Meeting mental breakdown mindfully : how to help the comprehend, cope and connect way / Isabel Clarke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clarke, Isabel, author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental illness--Treatment.

Mental illness.

Mindfulness (Psychology).

Mental health services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 178 pages) : illustrations (black and white)

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Isabel Clarke is a consultant clinical psychologist with over 25 years' experience as a therapist in the NHS for people with complex problems. Her innovative approach to mental health that side-steps diagnosis is applied widely in Acute Services and is adapted for IAPT and cross-cultural application.

Contents:

Section I. Foundations; 1. Being human and why it is difficult

a rethink; 2. Why the conventional wisdom about mental health needs challenging; 3. Turning therapy inside out; 4. Falling between the cracks: Self, relationship, spirituality and mental health; 5. Trauma and mental breakdown; Section II. Opportunity, emotions and the elusive self; 6. Emotion as problem, emotion as solution; 7. The elusive self: Compassion and potential; 8. Beyond consensual reality; 9 Reconfiguring mental health; Section III. How to help: Comprehend and Cope; 10. Meeting someone from the inside and getting the mind in gear; 11. Comprehend: Introducing the spikey diagram; 12. Coping skills: The basics; 13. Harnessing motivation and a new role for emotions: From problem to solution; Section IV. Forging new relationships: Connect; 14. Healing the relationship with the self; 15. Relationships with other people: Unravelling the tangles; 16. Aspects of self and putting the past in the past; 17. Beyond the self, beyond the consensus; Section V. Wrapping up and wider horizons; 18. The end is the beginning: Therapy as toolkit; 19. CCC in the wider world; 20. Conclusion and further implications.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 28, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781000429565

1000429563

9781000429534

1000429539

9781003081616

1003081614

Publisher Number:

99989317868

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.