Description
Diabetes and Wellbeing presents a range of effective psychological principles proven to positively impact the emotional wellbeing of individuals with type 1 and 2 diabetes. The guide takes an explicitly CBT approach to motivate sufferers in essential self-care tasks.
- Written in a practical style, for those newly diagnosed with diabetes, individuals managing its challenges for many years, and healthcare professionals
- Reveals how the stress of daily diabetes management can affect an individual's ability to stay motivated and engaged in essential self-care tasks that are vital for good health
- Presents proven techniques for improving emotional wellbeing
- First book to take an explicitly CBT approach to diabetes, simultaneously drawing on solution-focused behavioural therapy and mindfulness approaches
- Fills the gap information of this kind among healthcare professionals and individuals with diabetes
Author: Jen Nash
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 04/29/2013
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781119967187
ISBN10: 111996718X
BISAC Categories:
- Health & Fitness | Diseases & Conditions | Diabetes
About the Author
Dr. Jen Nash in a Clinical Psychologist living with diabetes since childhood. She is the founder and director of Positive Diabetes (www.PositiveDiabetes.com), an international service- providing therapy, education and training services to promote the psychological wellbeing of people living with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. She is also a keynote speaker for national diabetes charities, trainer for NHS professionals, consultant to leading diabetes pharmaceutical companies, and co-author of My Sweet Life: Successful Women with Diabetes (2011).