Authors: Linda Mintle
ISBN-13: 9780884196525, ISBN-10: 0884196526
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Strang Communications Company
Date Published: November 1999
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Ever been emotionally stuck? Are there rough places in your life that you can¡¦t seem to move beyond? Have you hidden your needs, afraid to reveal the depth of your pain? Do you want to let go, move on-but don¡¦t know how to start or who to tell? Linda Mintle understands. In this powerful book for women, written by a woman, she deals honestly and openly with the depression, anxiety and pain that can block your way to a full, productive life. Her stories of life and sharp insights will help you to move past those areas of hurt and loss that may have caused you pain for years!In Getting Unstuck, you¡¦ll discover: how you think, behave and relate influences your emotional health. how to know when you¡¦re stuck. how to recognize what keeps you there. how to learn new strategies that will move you forward. how to embrace-not fear-your pain. how to accept loss as change.Plus you¡¦ll get clear answers for why depression, anxiety and eating disorders affect so many women, and how can break free, once and for all.
About the author:
Dr. Linda Mintle is a licensed clinical social worker. Having taught at Eastern Virginia Medical School and Regent University, Dr. Mintle is currently adjunct faculty at Wheaton College's Graduate Psychology Program. She writes a monthly column in Charisma magazine, contributes to SpiritLed Woman and New Man magazines and speaks nationally at conferences, on television and radio.
1 | Woman to Woman | 1 |
Section 1 | Depression | |
2 | Stuck in Depression | 15 |
3 | Losses Come In Threes | 24 |
4 | Facing the Loss of Relationships | 30 |
5 | Facing Situational Loss | 74 |
6 | Facing the Loss of Dreams | 90 |
7 | Overcoming Depression | 128 |
Section 2 | Anxiety | |
8 | Stuck in Anxiety | 137 |
9 | Facing the Loss of Control | 142 |
10 | Overcoming Anxiety | 163 |
Section 3 | Eating Disorders | |
11 | Stuck in Eating Disorders | 177 |
12 | Facing the Loss of Childhood--Anorexia | 181 |
13 | Facing the Loss of Structure--Bulimia | 201 |
14 | Facing the Loss of the Thin Ideal--Compulsive Eating and Obesity | 229 |
15 | Overcoming Eating Disorders | 257 |
Epilogue | 271 |