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Managing your mind : the mental fitness guide / Gillian Butler and Tony Hope.

By: Butler, Gillian.
Contributor(s): Hope, R. A.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007Edition: 2nd ed.Description: viii, 499 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0195314522 (cloth); 9780195314526 (cloth); 0198527721 (pbk.); 9780198527725 (pbk.).Subject(s): Mental health | Self-management (Psychology)DDC classification: 158
List(s) this item appears in: Careers Collection
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Originally published in 1995, the first edition of Managing Your Mind established a unique place in the self-help book market. A blend of tried-and-true psychological counseling and no-nonsense management advice grounded in the principles of CBTand other psychological treatments, the book straddled two types of self-help literature, arguing that in one's personal and professional life, the way to success is the same. By adopting the practical strategies that mental health experts Butler and Hope have developed over years of clinical research and practice, one can develop the "mental fitness" necessary to resolve one's personal and interpersonal challenges at home and work and to live a productive, satisfying life.

The first edition addressed how to develop key skills to mental fitness (e.g., managing one's time better, facing and solving problems better, keeping things in perspective, learning to relax, etc.), how to improve one's relationships, how to beat anxiety and depression, and how to establish a good mind-body balance. For this new edition, Butler and Hope have updated all preexisting material and have added five new chapters-on sexuality and intimate relationships; anger in relationships; recent traumatic events and their aftermath; loss and bereavement; and dealing with the past.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 467-472) and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface (p. v)
  • Introduction (p. 1)
  • 1 What to Expect from This Guide (p. 3)
  • 2 The Scientific Background (p. 8)
  • Part 1 Two Principles Underlying Mental Fitness (p. 13)
  • 3 Valuing Yourself (p. 15)
  • 4 Recognizing That You Can Change (p. 20)
  • Part 2 The Seven Basic Skills (p. 29)
  • 5 Managing Yourself and Your Time (p. 31)
  • 6 Facing the Problem (p. 45)
  • 7 Treating Yourself Right (p. 52)
  • 8 Problem-Solving: A Strategy for Change (p. 61)
  • 9 Keeping Things in Perspective: Help from Cognitive Therapy (p. 71)
  • 10 Building Self-Confidence and Self-Esteem (p. 89)
  • 11 Learning How to Relax (p. 104)
  • Part 3 How to Improve Your Relationships (p. 117)
  • 12 The Importance of Relationships (p. 119)
  • 13 The First Key to Good Relationships: Be Fair to Yourself and to Others (p. 127)
  • 14 The Second Key to Good Relationships: Recognizing Voices from the Past (p. 144)
  • 15 The Third Key to Good Relationships: Relationships as Systems (p. 158)
  • 16 Anger in Relationships (p. 170)
  • 17 Sexuality and Intimate Relationships (p. 190)
  • Part 4 The Twin Enemies of Good Mood (p. 215)
  • Anxiety
  • 18 Getting the Better of Anxiety and Worry, or Defeating the Alarmist (p. 217)
  • 19 Overcoming Fears and Phobias (p. 235)
  • 20 Stress: How to Live with the Right Amount of It (p. 254)
  • 21 Dealing with Panic: Controlling the Alarm System (p. 270)
  • Depression
  • 22 Depression-The Common Cold of the Mind (p. 283)
  • 23 Digging Yourself Out of Depression (p. 294)
  • 24 How to Become Less Vulnerable to Depression (p. 315)
  • Part 5 Traumatic Experience (p. 323)
  • 25 Loss and Bereavement (p. 325)
  • 26 Dealing with the Past (p. 342)
  • 27 Recent Traumatic Events and Their Aftermath (p. 367)
  • Part 6 Mind and Body (p. 387)
  • 28 Breaking Habits and Stopping Smoking (p. 389)
  • 29 Averting Problems with Alcohol (p. 406)
  • 30 Overcoming Sleep Problems (p. 423)
  • 31 Good Eating Habits (p. 434)
  • Part 7 The Working Mind (p. 447)
  • 32 The Fundamentals of Effective Study (p. 449)
  • 33 Key Study Skills: Reading, Taking Notes, and Using the Material (p. 457)
  • 34 How to Improve Your Memory: Part 1: The Palest Ink and Other External Memory Aids (p. 470)
  • 35 How to Improve Your Memory: Part 2: Internal Memory Aids (p. 477)
  • 36 Making Decisions (p. 492)
  • 37 Thinking Straight (p. 502)
  • Notes (p. 513)
  • Further Reading (p. 515)
  • Index (p. 519)

Reviews provided by Syndetics

Booklist Review

Self-help and personal betterment tomes are often so earnest and so zealous to help everybody have a perfect life that they are off-putting to readers who merely want some advice. Butler and Hope's low-key compendium of mental self-help is refreshingly free of such obsessiveness. Bright, readable, and insightful, it offers modest goals that are bracingly achievable by means of "skills, understanding, and strategies to suit your circumstances and inclinations." This may sound foggy or indefinite, but it is positively precise and reasonable for works in this genre. Butler and Hope present problems in broad contexts, indicated by such chapter titles as "Treating Yourself Right," "Good Eating Habits," and "Making Decisions." Then, drawing on their clinical experience, they dissect and illuminate specific complaints and offer simple advice. Consider the resulting wide-ranging adviser a fitness book for the mind, rather like a Kathy Smith workout video for the sexiest, rather than the bounciest, part of your body. --Mike Tribby

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Gillian Butler is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Warneford Hospital. Tony Hope is a Clinical Psychiatrist and Leader of the Oxford Skills Project, University of Oxford.

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