Long Haul COVID: A Survivor's Guide: Transform Your Pain & Find Your Way Forward

by Joseph J. Trunzo, Julie Luongo

Overview

Overwhelmed, frustrated, and suffering from long haul COVID symptoms and the fallout of the pandemic? This practical guide will help you transform your struggles to lead a fulfilling, vital life right now. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), the scientifically based therapeutic approach presented by Joseph J. Trunzo and Julie Luongo, offers a way out - not when you're feeling better, but right now.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789048148
Publisher:	Changemakers Books
Publication date:	07/01/2021
Series:	Resetting Our Future , #10
Pages:	120
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.65(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Dr. Joseph J. Trunzo is Professor of Psychology and Department Chair at Bryant University in Rhode Island, USA. He also serves as the Deputy Director of Bryant University’s Center for Health & Behavioral Sciences. His research and clinical work focuses on treating anxiety and mood disorders, especially in those suffering from Lyme disease and other chronic illnesses. He lives in Smithfield, Rhode Island.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Welcome to ACT 9

Chapter 2 ACT-How It Works 14

Chapter 3 Defusion-Don't Believe Everything You Think 21

Chapter 4 Acceptance-We Are Always Whole 35

Chapter 5 Self-as-Context-You Are When You Are 47

Chapter 6 Contact with the Present Moment - Be Here Now 54

Chapter 7 Values-What Matters Most 65

Chapter 8 Committed Action -Doing Is Living 78

Chapter 9 Bring It All Together-ACT Is Fluid and Flexible 85

Chapter 10 Resetting Our Future -Starting Now 90

Editorial Reviews

Transform Your Pain & Find Your Way Forward by Dr. Joseph Trunzo and Julie Luongo is a much welcomed and needed book that not only addresses the severe emotional impact of COVID-19 but more importantly, offers a unique method for living a fruitful life once again. This book is appropriate for both the public and professionals. Dr. Trunzo is an expert in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), an evidenced-based contextual behavioral approach aimed at increasing psychological flexibility in order to address a number of emotional and behavioral-health issues. As he did in his previous book Living Beyond Lyme, Dr. Trunzo again lays a creative foundation for applying the processes of ACT to Long Haul COVID sufferers. This is not your everyday run-in-the mill self-help book. It is well constructed, offering numerous experiential exercises, metaphors, and mindfulness meditations. Throughout the book Dr. Trunzo starts with an overview of each ACT process, then Julie Luongo illustrates how these processes are applied via her real-life experience. A running theme that restores the reader’s hope in regaining emotional wellness is a constant emphasis on achieving psychological flexibility; a perspective that shows how to live a value-chosen life even in the face of hardship. As Dr. Trunzo states very clearly, this comes in the way of practicing the six ACT processes. This book is a special gift to humanity given the immense amount of loss, isolation, and sadness that we all have experienced. Dr. Trunzo eloquently captures the power in all of us to transform desperate conditions into positivity, and by doing so, provides a beacon of hope for living a fulfilling life after the pandemic.

Andrew J. D'Amico