You Are Not Alone In This Supporting a Loved One’s Mental Health Without Losing Your Own

by Scott, Sophie

• ISBN13: 9781786788900
• ISBN10: 178678890X
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781786788917
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2025-01-14
• Publisher: Watkins Publishing
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Summary

The first mainstream book offering support to all those whose loved ones are experiencing mental health difficulties, written by an expert psychotherapist.

This is a poignant, practical and accessible book aimed at the partners, parents, siblings and children of people who are suffering with their mental health. It will help readers understand their loved one better, to start difficult and often necessary conversations, to set boundaries and to remind them to value their own mental health throughout.

You Are Not Alone in This will explore:

• The most common mental health issues and how to navigate them.
• Getting real about your difficult feelings, from anger, irritation, powerlessness, fear, guilt, shame, resentment to wanting to leave.
• What to say and what not to say – how to use therapeutic tools and insights to overcome communication challenges.
• How to implement healthy boundaries, untangle from codependent relationships and recognize if you have a saviour complex.
• Making a crisis/emergency plan for if something goes wrong.

With practical advice from an expert psychotherapist featuring real stories from her clinical practice, as well as from her personal experience with loved ones, this book will help readers find the right balance between supporting their loved one and taking care of themselves. It'll teach them to find the line between what’s in their control and what isn’t, empowering them to ask for help when they need it.

Author Biography

Sophie Scott is a practicing transpersonal psychotherapist and the Founder of Balance, where she was also the Editor-in-Chief for seven years, bringing mindfulness and mental health topics to the mainstream. She has written for Forbes, Wired, Sheer Luxe and Thrive Global, as well as speaking at a variety of events and festivals, including Live Well Festival.