues at work & on public transport. Packed full of verbal wit & gags it is guaranteed to get people talking & remember the stupid things that they have overheard. Microcosm A tired looking mother stands hands on hips in the play park watching her two young children tumble in the dirt. MOTHER: (shouting) Jordan! Syria! Play nice! Casanova on the 137 A young Casanova is chattin on his mobile while sitting on a bus. CASANOVA: I am so glad you called sweet. Yeaaaahh. Girl I aint sitting on no bus. Im here driving yeah? Yeah well you soon see it girl. You gonna come out with me tonight? Cooool. Im sooo glad you called yeah? I was thinking bout you...lets meet up...where? Okay Ill take you there... Yeah Ill take you there girl. I wont bring my wheels if weze going there. Thas alright. Thas alright... Ill be there. Whats your name girl..? I know what your name is girl I want you to spell it. Donna Dana! D-a-n-a yeah? I knew that. I am sooo glad you called yeah? I was thinking bout you. A hilarious record of what people really do say. Watch out-you never know who might be listening! ...

Bestselling author Torey Hayden's novel is a fascinating study of a fractured family a troubled child & a psychiatrist's attempts to rescue them. Conor aged nine arrives in the play therapy room of child psychiatrist James Innes with the diagnosis autistic". His mother Laura an aloof enigmatic novelist can't handle him. His rancher father embroiled in divorcing Laura does not feel there is anything wrong with Conor. His six year old sister Morgana insists he really does see ghosts. As James becomes convinced Conor is not autistic he is drawn first into Conor's strange world of "things the cat knows" & then into Morgana's stories of her friend the " Lion King". James is pulled most deeply however into Laura's world; at first that of a lonely rather difficult woman & then eventually into the world of her imagination an enthralling world that seems almost real
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Chris Scott & his band of globetrotting contributors & specialists have put together the definitive manual for planning & undertaking a vehicle-dependent overlanding adventure across the wilds of Africa Asia & Latin America. The Overlanders Handbook is written in the same entertaining yet clear jargon-free English for which Chriss other books are known
- it doesnt assume you know your plug gap from a radiator cap.
Includes:: 1. Planning
- When to go; typical costs; documentation; sponsorship; early overland journeys. 2. Vehicle choice & preparation
- The Overlanders Handbook is the most comprehensive account in print covering everything from adapting a cheap car to equipping a campervan or 4x 4 for months on the road or even building & outfitting your own accommodation module to mount on an all-terrain truck chassis. 3. Life on the road
- How to handle dodgy borders haggle over a purchase treat a dodgy stomach & cope with crazy driving conditions. Guidance on wild camping; navigation & mapping strategies; onward shipping; advice for solo women overlanders; travelling with children or with pets; vehicle repairs & troubleshooting; & off-road driving techniques. 4. Continental route outlines
- Guidelines on both popular & obscure overland routes through Africa Asia & Latin America.

Includes:: fuel prices easiest borders & best seasons visa strategies danger zones & regional highlights. 5. Overlanders Tales
- Half a dozen accounts of global adventures lasting months or even years in vans 4x 4s & all-terrain trucks
- from contributors aged from 9 to 69. 6. Supported by the online resource: www.overlanders-handbook.com.









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When a physicist is murdered in LA it seems the killer has no fear of publicity leaving the body on The Mulholland overlook a site with a stunning view over the city. & when it's discovered that the victim turned over a quantity of a lethal chemical to his killer before he died Harry knows he has more than just a single death to worry about. Alongside the forces of Homeland Security Harry realises he must solve the murder or face unimaginable consequences. ...