A compassionate, interactive guide filled with practical skills and essential information for adults who love someone with a mental illness or history of trauma.Family members and friends of adults with a mental illness often navigate difficult journeys, filled with fear, heartache, frustration, helplessness, exhaustion, and guilt–feelings that may be intermingled with immense pride and hope. Suffering in silence can magnify confusion, isolation, and pain.Loving Someone with a Mental Illness or History of Trauma provides actionable strategies for these family members and friends who give so much but whose needs and sacrifices are often unappreciated. Written by clinical psychologist, Dr. Michelle Sherman, and her mother, DeAnne Sherman, an advocate and educator, the book provides research-based recommendations, practical skills, up-to-date resources, inspiration from families with lived experience, and interactive activities to encourage personal reflection.This accessible guide teaches o Tools to cope with difficult emotionso Strategies to empower loved ones, including how to navigate the mental health systemo Communication and limit-setting skillso Approaches to supporting loved ones who have experienced trauma or have PTSDo Ways to manage common challenges, such as alcohol or drug misuse, and when a loved one declines professional help o Strategies to support childreno Skills to build personal resilience and strengthen relationshipsGrounded in science, empowering, and hopeful yet realistic, this book is an invaluable resource for family members, friends, and mental health professionals.

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