Behind the Therapy Door: Simple Strategies to Transform Your Life

by Randy Kamen

Overview

Dr. Randy Kamen takes you into the stories of six women whose search to find greater life satisfaction paves the way for readers to do the same. This is a journey to acquire health-enhancing tools and strategies and learn essential life lessons that will help you develop more loving and sustainable relationships and lead you to your best possible life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781942094425
Publisher:	Central Recovery Press, LLC
Publication date:	07/18/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Randy Kamen, EdD, is a psychologist and educator who helped pioneer new territory in mind-body medicine at Boston University's School of Medicine and Harvard's Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. Dr. Kamen trains and speaks at corporations, health institutions, universities, hospitals, women's groups, and religious institutions about the best strategies derived from mind-body medicine and positive psychology. She leads live and online courses and workshops on how to live a joyful, vibrant, and meaningful life.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Chapter 1 Open the Door to Your Best Self 1

Chapter 2 Grappling with Old Demon? 7

Chapter 3 Looking for Love 45

Chapter 4 Disconnection from Family 71

Chapter 5 Breakup 99

Chapter 6 A Life-Threatening Diagnosis 123

Chapter 7 Trapped Between Generations 147

Chapter 8 Beyond the Therapy Door 171

Chapter 9 Finding Your Life Purpose 177

References 191

Selected Bibliography 197

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“There is a power in the sharing of real-life women's journeys of struggle that can heal your heart and soul like no other. Couple it with outstanding therapeutic guidance and proven, practical strategies and you have everything you need to navigate obstacles and scale your own mountains. I love everything about this book!”—Debbie Phillips, author, Women on Fire: 21 Inspiring Women Share Their Life Secrets (and Save You Years of Struggle!)

"I have been a practicing therapist for 30 years and still learned a tremendous amount from reading Behind the Therapy Door. Randy Kamen, Ph.D, provides clinical insight, compassion, empathy, as well as a focus on the acquisition of terrific life-affirming skills. Any woman who reads this book will gain a newfound ability to enjoy her life more, and to appreciate what life brings her in the future."—Alice D. Domar, PhD, Executive Director, Domar Center for Mind/Body Health and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School

"Tender, loving, wise, smart, and above all useful, this beautiful, brief book answers most of the big questions regarding big emotions, from love to guilt to grief to feeling bad about yourself. Combining decades of experience as a therapist with a practical mind and a huge heart, Randy Kamen has written a phenomenally helpful book. I could not recommend it more highly."—Edward Hallowell, MD, Author, Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood and The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness: Five Steps to Help Kids Create and Sustain Lifelong Joy