Rent What's Right With You: Debunking Dysfunction and Changing Your Life

Synopsis

In a sea of self-help books that continually focus on everything that's wrong with you, Barry Duncan's newest book is a breath of fresh air, showing readers how to tap into their inner resilience and use what's right with them to change their lives. Codependence. Anxiety Disorder. Depression. We are bombarded daily by ads that promise cures to our dysfunctions and anxieties. We live in a world pervaded by the unspoken attitude that we are all basically flawed, broken, incomplete, scarred or sick: an attitude that simply predisposes us to failure. What's Right With You shows how positive change can only happen when people utilize their inherent strengths and resources and are supported by relationships that take the person's innate goodness as a given, combined with a research validated, six-step plan that provides possibilities and hope for a different future: Challenge the Killer D's: Debunk Dysfunction and Ditch the D-Detector Honor Your Heroic Self: Validate Your Struggles and Your Strengths Add a Helper: Recruit a Change Partner Never Underestimate Your Own Ideas: Value Your View of Change Give Yourself a Chance: Do Something--Implement a Plan Empower Yourself: Monitor, Adjust, and Celebrate Barry Duncan is in the forefront of client-directed, outcome-informed therapy, shattering the myths that the therapist is all-powerful and that there is a silver-bullet cure to what ails us. In What's Right With You he gives the reader a step-by-step guide to embark on their journey of change and release their inner resiliency. Key Features Gives readers an effective and meaningful six-step plan to make concrete, positive change in their lives. This book is about finding your inner-hero and discovering the reservoir of your own resources and skills, allowing you to immerse yourself in this natural pool of strength and emerge with all you need to resolve the challenges before you. Engagingly written, the author comes across as helpful, friendly guide rather than a dry therapist. Includes case studies and self-assessment tools to help the reader chart their progress to effective self-realization. The book breaks down scientifically validated research on change into practical and accessible steps.

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