Product: Book
Trim size in cm: 16,5x24cm
Pages: 144
ISBN: 9788859043737
Publication date: 01/09/2025
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An operational workbook structured as a 13-step self-help journey, designed to support adults struggling with emotional dependency. Filled with practical activities, tips, techniques, and strategies, this book guides readers towards healthier, freer, and more self-aware relationships, helping them to face everyday difficulties with a more realistic and constructive mindset. The ultimate goal: to restore well-being and, in turn, enjoy a more peaceful life.
Exercise books for self-help
A series of operational notebooks to address one’s psychological disorders through specific and structured exercises that allow you to independently implement strategies and techniques used in cognitive-behavioural therapy. The Notebooks can be used by those who do not want to or cannot face a therapeutic programme, but also by clinicians as practice for their patients.
Preface (curated by G. Melli)
Introduction
FIRST SECTION - Defining Emotional Dependency
Chapter 1 – What is Emotional Dependency?
Chapter 2 – From the Impulsive Phase to the Compulsive Phase
Chapter 3 – The Core Components of Emotional Dependency
SECOND SECTION – Exercises to Tackle Emotional Dependency
Step 1 – Understanding Your Motivation for Change
Step 2 – Identifying Your Thoughts
Step 3 – Exploring Your Emotions and Emotional Beliefs
Step 4 – Recognising Avoidance Strategies and Maintenance Factors
Step 5 – Assessing and Describing Your Emotional Dependency
Step 6 – Working on Your Thoughts
Step 7 – Regulating and Accepting Intense and Unpleasant Emotions
Step 8 – Riding the Wave of Craving
Step 9 – Managing Triggers and Seemingly Irrelevant Decisions
Step 10 – Addressing Your Behaviours and Their Consequences
Step 11 – Meeting Your Psychological Needs and Expressing Them Assertively
Step 12 – Changing the Way You Relate to Your Thoughts
Step 13 – Preventing Relapse
Conclusions
Further Reading