Lutz van Dijk Knihy

If you self-harm, you should know that you aren't alone. There are lots of reasons people turn to self-harming behaviors; whether you do control in your life, or just feel something -- anything -- other than numb, there are safer and healthier ways to find emotional relief. This workbook can help. With this powerful and compassionate workbook as your guide, you'll learn how to work through difficult thoughts and feelings, find relief from emotional pain, and build stronger, more supportive relationships. Using skills based in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) -- the go-to treatment for self-harm -- you'll create an action plan to stop your reliance on self-harming and self-destructive behaviors, so you can start living the life you truly want

When you have bipolar disorder, it can sometimes seem like mood swings are keeping you from being the person you want to be. You may alternate between feelings of depression and overexcitement even though what you really want is to find a healthy balance between the two. This easy-to-use workbook presents a set of skills you can learn that will help you find that balance, become more independent, and stay focused on the big-picture goals that are most important to you. The Bipolar Workbook for Teens includes exercises and worksheets that will help you learn skills drawn from a special technique called dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). DBT skills can help people with bipolar disorder improve their relationships with friends and family and calm themselves when their emotions get really overwhelming. Working through this book will help •Recognize and respond to your emotional triggers •Create a crisis plan and find support•Get a handle on addictive behavior•Maintain friendships and get along with your family

From the best-selling author of Don't Let Your Emotions Run Your Life for Teens, this cutting-edge workbook offers readers struggling with emotion regulation quick, in-the-moment skills drawn from dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) to not only rescue themselves from out-of-control emotions, but also avoid becoming emotionally overwhelmed in the first place.

This fully revised and updated second edition offers teens even more strategies for managing difficult feelings, and includes new material on acceptance, overcoming shame, the role of values in emotion regulation, body- based practices for finding calm, and more.

Let's face life gives you plenty of reasons to get angry, sad, scared, and frustrated-and those feelings are okay. But sometimes it can feel like your emotions are taking over, spinning out of control with a mind of their own. To make matters worse, these overwhelming emotions might be interfering with school, causing trouble in your relationships, and preventing you from living a happier life. Don't Let Your Emotions Run Your Life for Teens is a workbook that can help. In this book, you'll find new ways of managing your feelings so that you'll be ready to handle anything life sends your way. Based in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), a type of therapy designed to help people who have a hard time handling their intense emotions, this workbook helps you learn the skills you need to ride the ups and downs of life with grace and confidence.This book offers easy techniques to help •Stay calm and mindful in difficult situations•Effectively manage out-of-control emotions•Reduce the pain of intense emotions•Get along with family and friends

Portraits of Gay Men from all over the World A multi-cultural mosaic of Europe's Gay Capital Presented as part of the official cultural programme of the Gay Games which will be held in Amsterdam later this year, the many and varied portraits included in this volume comprise a unique insight into the lives of gay sportsmen.

The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook for Bipolar Disorder provides readers with DBT skills such as mindfulness, emotion regulation, and radical acceptance to help them move away from the destructive behaviors that often accompany bipolar disorder.

Thinasonke enjoys school life and the time she spends with her friends, but there are storm clouds on the horizon...