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RISING ABOVE
A Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Finding Happiness Jerry Wilde Paper, $14.95 144 pages, 5½” x 8½” ISBN 0-89390-345-0 |
Everyone experiences some setbacks, losses or health problems. Such
events can permanently change a person’s life for the worse —
or they can be opportunities for growth. Pain can be a good friend asking
you to change. This book, written by a psychologist who had to face his
own life-threatening disease, lays out some tools that will help you face any
dilemma with a minimum of suffering. Rising Above is a great referral
book for counselors.
Reviews
“Dr. Wilde presents an extremely powerful message that has the
potential to have a positive effect on anyone’s attitude toward life
and hardship. I have recommended his book highly to colleagues, friends
and family members.”
— James Cassidy, principal, Hulet Elementary School, Holbrook,
Ariz.
“A personal, practical and powerful book that may help many
individuals who have been
confronted with life’s unwanted obstacles. The examples and
analogies make the book very
readable.”
— Dominic J. DiMattia, Ed.D., associate executive director,
Institute for Rational-Emotive
Therapy
“This book is a wonderful guide for living a simpler, less frustrating
and more responsible life.
Jerry’s use of these ideas and techniques in his own life, along with
his courage and
determination, will be an inspiration to every reader. His personal sharing is
a gift to all of us!”
— Sandy Tellefson, MSSW, pupil services director, school social
worker, East Troy
Community School District
“After introducing the basic concepts of Rational-Emotive Behavior
Therapy, Dr. Wilde provides
a lucid discussion of how we may apply the principles of rational thought to
some of the more
frightening and perplexing aspects of existence. ... What sets this book
apart from the rest of the
literature on REBT is Dr. Wilde’s intensely personal account of his
triumph over a life-threatening illness.”
— Clark Porter, Ph.D., instructor, educational psychology,
University of Northern Iowa
About the Author
Dr. Jerry Wilde was a student of Albert Ellis’ Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) long before he was diagnosed with kidney and liver illnesses. During his long wait for organ donations, he used Ellis’ techniques to help himself overcome the negative thoughts that threatened him. Today, with healthy organs and a new perspective on life, he works as a school psychologist, a college instructor and a psychotherapist in private practice. He received his doctorate in educational psychology from Marquette University.