Creating Well-Being

Pamela A. Hays, PhD, is the author of Addressing Cultural Complexities in Practice: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Therapy, and Connecting Across Cultures: The Helper's Toolkit. She is coeditor of the book Culturally Responsive Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. She holds a doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Hawaii and from 987 to 988 served as a National Institute of Mental Health postdoctoral fellow at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. From 989 to 2 , she worked as a core faculty member of the graduate psychology program at Antioch University Seattle, where she continues to teach once a year as adjunct. Dr. Hays's research has included work with Vietnamese, Lao, and Cambodian people living in the United States and with Arab Muslim women living in North Africa. Since 2 , she has been back in her hometown of Soldotna, Alaska, working in private practice and as a supervisor for the Kenaitze Tribe's Nakenu Family Center in Kenai, Alaska.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionStep : Stepping Onto the Path of Well-BeingChapter : Finding Your PathChapter 2: Tapping Your Hidden StrengthsStep 2: Understanding Your StressorsChapter 3: How Stress HurtsChapter 4: The Mind amp ndash Body ConnectionChapter 5: Distinguishing Internal From External Sources of StressStep 3: Using Thoughts to Feel BetterChapter : Thought Traps That Can Block Your PathChapter 7: Countering Negative ThinkingChapter 8: Compassion VoiceChapter 9: Well-Being BoostersStep 4: Taking ActionChapter  : The Power of Thought and ActionChapter : Create a Healthy EnvironmentChapter 2: Learn and Practice Well-Being BehaviorChapter 3: Assertiveness, Conflict Resolution, and Other Communication SkillsChapter 4: Social Engagement, Meaning, and PurposeChapter 5: Self-Care for Staying on the Happy, Healthy PathAfterwordReferencesIndexAbout the Author

In Creating Well-Being: Four Steps to a Happier, Healthier Life, clinical psychologist Pamela Hays draws upon her many years of experience and expertise to write this 224 page instruction manual that will enable the non-specialist general reader wanting to improve the quality of their emotional and social life through the implementation of four basic amp quot user friendly amp quot steps that begins with tapping into hidden strengths and qualities, a recognition of the impact stress has upon the mind-body relationship, how to counter negative thinking, and to take positive, effective action with respect to improving our behavior, self-care, and social interactions. Insightful, astute, practical, and accessible, Creating Well-Being: Four Steps to a Happier, Healthier Life is very strongly recommended reading for anyone seeking personal self-improvement and would make an enduringly popular addition to community library Self-Help instructional reference collections.(Midwest Book Review)