Fibromyalgia: Hope from a Completely New Perspective [Paperback]

Glassier W (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2001

Here is Dr. Glasser’s latest work applying Choice Theory as an aid to sufferers of this perplexing disease and offering, as stated in the title, hope from a completely new perspective. The medical community has found no pathology associated with fibromyalgia, and herein lies the hope. If there is no pathology, you could not possibly do harm by trying to help yourself. Dr. Glasser explains how sufferers can learn to put Choice Theory to work in their lives and gain relief from their symptoms.

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About the Author

William Glasser, M.D. is the president of the William Glasser Institute, an organization of over six thousand Reality Therapy Certified people who teach and practice Choice Theory and Reality Therapy all over the world. He is a board-certified psychiatrist who has written over fifteen books, which HarperCollins has published. These books have been translated into almost every major language and have sold more than two million copies. The best known of these are Reality Therapy, Schools Without Failure and Choice Theory: A New Psychology of Personal Freedom.

He has worked in every aspect of psychiatry, and for nine years was the psychiatrist for the Los Angeles Orthopedic Hospital where he specialized in dealing with chronic pain and disability of unknown origin. He has also worked for over forty years in public schools and is known for this work all over the world. He is a board member of The International Center for the Study of Psychiatry founded and directed by Dr. Peter Breggin. This center is dedicated to bringing compassion and caring back into mental health and fighting against the overuse and inappropriate use of psychiatric drugs. Dr. Glasser teaches and lectures all over the world.

Product Details

• Paperback: 129 pages
• Publisher: Harpercollins World (March 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967844428
• ISBN-13: 978-0967844428
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,373,315 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book can change your life to a better life., August 20, 2001

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Robert M. Foster "mikemikef" (Frederick, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fibromyalgia: Hope from a Completely New Perspective (Paperback)

Dr. Glasser has made his book on fibromyalgia, tell his story of what he now calls "choice theory", in a story format. What he tells does not just apply to fibromyalgia, it applies to most of our life challenges. This is a short book, that tells all anyone really needs to have a continuously improving life. There is a lot to be gained from telling how choice theory works by using these realistic cases. Then we can identify with the challenges faced by himself and the other people in his book.

Now that he has his story in an enjoyable format, I would like to see a companion workbook. Because, once you know the challenges, then you really need to do the necessary work.

I have been a fan of Dr. Glasser a long time, since I first ran into his early book called "Reality Therapy". Since then I have been impressed by his "Stations of the Mind" and "Schools Without Failure" and many others. Then I ran into his practices in my masters program on applied psychology and found how useful his theories are in practice.

19 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars William Glasser - More Ignorance on Fibromyalgia, November 22, 2002

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This review is from: Fibromyalgia: Hope from a Completely New Perspective (Paperback)

William Glasser is a psychiatrist--strike one. Psychiatrists are still stuck on the notion that fibromyalgia an illness that is psychologically caused and continued and nothing in what I've read about his take on fibromyalgia tells me he is any different. Strike two is the statement that there is no pathology, i.e. physical abnormalities with fibromyalgia. On the contrary, there are numerous studies going on at numerous prestigious universities by numerous knowledgeable researchers that are discovering very definite physical, biochemical abnormalities in fibromyalgia patients that are not psychologically caused. Strike three--the incidence of psychological difficulties (depression, anxiety, etc.) is approximately the same in the fibromyalgia population as in the general population. If the depression rate is any higher, it's because of [people] like Glasser and the members of the medical profession who set themselves up as "experts" on the subject of fibromyalgia when they know NOTHING. It's a never ending battle for fibro patients...