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Building a Valued LifeTowards what matters even in the darkest times

A Reader's Guide to Psychology and Recovery

The complete chapter list, opening page numbers and supporting sections of the 307-page Reader's Guide. This is the public contents preview, not the full text.

Written by Dr Eric Hadinata MBBS BMedSci FRACGP FAChAM. Published by Dr Eric Hadinata.

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Building a Valued Life, A Reader's Guide to Psychology and Recovery, Version 1
A Reader's Guide to Psychology and Recovery · 307 pages

Complete contents

Chapter titles and opening page numbers from the Version 1 book. The full text is available to licensed readers.

  1. About this bookPage 2
  2. Publication and permitted usePage 3
  3. How to read this companionPage 4
  4. 1 Understanding the treatment and making it your ownPage 7
  5. 2 How experience becomes a patternPage 16
  6. 3 Values, motivation and chosen directionPage 22
  7. 4 Acceptance and the struggle for controlPage 28
  8. 5 Attention, mindfulness and presencePage 34
  9. 6 Language, thinking and defusionPage 40
  10. 7 The observing self and the stories we tellPage 46
  11. 8 Understanding emotionPage 55
  12. 9 Distress, regulation and the return of choicePage 61
  13. 10 Shame, guilt and the courage of compassionPage 74
  14. 11 Acceptance, validation and the next useful responsePage 79
  15. 12 Behavioural chains and the places choice can growPage 89
  16. 13 Boundaries, assertiveness and the shape of a relationshipPage 99
  17. 14 Attachment, mentalising and minds under pressurePage 108
  18. 15 Self-worth, misunderstanding and repairPage 116
  19. 16 When control becomes costlyPage 125
  20. 17 Openness, social signals and connectionPage 137
  21. 18 Addiction and the recovery of choicePage 149
  22. 19 Making room for choice: the body, medicines and safetyPage 160
  23. 20 When an urge feels like an instructionPage 168
  24. 21 Choosing recovery and making the goal your ownPage 179
  25. 22 Making valued action easier to repeatPage 187
  26. 23 When rewarding behaviour becomes hard to controlPage 195
  27. 24 Building a life that can sustain recoveryPage 204
  28. 25 Trauma, the body and present safetyPage 213
  29. 26 Grief, loss and angerPage 219
  30. 27 A life that supports wellbeingPage 225
  31. 28 Sleep and the effort to sleepPage 231
  32. 29 Eating disorders and the recovery of choicePage 238
  33. 30 Appearance, attention and body dysmorphic disorderPage 246
  34. 31 Gender, identity and informed carePage 253
  35. 32 Continuing a valued lifePage 261
  36. Workbook topic guidePage 267
  37. GlossaryPage 273
  38. Further readingPage 286
  39. ReferencesPage 287

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