Diabetes and Wellbeing presents a range of effective psychological principles proven to positively impact the emotional wellbeing of individuals with type 1 and 2 diabetes. The guide takes an explicitly CBT approach to motivate sufferers in essential self-care tasks.

• Written in a practical style, for those newly diagnosed with diabetes, individuals managing its challenges for many years, and healthcare professionals
• Reveals how the stress of daily diabetes management can affect an individual's ability to stay motivated and engaged in essential self-care tasks that are vital for good health
• Presents proven techniques for improving emotional wellbeing
• First book to take an explicitly CBT approach to diabetes, simultaneously drawing on solution-focused behavioural therapy and mindfulness approaches
• Fills the gap information of this kind among healthcare professionals and individuals with diabetes

About the Author

Dr. Jen Nash in a Clinical Psychologist living with diabetes since childhood. She is the founder and director of Positive Diabetes (www.PositiveDiabetes.com), an international service- providing therapy, education and training services to promote the psychological wellbeing of people living with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. She is also a keynote speaker for national diabetes charities, trainer for NHS professionals, consultant to leading diabetes pharmaceutical companies, and co-author of My Sweet Life: Successful Women with Diabetes (2011).

Reviews

"It is an excellent introduction for clients and health practitioners into the range of psychological interventions that are available." (Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy, 1 March 2014)

"This book is written to be read in its entirety and is a good addition to the current literature on the psychology of diabetes. It will support many of the web-based learning facilities that are available to patients and healthcare professionals." (Diabetes Update, 1 October 2013)

Book Information
ISBN 9781119967187
Author Jen Nash
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 304g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 10mm