PUBLICATIONS
WHY THREE FS?
For anyone visiting their GP looking for solutions to stress, anxiety or depression, this book should be handed to them well before a medication or counselling prescription. WTF? is thoroughly researched, easy to understand, deeply re-assuring and hugely informative.
Rosalind Townsend’s vast experience as a therapist and mental health professional has equipped her with deep knowledge and rich client experience – and the content of this book is a gift to anyone suffering from mental health difficulties and to therapists working with the same. This is no pebble in a pond with ripple effects, it’s a beautiful big boulder, with waves of wisdom that will empower and motivate readers (and their friends) for the rest of their lives.
“If you’ve ever struggled with depression, anxiety, panic attacks or post-traumatic stress, then buy WTF?, read it in one sitting, complete the easy exercises and watch your life be quickly lifted. Your symptoms are not a mystery. Your challenges are not unsolvable. Your journey back to confidence and clear thinking need not be lengthy or complicated. If you’ve been looking for a bright light and a short tunnel, you’ve found it.”Jennifer Broadley, Author, Executive Life Coach and Therapist
“Clear, practical advice and easy-to-use techniques will help you unlock and build on personal, inner strengths to move rapidly towards a more relaxed, productive, and happier life. An unusually good book.” Dr James Oliver, General Practitioner
Illustrations by John Cloake
REVIEWS
Must read for your mental health
Explains in simple language all we need to know about why we struggle with emotions and how to get better from depression and post-traumatic stress
Essential reading
This exceptional book is written in a way that gives the reader a feeling of actually being in a ‘one to one’ setting with a therapist.
Complex concepts are explained so that they are easily understood.
A book that should be on everyone’s bookshelf. We all – parents, young people, teachers, clinicians, the police etc. – need to have some knowledge of the ‘hows’ and ‘whys’ of our mental processes and their consequential reactions. Answers many puzzling questions and conveys hope and positivity.
PTSD: UNDERSTANDING AND RECOVERY
With many years of work with severely traumatised individuals to draw on, in PTSD: Understanding and Recovery Rosalind Townsend sets out to explain what those who have developed a problematic post traumatic stress response go through, and why these particular symptoms and life-changing levels of distress occur. Most importantly, the second part of the book provides a framework for recovery; a series of exercises and activities to help traumatised people take back control of their minds and bodies and start along the road to recovery. Trauma does not only affect those in the military or front-line services; a car crash, a difficult hospital experience or childbirth, an assault of some form or surviving an abusive childhood can all leave a legacy of symptoms that, unless effectively dealt with, can destroy the quality of a life.
Prior to publication, the book had been circulating among military veterans for some time; the charity PTSD Resolution decided to help it reach a wider audience, because of the underground reputation the book was acquiring. One Gulf veteran says it is ‘Invaluable for those seeking to help themselves or someone they care for’, whilst a former client commented, “Working with Res and reading her book has helped me to understand how PTSD affects my brain and has given me the tools to manage how I deal with trauma, allowing me to be the best version of myself every day.
Half of the proceeds from the sale of each copy of the book go directly back into funding specialist therapy for military veterans and their families through PTSD Resolution and their network of 200 therapists nationwide.
“The information in this book explains it all and gave me the tools to recover. It is a must read for anyone affected by PTSD.”
PB PARAMEDIC, FORMER SERGEANT ROYAL MARINES, SPECIAL FORCES MEDIC
