Bouncing Back (Paperback)

Richard Wanlass

ISBN 10: 0190610557 / ISBN 13: 9780190610555

Editore: Oxford University Press Inc, New York, 2017

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Paperback. Decline in our physical and mental abilities may be due to injury, illness, or chronic pain, or may simply be the results of normal aging. Sometimes changes in ability are gradual enough and minor enough that we adapt to them effortlessly. In other circumstances, however, these ability changes are more abrupt or more pronounced and pose a real challenge to our coping resources. In Bouncing Back: Skills for Adaptation to Injury, Aging, Illness and Pain, RichardWanlass shares new research findings and observations of what he has learned in his thirty-five years of helping others adapt to these changes.Bouncing Back presents seven modulesassociated with changes in ability, including self-management, mood regulation, stress and anxiety management, anger and frustration management, relationship management, memory management, and pain management. Exercises follow almost every section to ensure concepts are understood and practiced. These developed tools provide new resilience skills and strategies to become better at change. They address the specific challenges of the broad and growing population of those learning to adapt totheir loss of ability, and should be of aid for the public and for rehabilitation psychologists and neuropsychologists in their practice. The book presents clear instructions on coping with changes in functioning associated with injury, aging, illness, and pain. Chapters teach how to restore mood and self-esteem, manage stress and frustration, maintain strong social ties, cope with chronic pain, function efficiently when memory ability declines, and master self-motivation and time management. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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• Titolo: Bouncing Back (Paperback)
• Editore: Oxford University Press Inc, New York
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0190610557
• ISBN 13: 9780190610555
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: new

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Decline in our physical and mental abilities may be due to injury, illness, or chronic pain, or may simply be the results of normal aging. Sometimes changes in ability are gradual enough and minor enough that we adapt to them effortlessly. In other circumstances, however, these ability changes are more abrupt or more pronounced and pose a real challenge to our coping resources. In Bouncing Back: Skills for Adaptation to Injury, Aging, Illness and Pain, Richard Wanlass shares new research findings and observations of what he has learned in his thirty-five years of helping others adapt to these changes.

Bouncing Back presents seven modules associated with changes in ability, including self-management, mood regulation, stress and anxiety management, anger and frustration management, relationship management, memory management, and pain management. Exercises follow almost every section to ensure concepts are understood and practiced. These developed tools provide new resilience skills and strategies to become better at change. They address the specific challenges of the broad and growing population of those learning to adapt to their loss of ability, and should be of aid for the public and for rehabilitation psychologists and neuropsychologists in their practice.

Informazioni sull'autore

Richard Wanlass is a healthcare professional who has devoted his career to helping his clients make the same types of adaptations taught in this book. Since 1987, he has served as Chief of Psychological, Social and Vocational Services in the University of California, Davis, Medical Center's Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, where he also holds the title of Clinical Professor.