Expert help on overcoming feelings of embitterment Understand how these difficult feelings come about Learn problem-solving skills to reorientate to the future Also ideal reading for anyone living or working with an embittered person Embitterment is an emotional reaction anyone can have to injustices, humiliation, and breaches of trust. We have probably all encountered embitterment in ourselves or others at some time in our lives. Like other feelings, feelings of embitterment normally subside, but in some cases they can persist and cause a great deal of suffering. When these feelings take control of your life and you can't let go of the past negative events in your life, then support is needed. This book helps you understand what embitterment is and how it can come about. It will also help you detach from these negative feelings and find ways to better deal with the hurtful situations, including learning to look to the future. You will learn about problem-solving strategies that focus on the psychology of wisdom and the development of wisdom, which include identifying facts and problem solutions, changing perspectives, self-relativizing, and emotional empathy. It has been scientifically proven that wisdom is a good remedy for embitterment.This book is ideal support for anyone suffering from embitterment or for family, friends, or colleagues who want to learn how to support someone to not stay stuck in these difficult feelings.

About the Author
Christopher P. Arnold, PhD, is research assistant in the Research Group for Psychosomatic Medicine at the Charite University Medicine Berlin. He also works at the Rehab Clinic Seehof, a specialist clinic for cardiological, psychosomatical, and psychocardiological rehabilitation in Berlin since 2020. Prof. Michael Linden, PhD, is psychiatrist and licensed cognitive behavior therapist. He is director of the Research Group Psychosomatic Medicine at the Charite University Medicine Berlin and Medical Director of the Institute for Behavior Therapy Berlin. He has published books and several hundred articles in peer reviewed journals on psychological trauma, anxiety, depression and impairment because of mental disorders. He has done extensive research projects on embitterment and developed the basics of wisdom psychotherapy.


Book Information
ISBN 9780889376137
Author Christopher P. Arnold
Format Paperback
Page Count 69
Imprint Hogrefe Publishing
Publisher Hogrefe Publishing