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Thoroughly updated with the latest research studies, this book addresses the experience of the mental health professional and raises awareness of the insidious, almost silent psychological defenses of denial and avoidance in the life of the clinician. A concise guide to preventing and limiting acute and chronic secondary stress, The Resilient Clinician, 2nd Edition, offers an overview of mindfulness and meditation as it applies to the clinicia...

Dr. Wicks writes about resistance to spiritual growth and change and draws upon well-known contemporary voices to elucidate the journey toward a deeper relationship with the truth about ourselves, others, and God"--

We are experiencing significant ongoing challenges such as Covid-19, the presence of political divisiveness and violence in the U.S. and around the world, as well as the growing stresses and uncertainties of job insecurity, new routines, and an increase in mental health struggles. In a timely second edition of Bounce, Robert Wicks shows us how to find balance in life with new strategies for self-care and personal growth. His proven techniques ...

From the author's experiences of brief encounters with others who long to enjoy the life God has given them, come these moments spent in deepening his own reserves of grace, peace, and joy. Readers will find refreshment if they are spiritually weary, inspiration if they are being stirred to action, and, ultimately, renewal for their ongoing pilgrimage-their walk with God. These 50 reflections are designed to enable the reader to also walk with...

This course is part of the Learn25 collection.

Prayers for Uncertain Times are selected and new prayers, reflections, and dialogues all under one cover in a brief work that is easy to carry along during the day. With the conviction that a creative use of imagery allows us to surface a sense of God and self in a vivid and personally compelling way, Wicks also offers readers a straightforward process to write from their spiritual experience and thereby embrace holiness in prayer and action"--

With a healthy perspective we can become resilient in ways that not only help us bounce back from stress and tough times, but we can actually deepen in ways which would not have been possible had they not occurred in the first place. The Simple Care of a Hopeful Heart offers a series of brief, accessible lessons in self-care and self-understanding to enhance such possibilities.

Heartstorming encourages us to be more mindful of how the spiritual impregnates all of life's joys, sorrows, and even unexciting times if we have the eyes to see. +

The Tao of Ordinariness is an invitation to come home to your authentic self in a world now clearly mesmerized by "spin, " narcissism, fantasy, and exhibitionism. The book offers an alternative to pressures to measure your self-worth by numbers of likes and followers- i.e., living with a constant fear of "missing out" and seeking external validation for who you think you should be-instead of being comfortable with who you truly are.

A work for trainee counsellors and all those who wish to help in troubled or crisis situations.

Stress is a fact of modern life. And as more and more people face greater financial insecurity, longer work hours, and the increasingly complex personal and social demands of our fast-paced, multi-tasking, high-tech lifestyle, finding healthy ways to handle stress is more important than ever. In Bounce: Living the Resilient Life, Robert Wicks shows you not just how to manage stress, but how to transform stressful situations into opportunit...

The Resilient Clinician is designed to enable counsellors, psychotherapists, social workers, and other mental health professionals to enhance their own self-care protocol.

This book is a concise guide for physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals on understanding acute and chronic secondary stress, developing a personally designed self-care protocol, and strengthening one's inner life. It features a newly developed "Medical-Nursing Professional Secondary Stress Self-Awareness Questionnaire" that can be self-administered.

Robert J. Wicks, author of Bounce: Living the Resilient Life (OUP, 2010), has brought together under one cover some of the most recent and powerful approaches to discovering and regaining a healthy perspective that modern psychology has to offer.

In his most intimate self-portrait, Robert J. Wicksbestselling author of Riding the Dragon and respected spiritual guide, therapist, and speakerreflects on childhood summers spent away from New York on his familys farm. He mines those memories for lessons in finding contentment amidst hectic contemporary life. Now in paperback.

Arthur Schopenhauer's reputation as a cynic and a misanthrope often obscures the complexity and humanity of his philosophy. In this innovative volume, Robert Wicks breaks away from the accepted oversimplification of Schopenhauer as an incurable pessimist, to present an insightful portrait of his life and work. Beginning with a look at his early life and the people and circumstances that shaped his thinking, the book situates Schopenhauer's ph...

Arthur Schopenhauer's reputation as a cynic and a misanthrope often obscures the complexity and humanity of his philosophy. In this innovative volume, Robert Wicks breaks away from the accepted oversimplification of Schopenhauer as an incurable pessimist, to present an insightful portrait of his life and work. Beginning with a look at his early life and the people and circumstances that shaped his thinking, the book situates Schopenhauer's ph...

Blending insights from Christian contemplative practice and Buddhist mindfulness, a well-known speaker, therapist, and spiritual guide introduces what he calls prayerfulness, a way of being truly in the present to experience God and life in dynamic new ways.

Robert J. Wicks, the bestselling author of Riding the Dragon, applies lessons learned as a city boy spending summers on his family's farm to the complex and hectic reality of contemporary life.

To feed the interior life of the counselor is not only a sensible act for the helper, it is a true act of generosity for those they serve as well. This book directs counselors to consider their own sense of self and how they are-and are not-living a personally and professionally meaningful, mindful life.