The Tools

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When I was going through the most difficult years of my life, I was able to use this method to find my strength. We all have the ability to save ourselves, yet we need guidance when we are lost. In Coming Alive you can find the road map to enlightenment.” —Drew Barrymore The Tools offers a solution to the biggest complaint patients have about therapy: the interminable wait for change to begin. The traditional therapeutic model sets its sights on the past, but psychiatrist Phil Stutz and psychotherapist Barry Michels employ an arsenal of techniques—“the tools”—that allow patients to use their problems as levers that access the power of the unconscious and propel them into action. Suddenly, through this transformative approach, obstacles become new chances—to find courage, embrace discipline, develop self-expression, deepen creativity.

I'm logging my notes here tbh mainly for me if ever I lose my notes somehow, at least I still have a reference here. but hey something might interest you, I suggest you read this or watch Stutz. simple--but not necessarily easy--techniques called tools which change not only attitudes, but behaviors as well. PDF / EPUB File Name: The_Tools_-_Phil_Stutz_Barry_Michels.pdf, The_Tools_-_Phil_Stutz_Barry_Michels.epub Make that leap, use this book to exponentially improve your life. This book gives you practical ways to conquer some of life's biggest issues! I LOVED this book. In fact, this is one of the most important books I have ever read! read this book yeaaaars ago (forgot when, probably before I created a Goodreads account because I didn't log it) and I still have my handwritten notes about it. I was reminded of this because of Jonah Hill's docu about his therapist who shared some "tools" and concepts like "maze" and "shadow" (which are all mentioned in the book). when I went to GR to look for this, I realized that the psychiatrist is LITERALLY ONE OF THE AUTHORS (Phil Stutz).

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Barry Michels and Phil Stutz are profoundly talented guides to the inner workings of the psyche. The Tools is breakthrough material that ignites your own capacity to transform your life.” —Marianne Williamson Ich habe das Buch relativ bald einmal nur noch überflogen, weil für mich nichts Hilfreiches erläutert wurde und es reicht, wenn man sich die Kapitelzusammenfassungen am Ende durchliest. Spätestens als von einer höheren Macht die Rede ist, war bei mir die Schmerzgrenze erreicht und ich habe das Buch endgültig abgebrochen. Barry received his A.B., magna cum laude, from Harvard College in 1975, his J.D. (law degree) from University of California Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall), in 1979, and his M.S.W. from U.S.C. School of Social Work in 1984.

The Reversal of Desire - When you need to take action that you have been avoiding. This says we need to welcome trips outside of our Comfort Zone when actions need to be taken. I can say there have been things that I have avoided for fear they would be difficult, and when I get to them they are easier that I expected. Using this tool is to get you mentally prepare to handle the pain of take the difficult action out of your comfort zone to get through it. "Bring it on!" "I love pain!" "Pain sets me free!"As far as we came to know about Phil Stutz then he is the author of books titled Coming Alive: 4 Tools to Defeat Your Inner Enemy, Ignite Creative Expression, and Unleash Your Soul’s Potential and The Tools: 5 Tools to Help You Find Courage, Creativity, and Willpower—and Inspire You to Live Life in Forward Motion. All his these books have been written by him as co-author with Barry Michels. The Grateful Flow, or how to use the power of gratitude to ground oneself, be OK with oneself and the world.