Survivor has proven to be one of the most popular shows to ever hit television screens. What has this pop culture phenomenon shown us — by placing a few hundred people on islands around the world — about the psychological make-up of the average American? In Psychology of Survivor, the third installment of BenBella Books's Psychology of Popular Culture series, leading psychologists — and fans of Survivor — unite to offer up their expertise on the show that started the reality show craze. From why macho alpha males rarely win to stress and body image, from situational ethics to the dreaded Rob Cestaries factor, Psychology of Survivor is a broad look at cutting-edge psychological issues through the lens of Survivor. The tribe has spoken — Psychology of Survivor is the best book for Survivor fans and psychology enthusiasts alike!
Why it so difficult to change your lifestyle habits, even when you know your life is at risk? Bernadette Bohan acknowledges that it's not easy to change your life, especially if you are also dealing with a health crisis that is in itself life-changing. The Survivor's Mindset provides a series of easy-to-understand strategies to help overcome the hesitancies, fears and prejudices that are so often a barrier to making personal change. Using case studies, Bernadette shows how different therapies and approaches can be used to develop personal strengths and overcome doubts, helping you to make the changes you need to make. These real stories from real people vividly illustrate how lifestyles can be restructured both physically and mentally to help you recover from, and indeed prevent, illness.
The classic guide to what makes people survivors, now in a revised and updated new edition. Who survives? Who thrives? As a psychologist who spent more than forty years studying the phenomenon of survival, Al Siebert gained valuable insight into the qualities and habits that help human beings overcome difficult situations-from everyday conflicts to major life stresses. In this revised and updated edition, he delineates the "survivor personality" and examines the latest research to show how survival skills can be learned, leading to better coping, increased success in work and relationships, and a vastly brighter outlook on the future.
For recipients of abuse from narcissists, predators and toxic people, this book offers an antidote to undo the damage inflicted and ultimately restore your life. It includes practical steps on how to get away from narcissists and how to protect yourself. This book aids you in understanding: · How narcissists became narcissists (and how you can prevent yourself and your children from becoming narcissists) · The types of narcissists · Narcissists’ core emotion · How to identify narcissists · Narcissists’ aims and tactics · Narcissists’ interaction dynamics (and the inherent dangers) · Practical steps to distance and protect yourself from narcissists · Practical steps to recover from narcissistic abuse, recover your life and the individual that you were. Written in a direct, no-nonsense manner that everyone can understand, this book is a concise information pack that you can finish in one sitting and start your recovery immediately. The author Jason Young is a survivor of chronic, round-the-clock abuse and an expert assimilator of various healing modalities. Having lived through it, he knows it is definitely possible to heal from narcissistic abuse to go back to the person you were before. A message from the author: Dear Fellow Survivor, if you feel raw, confused, hopeless, depressed, if you feel shameful, angry, fearful of stepping out of your house, fearful of trusting anybody ever again, if you blame yourself and incessantly ask yourself “Why me?”, know that you are not alone. I was just like you too. I have definitely been there. I have had more than my fair share of abuse. Non-stop, relentless abuse sure isn’t fun, but ironically, it has also given me a purpose. It has led me to this. I feel like I have seen the dark side of human nature, but I also know with certainty that this is not the end of it. The situation is only going to get worse and there will be new lows to come. It is indispensable, and urgent, that you shed the abuse and protect yourself. Know that in your darkest hour, you were always stronger than your perpetrator. You never had to resort to dispensing abuse to feel better---- that is a strength in itself. It is possible to find the person you were again. Not only that, you can even surpass the individual you were before and find unimagined beauty and happiness in life. The world works in mysterious ways… I have been through this journey and am still on it. With this book, I hope I can give you an amazing start to creating your own amazing, inspiring story. I am a most ordinary individual faced with extreme circumstances. Having been through it, I am absolutely convinced you can do it too. I wish you all the best in embarking on your life-changing journey. You will be amazed at what’s to come. With solidarity, Jason
Treating the Trauma Survivor is a practical guide to assist mental health, health care, and social service providers in providing trauma-informed care. This resource provides essential information in order to understand the impacts of trauma by summarizing key literature in an easily accessible and user-friendly format. Providers will be able to identify common pitfalls and avoid re- traumatizing survivors during interactions. Based on the authors’ extensive experience and interactions with trauma survivors, the book provides a trauma-informed framework and offers practical tools to enhance collaboration with survivors and promote a safer helping environment. Mental health providers in health care, community, and addictions settings as well as health care providers and community workers will find the framework and the practical suggestions in this book informative and useful.
Men and women embarking on the study of systematic theology quickly find themselves awash in a sea of unfamiliar theological terms, historical names, and philosophical "-isms." The Survivor's Guide to Theology is both a life preserver to help stay afloat and a compass to help navigate these often unfamiliar waters. While many books on systematic theology provide introductory material, still the reader is often forced to dive right into actual theology without adequate framework for understanding. Resources for building this framework are available but scattered. This unique book brings them together in one place. The Survivor's Guide to Theology is ideal for both introduction and review/reference. - The first part deals with the question, "What is Theology?" It addresses issues, categories, theory of knowledge, and more. - The second part surveys nine major theological systems. For each, the author provides history and background, overview of content and theological distinctive, and a critique. - The final part provides the reader with biographical sketches of significant theologians, a brief dictionary of common theological terms, and an annotated bibliography of major theological works.
Cherie White shares her own story of what were the worst six years of her life, during which she was relentlessly bullied after moving to a small Tennessee town. She describes the heartache, loneliness and despair she felt as a victim of school bullying and how her cries for help went ignored. She is brutally honest about how she viewed her bullies and the bystanders who watched but did nothing to help. She is also candid about how she too became a bully and the torment she inflicted on her own victims, whom she herself viewed as inferior, as a means to preserve what little self-esteem she had left and feel better about herself. Finally, she tells of how she was able to escape her tormentors by changing schools, make several new friends out of her new classmates, and go from victim to victor! "From Victim to Victor" is a story of survival, trial, heartache, self-discovery, reflection, growth and the eventual escape and triumph.
This authoritative reference examines in depth the myriad challenges facing pediatric cancer survivors and proposes a robust framework for structured follow-up of these patients through adulthood. Approaches to long-term follow-up include both established models of care and targeted models of lifelong surveillance of late effects by bodily systems and neurological outcomes. Sections devoted to quality of life and re-entry after treatment focus on key concerns such as health risk behaviors, school and career issues, psychological challenges, and care disparities. And a robust resources section adds extra usefulness to the expert coverage. Among the Handbook's topics: • Developmental considerations in the transition from child and adolescent to adult survivorship. • Long-term follow-up roadmaps by disease and treatment. • Neuropsychological effects of pediatric brain tumors and associated treatment. • Building resiliency in childhood cancer survivors: a clinician’s perspective. • School issues and educational strategies for survivors of childhood cancer. • Educating and preparing the childhood cancer survivor for long-term care: a curriculum model for cancer centers. A work of rare scope, scholarship, and clinical acumen, the Handbook of Long-Term Care of the Childhood Cancer Survivor is a rewarding, practice-building resource essential to a wide range of healing professionals, including primary care physicians, pediatricians, oncologists, nurses, psychologists, neuropsychologists, child psychologists, and licensed therapists.
