Taking Charge of Your Emotions

A Guide to Better Psychological Health and Well-Being

By (author) Louis H. Primavera, Rob Pascale

Hardback - £37.00

Publication date:

13 August 2015

Length of book:

162 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781442251212

From time to time, all of us face circumstances that can be psychologically demoralizing. We might have difficulties with certain types of people, have marital problems, or be overwhelmed by day-to-day burdens. When conditions are especially troublesome, we might experience destructive emotions such as anger, fear of abandonment, or anxiety that get the better of us. We may also experience a sense of helplessness, a feeling that events and people control us, and that can detract from our overall outlook and well-being.

Nevertheless, despite how bleaks things can appear, it is possible to gain more control over our lives and learn to cope better with things that are beyond our control. By understanding how and why we react the way we do to various situations and events, we can learn to manage and change our own thoughts and emotions. In that way, we can maximize the positive and minimize the negative outcomes in our day to day living, and in so doing give ourselves an opportunity to enhance our overall well-being. Using a Rational Emotive Behavior approach, the authors show readers how to identify irrational beliefs replace them with rational ones, and lead a more fulfilling and balanced life. Anyone struggling with emotions or moods that often feel out of control or self-defeating will find comfort and guidance in these pages.

Often we don’t understand why we feel the way we do and why we act the way we do. Taking Charge of Your Emotions: A Guide to Better Psychological Health and Well-Being will put you on the road to being in charge of yourself. The authors provide specific strategies like disputing irrational beliefs which will guide you. A book well worth reading.