The Technology Addiction Workbook - Leutenberg, Ester R. A.

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Résumé :
The Technology Addiction Workbook provides helping professionals with cognitive and behavioral assessments, tools, and exercises that can be utilized to treat the root psychological causes of technology addiction. It is designed to help people identify and change unhealthy thoughts and behaviors that may have led to technology addiction. The activities in this workbook can help participants identify the triggers that can lead to the overuse of technology and teach them ways to overcome and manage those triggers. The Technology Addiction Workbook will help participants to achieve the following: ? Recognize that they are experiencing an addiction problem. ? Reflect upon the behaviors that are part of and arose from the addiction. ? Build self-esteem in positive capabilities outside the use of technology. ? Understand the triggers for preoccupation with various aspects of technology. ? Develop greater self-acceptance and the ability to change ineffective behaviors. ? Understand recurring patterns that indicate a technology addiction. ? Learn ways to live a new life without obsessing over technology. The Technology Addiction Workbook is a practical tool for teachers, counselors, and helping professionals in their work with people suffering from behavioral addictions. Depending on the role of the person using this workbook and the specific group's or individual's needs, the modules can be used individually or as part of an integrated curriculum. The facilitator can administer an activity with a group or individual or use multiple assessments in a workshop....

Biographie:
Ester R.A. Leutenberg has worked in the mental health field for many years as a publisher, author, and advocate for those suffering from loss. She personally experienced a devastating loss when her son Mitchell, after struggling with a mental illness for eight years, died by suicide in 1986. Soon after, as a way of both healing and helping others, Ester co-founded Wellness Reproductions & Publishing with her daughter Kathy Khalsa and began developing therapeutic products that help facilitators help their clients....

Sommaire:
Ester R.A. Leutenberg has worked in the mental health field for many years as a publisher, author, and advocate for those suffering from loss. She personally experienced a devastating loss when her son Mitchell, after struggling with a mental illness for eight years, died by suicide in 1986. Soon after, as a way of both healing and helping others, Ester co-founded Wellness Reproductions & Publishing with her daughter Kathy Khalsa and began developing therapeutic products that help facilitators help their clients....