Calming the Emotional Storm

Dijk, Sheri Van

• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
• Year: 2012
• ISBN:
  9781608820894
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Emotions in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

When you have difficulties managing your emotions, it can feel like you're losing control of your whole life. Anger, hurt, grief, worry, and other intense feelings can be overwhelming, and how you react to these emotions can impact your ability to maintain relationships, succeed at work, or even think straight! If you find it difficult to understand, express, and process intense emotions—and most of us do—this book is for you.

Calming the Emotional Storm is your guide to coping with difficult emotions calmly and responsibly by using powerful skills from dialectical behavior therapy. This method combines cognitive behavioral techniques with mindfulness practices to change the way you respond to stressful situations. By practicing these skills, you can stop needless emotional suffering and develop the inner resilience that will help you weather any emotional storm.

This book will teach you how to:

•Establish a balanced life for an everyday sense of well-being
•Let go of unwanted worries and fears
•Become better at accepting yourself and others
•Work through a crisis without letting emotions take over

Table of contents

• Contents
• Introduction
• Mindfulness: Seeing Things As They Are
• Don’t Just React: Choose How to Act
• Learning about Your Emotions
• Quieting Your Emotions
• Leave the Judgments Out of It
• How to Be More Effective in Your Life
• Getting Through a Crisis without Making It Worse
• Accepting Things As They Are
• The Building Blocks for Positive Emotions
• Improving Your Relationships
• Conclusion
• References