MS and Your Feelings: Handling the Ups and Downs of Multiple Sclerosis

MS and Your Feelings: Handling the Ups and Downs of Multiple SclerosisMS and Your Feelings is the first book to specifically address the emotional pain caused by the unpredictable, disabling chronic inflammatory condition multiple sclerosis. Psychotherapist and MS patient Allison Shadday offers readers effective strategies for dealing with the psychological trauma of this disease. Shadday shares real life MS success stories and gives insightful professional advice derived from years of counseling hundreds of chronically

MS and Your Feelings is the first book to specifically address the emotional pain caused by the unpredictable, disabling chronic inflammatory condition multiple sclerosis. Psychotherapist and MS patient Allison Shadday offers readers effective strategies for dealing with the psychological trauma of this disease. Shadday shares real-life MS success stories and gives insightful professional advice derived from years of counseling hundreds of chronically ill patients. Her book offers readers hope, inspiration and validation, teaching them how to come to terms with an MS diagnosis; strategies for identifying and managing stress triggers; ways to cope with fear, guilt, anger, loss, depression, and isolation; steps to enhance intimacy and develop a greater sense of emotional security; and more. Patient success stories illustrate the techniques described. Renowned neurologist and MS expert Dr. Stanley Cohan contributes discussions of the importance of treating MS's emotional symptoms, the latest medical thinking, and the promising future of drug research for this challenging condition.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Hunter House Publishers
Published: 01/01/2007
ISBN: 9780897934893
Pages: 238
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.60w x 0.62d

Review Citations: Library Journal 01/01/2007 pg. 138