Have you invested time and money in counseling or therapy and still have this nagging feeling that something isn't quite right? Do you have an emptiness inside that never seems to be filled no matter what you do? Do you have hurt and fear that continues to linger no matter how many issues have been resolved? If so, toxic shame may be getting in the way. When Therapy Isn't Enough describes the journey that transformed Mary Detweiler's toxic shame into a sense of purpose and passion. As her shame developed it became toxic and harmfulâ€'affecting every area of her life in a negative way. When her pain began to outweigh her fear, she learned to access God's love. As she grew in Christ her toxic shame was healed. She now rests in the peace and joy of God. This same path is available to all who seek it. If you feel like there is something missing in your life, you too can follow this path to inner healing and peace.

Have you ever felt as though you just can't take any more? Do you often wonder, Why me? Are you looking for spiritual inspiration? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you need When Therapy Isn't Enough. This quicker-picker-upper inspirational poetry book is written for such a time as now. In an economic turmoil, everyone could use a sprinkle of strength, hope, and coura≥ a reawakening to your dreams, gifts, and love with the giver of unconditional love: God. This collection of poems illustrates some of the most common inner struggles that occur at different stages of our lives when dealing with feelings caused by depression, loss, sickness, passion, victory, stress, friendship, and a host of other situations. When Therapy Isn't Enough sincerely mirrors God's faithfulness through all, always willing to bless, deliver, and fulfill his promises within you. Jacqueline Rosario Qui ones views poetry as a unique style of writing that adequately expresses her deepest thoughts, emotions, and passions. Her poems are a manifestation of her inner rhythm. Travel this road that leads to strength, courage, and optimism When Therapy Isn't Enough.

When Therapy Isn’t Enough integrates both personal and professional experiences to, for the first time, illuminate the intersection of Christianity and self-help. So many Christians and non-religious people are searching for the actual Word of God as the center to their daily lives, their reasons, and their purpose, and they don’t even know it. They want something less preachy, less shame-based, and more centered on the heart of God and what he stands for. When you focus on the Word of God, it is simple, it is fearless, it is non-religious, and it is practical. Heather allows believers and non-believers to come together in a way that no one feels judged. This book is designed to draw people into an understanding of God’s nature and sovereignty so they can be set free. Heather takes Christianity and makes it less threatening, less guilt-based, less exclusionary, and more welcoming, more accepting, and more inclusive. She connects all of our fears, worries, and trauma and shows us the tools to live a full life in spite of our experiences. This book blends both faith and psychology into a practical yet sustainable method of looking inward and upward for real “self-help.” When you have looked everywhere to no avail, maybe you haven’t looked to the One who can sustain you.

It's only natural to want to avoid making mistakes, but imperfection is a part of being human. And while perfectionists are often praised for their abilities, being constantly anxious about details can hold you back and keep you from reaching your full potential. In this fully revised and updated second edition of When Perfect Isn't Good Enough, you'll discover the root cause of your perfectionism, explore the impact of perfectionism on your life, and find new, proven-effective coping skills to help you overcome your anxiety about making mistakes. This guide also includes tips for dealing with other perfectionists and discussions about how perfectionism is linked to worry, depression, anger, social anxiety, and body image. As you complete the exercises in this book, you'll find it easier and easier to keep worries at bay and enjoy life — imperfections and all. This book has been awarded The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Self-Help Seal of Merit — an award bestowed on outstanding self-help books that are consistent with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and that incorporate scientifically tested strategies for overcoming mental health difficulties. Used alone or in conjunction with therapy, our books offer powerful tools readers can use to jump-start changes in their lives.

An in-depth look at a much misunderstood practice, offering a fresh viewpoint on how this science can be a universally effective route to our better selves.

This book draws on the author's half century of experience in teaching, consulting with, and supervising psychotherapists throughout the world. He begins with the premise that the field has become too preoccupied with information: collecting information from the client and then feeding that information back to the client in different forms. The author then explains how and why shifting away from information gathering to attending to what is actually happening in the therapy room increases the effectiveness of the therapeutic interaction.

With over 1.5 million referrals to talking therapies every year, it is a staggering realization to many that counselling and therapy in the UK is not regulated, monitored or sanctioned in any way. The British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) alone has over 47,000 members, and while this is largest registration body for counsellors in the UK, it is certainly not the only one. This book provides three personal accounts of the significant harm that counsellors and therapists are capable of causing their clients, and an examination of the counselling industry as a whole, with a focus on the lack of regulation and supervision that so many clients remain unaware of. It is estimated that upwards of 25,000 individual counselling qualifications are issued each year, and many of these will never go on to register with any accrediting body at all. Encompassing a review of different counselling modalities, including psychodynamic, person-centred, existential and integrative, this book highlights the troubling state of the industry's failings and how you can protect yourself as both a client and a counsellor. This is an essential read for any budding counsellors or clients and provides some much-needed clarity on an overwhelmingly complicated and difficult to navigate industry.

The reassuring bromides of "chicken soup for the soul" provide little solace for nurses—and the people they serve—in real-life hospitals, nursing homes, schools of nursing, and other settings. In the minefield of modern health care, there are myriad obstacles to quality patient care—including work overload, inadequate funds for nursing education and research, and poor communication between and within the professions, to name only a few. The seventy RNs whose stories are collected here by the award-winning journalist Suzanne Gordon know that effective advocacy isn't easy. It takes nurses willing to stand up for themselves, their coworkers, their patients, and the public. When Chicken Soup Isn't Enough brings together compelling personal narratives from a wide range of nurses from across the globe. The assembled profiles in professional courage provide new insight into the daily challenges that RNs face in North America and abroad—and how they overcome them with skill, ingenuity, persistence, and individual and collective advocacy at work and in the community. In this collection, we meet RNs working at the bedside, providing home care, managing hospital departments, teaching and doing research, lobbying for quality patient care, and campaigning for health care reform. Their stories are funny, sad, deeply moving, inspiring, and always revealing of the different ways that nurses make their voices heard in the service of their profession. The risks and rewards, joys and sorrows, of nursing have rarely been captured in such vivid first-person accounts. Gordon and the authors of the essays contained in this book have much to say about the strengths and shortcomings of health care today—and the role that nurses play as irreplaceable agents of change.