Emotional First Aid: Practical Strategies for Treating Failure, Rejection, Guilt, and Other Everyday Psychological Injuries

Written by Guy Winch

Narrated by Guy Winch

First aid for failure

Although we have bandages for cuts, chicken soup for colds, and ice packs for bruises, most of us have no idea how to treat day-to-day emotional injuries such as failure, rejection, and loss. But, as Guy Winch, Ph.D., points out, these kinds of emotional injuries often get worse when left untreated and can significantly impact our quality of life. In this fascinating and highly practical book he provides the emotional first aid treatments we have been lacking.

Explaining the long-term fallout that can result from seemingly minor emotional and psychological injuries, Dr. Winch offers concrete, easy-to-use exercises backed up by hard cutting-edge science to aid in recovery. He uses relatable anecdotes about real patients he has treated over the years and often gives us a much needed dose of humor as well.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ascent Audio
• Release date: Jul 25, 2013
• ISBN: 9781469088419

Guy Winch

Guy Winch, PhD, is a licensed psychologist, author, and keynote speaker whose books have been translated into twenty-three languages. His first TED Talk Why We All Need to Practice Emotional First Aid has been viewed over 5 million times and is rated as the fifth most inspiring talk of all time on TED.com. Dr. Winch's work on the science of emotional health is frequently featured in national and international media outlets. He also writes the popular Squeaky Wheel Blog for PsychologyToday.com. He maintains a private practice in Manhattan and is a member of the American Psychological Association.

Reviews for Emotional First Aid

[tatiana peterson · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great tool to help you navigate what you can do to help yourself through awkward situations in your life.

[David Joseph Neville · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Good enough strategies for many of the common mental health ailments. The end of each chapter gives you recommendations for when you should seek out a mental health therapist instead of trying to figure it out yourself.