Review
A down to earth tool that provides a range of straightforward and practical strategies for minimising the impact of stress on your life. --Paul Farmer, Chief Executive of MIND
People feeling the strain of the credit crunch and other worries can read a new book on how to manage stress. James Koch, 30, from Bristol, and his father Hugh, 57, from Cheltenham both Bristol University graduates have collaborated on the book Active Steps to Reducing Stress to help people feel calmer. The book is a practical manual giving readers tasks to carry out to help them feel calmer and more happy. The advice and tasks are broken down into four main areas: thinking, lifestyle, communication and behaviour. The idea is to explore the various stress reducing exercises in the book to find what works best for the reader. --The Bristol Evening Post --The Bristol Evening Post
A CHELTENHAM father and son have teamed up to help people beat stress. Psychology graduates Hugh and James Koch have put their heads together to produce the book Active Steps to Reducing Stress. The work is based on cognitive behavioural therapy techniques, using a series of steps which describe how to reduce stress in a positive, practical and action-oriented way. Both are keen to make psychology ideas more available and understandable. --The Gloucestershire Echo
People feeling the strain of the credit crunch and other worries can read a new book on how to manage stress. James Koch, 30, from Bristol, and his father Hugh, 57, from Cheltenham both Bristol University graduates have collaborated on the book Active Steps to Reducing Stress to help people feel calmer. The book is a practical manual giving readers tasks to carry out to help them feel calmer and more happy. The advice and tasks are broken down into four main areas: thinking, lifestyle, communication and behaviour. The idea is to explore the various stress reducing exercises in the book to find what works best for the reader. --The Bristol Evening Post --The Bristol Evening Post
A CHELTENHAM father and son have teamed up to help people beat stress. Psychology graduates Hugh and James Koch have put their heads together to produce the book Active Steps to Reducing Stress. The work is based on cognitive behavioural therapy techniques, using a series of steps which describe how to reduce stress in a positive, practical and action-oriented way. Both are keen to make psychology ideas more available and understandable. --The Gloucestershire Echo
Product Description
Unleash your potential for calmness. 'Active Steps' shows you what pratical changes you can start making now to start feeling calmer. Soon you can be a more positive thinker, live a healthier lifestyle, enjoy warmer relationships and organise yourself better at home and at work. Soon feeling more rleaxed and positive can be your everyday experiences. This book isn't just about you reducing your stress. It's about you being more in control of your life. It's about you feeling more like you want to feel and doing more of the things you want to do. Wouldn't that be good?
About the Author
A father and son team. James is a psychology graduate who became interested in this topic when reaseaching how to deal with his own anxiety. Hugh is an experienced clinical psychologist with many years experience helping teenagers and adults on how to feel calmer and more positive.
