You Are Not Alone In This: Supporting a Loved One’s Mental Health Without Losing Your Own
Sophie Scott
Jan 2025 · Watkins Media Limited
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Find the support you need to keep being there for your loved one.
Whether you’re worrying about a partner struggling with depression or witnessing a friend spiral into addiction, many of us feel helpless when someone we love faces mental health challenges. In this groundbreaking book, psychotherapist Sophie Scott draws on moving client stories, proven therapeutic techniques and her own personal journey to help you navigate the emotional complexities of caring for someone with mental illness – while still taking care of yourself. You Are Not Alone In This introduces:
“You Are Not Alone In This is the mental health handbook everyone needs. This book is going to help huge numbers of people.”
James Longman, correspondent for ABC News and author of The Inherited Mind
“This is the book I wish my family had read when I was seriously unwell. It’s a must-have for all the many millions of carers out there.”
Jonny Benjamin MBE, award-winning mental health campaigner
Whether you’re worrying about a partner struggling with depression or witnessing a friend spiral into addiction, many of us feel helpless when someone we love faces mental health challenges. In this groundbreaking book, psychotherapist Sophie Scott draws on moving client stories, proven therapeutic techniques and her own personal journey to help you navigate the emotional complexities of caring for someone with mental illness – while still taking care of yourself. You Are Not Alone In This introduces:
- THE 5 KEY FACTORS that help you support your loved one without losing yourself.
- COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES tailored to different diagnoses.
- How to utilize a HOLISTIC APPROACH to mental health.
- Ways to manage MESSY FEELINGS – anger, grief, fear and more.
- When to set much-needed HEALTHY BOUNDARIES.
“You Are Not Alone In This is the mental health handbook everyone needs. This book is going to help huge numbers of people.”
James Longman, correspondent for ABC News and author of The Inherited Mind
“This is the book I wish my family had read when I was seriously unwell. It’s a must-have for all the many millions of carers out there.”
Jonny Benjamin MBE, award-winning mental health campaigner
About the author
Sophie Scott is a practicing transpersonal psychotherapist and the Founder of Balance, where she was also the Editor-in-Chief for seven years, bringing mindfulness and mental health topics to the mainstream. She has written for Forbes, Wired, Sheer Luxe and Thrive Global, as well as speaking at a variety of events and festivals, including Live Well Festival.
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