Customer Reviews

Coping with Life Challenges (2nd Edition)

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This book is primarily written as a textbook for student use; however, it is an excellent book for self appraisal. My wife and I find it very useful and true, it runs in the same vein as Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning": you have the power to choose how you will respond and in so doing, what kind of life you have.

If you are struggling with any type of life-pain, there is a section of this book that will make you say, "hey, that's exactly how I feel." And better yet, since this is written as a text book (but much easier to read than some useless psycho-babble), the author provides an intellectual and emotional framework that makes the problems and trials of life -well- bearable.

We think this book helped our marriage a lot too. The chapter on anger really makes parenting easier, and we better understand what things set us off.

Overall, there's something here for everyone, and the book is well written, concise, and easy to read. Those three things rarely come together in psycology literature.

I suggest this book for anyone either teaching a course on coping (which is who I bought this book for!) or for anyone wishing to learn more about coping themselves. It is a very easy read, and highly informative!

I needed this book for school, Ordering from Amazon was quick and easy, not to mention extremely affordable. This is the way to go!!