About this book: The uniqueness of this book lies in its use of: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), will give you the necessary tools to deal with difficulties you may be experiencing in your relationship, Helps you to modify (negative) prickly thoughts so that you have a more positive impact on your thoughts, emotions, feelings and behaviours Easy to use worksheets to aid the couple to work through their problems and teaches you to be mindful and non-judgemental about each other. Foreword by: Rod Holland, British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, (BABCP)." This book fills that gap and provides a structured self-help guide that will help many couples understand, identify and begin to deal with many of the difficulties they experience in their relationship. It also introduces couples to cognitive behaviour therapy which has been shown to be an effective therapy for helping people deal effectively with a wide range of problems common in everyday life including anxiety, depression, low self esteem, eating disorders and so on. This book will provide the basis for building and enhancing relationship or re-building relationships that have become difficult. I am sure it will be of benefit to many couples and individuals, as well as, being a very useful resource for therapists and counsellors who are working with couples facing relationship difficulties". About the Authors: Sadhana Damani PhD is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, who works for the NHS and private hospitals in the UK, as well as, through private practices in Buckinghamshire and Cambridgeshire. She has extensive experience. She is a Chartered member of the Division of Clinical Psychology of the British Psychology Society (BPS) and an accredited CBT therapist with the British Association of Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP). Larissa Clay MA is a teacher and writer and has worked on various writing projects.
AUTHORS
Liz Shaw
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
As a Consultant Clinical Psychologist I have a commitment to the field of HIV and Sexual Health Psychology and have been working in the field in the NHS in North London for the last fifteen years. I am also the chair of the Faculty of HIV and Sexual Health of the Division of Clinical Psychology in the British Psychological Society. Alongside my colleagues in the committee we have been encouraging research, conferences, responding to legislation and creating resources in order to improve the lives of our clients. I am always learning from my clients who themselves have to continuously rise to the challenges of the changing HIV epidemic and how it affects them. In my clinical work I am eclectic using mainly cognitive behavioural, systemic and psychodynamic approaches to help people with their problems. I hope that this book reflects my wish to improve the lives of people with HIV and give them positive ways of coping.
Erasmo Tacconelli
Chartered Clinical Psychologist
I qualified as a Clinical Psychologist in 2000. Throughout my clinical career I have worked within many types of psychological services and I have worked extensively within the field of Sexual Health and HIV. My duties in Sexual Health are broad and include therapeutic interventions, consultation, teaching, research and supervision. My therapeutic approach is eclectic. Particular areas of interest for me clinically are helping people with sexuality, transsexuality, intersexuality, gender, sexual assault, sexual dysfunction and sexual infection problems. I particularly like empowering people in coping with stigma and discrimination. It has been a pleasure working on this book, as I firmly believe that the concept of living well with HIV needs to be more open and accessible to the public.
Robert Watson
Chartered Clinical Psychologist
Since qualifying as a clinical psychologist in 2001 I have worked in various NHS sexual health and HIV clinics in London. I have worked with many people who have felt stuck in their lives because of HIV and have been struck by the resilience and strength that I have seen many HIV positive people use to overcome adversity. In addition to clinical work I am involved in research, teaching, training, and supervising other psychologists in the field of HIV and sexual health. My therapeutic approach draws on cognitive behavioural therapy and systemic therapy, and more recently mindfulness based cognitive therapy. Through my work in the field, I try to make a contribution to countering the stigma, discrimination, and disempowerment associated with HIV in our society, and improving the quality of life of people affected by HIV.
Claudia Herbert
Chartered Consultant Clinical Psychologist
I am a Chartered Consultant Clinical Psychologist and a Doctor of Clinical Psychology, a UKCP Registered Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist, an EMDR Consultant and an Associate Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS). I was born in 1960 in Germany and have lived and worked in the United Kingdom since 1981. I am the Founder Director of the Oxford Development Centre, which incorporates Oxfordshire's Independent Psychology Service and The Oxford Stress and Trauma Centre and two other services, which have been in existence since 1997. I am a specialist in trauma psychology and have, as such, worked with many people having to come to terms with the shock of facing a life-threatening illness, such as a HIV positive diagnosis and have helped them adjust by living well with their chronic condition. I present at conferences worldwide and am regularly consulted by the media. I embed Western scientific understanding with holistic and spiritual healing approaches from Eastern cultures into my practice. I have published several academic articles, a chapter in a book, two books on trauma, which have been translated into different languages worldwide and one Italian book on trauma. I am the editor of other books, including a series of self-help books for adolescents and the book `Resolving Relationship Difficulties with CBT'. I am a member of the editorial board for The Journal of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy and hold responsibilities at executive level for a number of national organizations.
