ABC Newsletter
News and updates about ABC Coaching and Counselling Services
in January to March 2018
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And about Emotive-Cognitive Embodied Narrative Therapy (E-CENT)
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23rd March 2018
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Introduction
In this brief newsletter, we aim to update you about the books and blogs we have been researching and writing – on diet, exercise, sleep, and emotional self-management – at ABC Coaching and Counselling Services, and publishing via the Institute for Emotive-Cognitive embodied Narrative Therapy (E-CENT).
Following on from our very busy and successful year in 2017, we have continued to research and write according to our declared plans.
In the first few weeks of this year, Renata has been busy researching the science of sleep, especially in so far as it affects our emotional functioning and general health and well-being.
Today we want to share with you a blog post which is ‘hot off the press’. It concerns the impact of blue light LED devices, like computer screens, iPads, iPhones, and the negative effects these devices have upon sleep, if we use them close to bedtime! This is it: iPads and iPhones disrupt your sleep…***
She has also written a couple of earlier blogs, including one on building resilience using various strategies, including adequate sleep. And one on using Chinese exercise to build resilience…
Renata’s book, Safeguard Your Sleep and Reap the Rewards, can be found here: Renata’s book on the science of sleep.***
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Jim has been equally busy researching and writing the bulk of the new book, with contributed chapters by Renata. The new book is this:
By Dr Jim Byrne, with Renata Taylor-Byrne
Published by the Institute for E-CENT, in collaboration with the CreateSpace Publishing Platform (Amazon).
Published on March 17th 2018.
This book is now available via our new ABC Bookstore Online.***
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Here are some extracts from the Contents Pages:
1.1 Counsellors and their clients. ..1
1.2 What is E-CENT counselling?. ..3
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Chapter 2: Key elements of the emotive-cognitive counselling approach.. .35
2.2: Basic description and origins. ..37
2.3: Basic theory of E-CENT. ..38
2.4: The importance of emotion. ..40
Figure 2.1: Interpenetrating minds of the mother-baby dyad. ..43
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Chapter 3: Core beliefs of the emotive-cognitive philosophy of counselling…49
The 20 core principles of human development …49
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Chapter 4: Overview of diet and exercise impacts upon mental health…59
4.2: The psychobiological model of E-CENT and the impact of diet and exercise….59
4.3: The importance of food for the body-brain-mind…. 61
4.4: Balanced diet and toxic foods… 63
4.5: The importance of nutritional supplements for mental health…. 68
4.6: The link between food and anger, anxiety and depression. …69
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Chapter 5: The impact of sleep on mental health and emotional wellbeing…83
5.2: The primary importance of sleep. …84
5.3: Common sense views of sleep. …85
5.4: Distractions from sleep. …86
5.5: Problems of sleep insufficiency. …87
How much we need, and the effects of not getting it …88
Seven major negative results of sleep insufficiency. …89
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Chapter 6: Reframing experiences with the Six Windows Model. …101
6.1(b) Elaboration of the theory: …103
Figure 6.1(b): The Six Windows Model of E-CENT.. …104
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7.2: Buddhism and Stoicism on emotion. …123
7.2(a). Regarding Buddhist theory: … 123
7.2(b). Regarding Stoic theory: …125
7.3: Another point of departure – Evolutionary psychology. …127
7.4 The origin of human emotions. …129
7.5 The proximal cause of emotional disturbance. …130
7.6 The evolutionary view.. …131
7.7 Understanding emotive-cognitive interactionism… 133
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Chapter 8: Counselling individuals using the E-CENT approach…163
8.2: Validity of our models and processes. …165
8.3: Imaginary ‘typical’ session structure. …166
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Chapter 9: How to incorporate lifestyle and health coaching into talk therapy…195
9.2 Guidance for those who feel they need it …196
(ii) Learning styles and learning readiness: …198
(a) Coaching for sleep improvement …199
(b) Coaching for nutritional and dietary improvement …200
(c) Coaching for physical fitness. …202
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10.2 The core theory of E-CENT. …207
10.3 Key Learning Points and Applications…. 208
(a) For therapists and counsellors: …208
(b) For individuals interested in self-help and personal development: …210
(c) For counselling and psychotherapy students: …212
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…End of extracts
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For more detailed information about this book, including extracts from the beginning of each chapter, please click the following link:
https://abc-counselling.org/counselling-the-whole-person/
And if you have not seen our Newsletter for a while, you might want to take a look at the books we’ve published over the past year or two, here: https://abc-counselling.org/books-about-e-cent-counselling-and-related-subjects/
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That’s all for now. We will keep you posted when Renata’s Sleep Book becomes available.
Best wishes,
Jim and Renata
Dr Jim Byrne and Renata Taylor-Byrne (BSc[Hons]Psychol)
ABC Coaching and Counselling Service; and:
The Institute for Emotive-Cognitive Embodied Narrative Therapy (E-CENT)
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