Bøker av Sophie Scott

FIND THE SUPPORT YOU NEED TO KEEP BEING THERE FOR YOUR LOVED ONE. Whether you’re worrying about a partner struggling with depression or witnessing a friend spiral into addiction, many of us feel helpless when someone we love faces mental health challenges. In this groundbreaking book, psychotherapist Sophie Scott draws on moving client stories, proven therapeutic techniques and her own personal journey to help you navigate the emotional complexities of caring for someone with mental illness – while still taking care  of yourself. You Are Not Alone In This introduces: THE 5 KEY FACTORS that help you support your loved one without losing yourself.COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES tailored to different diagnoses.How to utilize a HOLISTIC APPROACH to mental health.Ways to manage MESSY FEELINGS – anger, grief, fear and more.When to set much-needed HEALTHY BOUNDARIES.“You Are Not Alone In This is the mental health handbook everyone needs. This book is going to help huge numbers of people.” James Longman, correspondent for ABC News and author of The Inherited Mind “This is the book I wish my family had read when I was seriously unwell. It’s a must-have for all the many millions of carers out there.” Jonny Benjamin MBE, award-winning mental health campaigner

We are constantly told that happiness should be our goal, but how can we achieve it? Does the advice of happiness 'experts' really work? that is what Sophie Scott decides to find out. Exploring the science of happiness, the ABC's award-winning medical reporter gets inside the ideas of leading happiness experts, including Buddhist monk Mathieu Ricard (the 'world's happiest man'), psychologist Dr tim Sharp (aka 'Dr Happy') from the Happiness Institute, and Assistant Professor Alice Domar from the Harvard Medical School, to discover the best ways to achieve and maintain happiness. then she tries it all out. Using each approach suggested by the experts, she 'roadtests' her way from depression to happiness, sampling techniques such as cognitive behaviour therapy; meditation, mindfulness and spirituality; acceptance and gratitude; altruism and volunteering; food choices and exercise. If you want to become happier than you are right now and stay that way, here are the tools - and shortcuts - to make it happen.

What is it that makes some people seem so youthful? What gives someone in their sixties or their nineties their energy and zest for life? Live a Longer Life will tell you the secrets. Drawing on the most up-to-date and respected research, ABC medical journalist Sophie Scott has written the self-help book for every adult. Whether you are older and want to know how you can keep - or regain -your sense of wellbeing and vigour, or someone who has just had the first indication of mortality, this book is for you. It covers everything from nutrition, dietary supplements and exercise to brain health and exercises (to keep dementia at bay!), the importance of a healthy sex life, and anti-ageing products. With case studies, recipes, menus and exercise regimes, Live a Longer Life will help to keep your real age a secret.

Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL, Sophie Scott, presents what you need to know about the brain in ten compelling essays for people short on time

A moving personal account of an eight-year struggle with self-harm, with insights into motivation and paths towards recovery.